Brown v. National Basketball Association
- Gregory Woods
- 1:19-cv-06434
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Brown v. NBA, Judge Woods stopped reviewing improper emails and denied fee-free appeal status.
Kimberly Bernice Brown is affected because the court will not review or consider future emails she sends to the chambers inbox and denied her permission to appeal without paying filing fees. The order also directs that a copy be mailed to Brown and the defendants.
What happened
In Brown v. National Basketball Association (NBA), Kimberly Bernice Brown repeatedly emailed the court’s chambers inbox even after being told to use the Southern District of New York’s pro se filing methods and office.
The court said it would no longer review or consider emails Brown sent to the chambers inbox. It had previously posted her communications to the case docket.
Judge Gregory H. Woods also ruled that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied Brown permission to appeal without paying filing fees. The clerk was directed to mail the order to Brown and the defendants.
The detailed version
- Brown v. National Basketball Association · No. 1:19-cv-06434
- Gregory Woods
- Apr. 11, 2022
Background
The court had ordered Kimberly Bernice Brown to stop emailing the court’s chambers inbox and to use the filing methods identified on the Southern District of New York’s website for people representing themselves. Earlier orders had also directed her to communicate through the court’s pro se office. Despite those instructions, Brown emailed the chambers inbox at least eleven times after the court’s March 27, 2022 order.
Order
The court stated that it had posted Brown’s communications to the docket but would no longer review or consider emails she sent to the chambers inbox. This order addressed how Brown could communicate with the court; it did not decide the underlying claims against the National Basketball Association or Tamera Young.
Appeal and service
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that an appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith. It therefore denied Brown permission to appeal without paying filing fees. The clerk was directed to mail a copy of the order to Brown and the defendants by first-class and certified mail and record service on the docket.
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