Ingram IV v. Cuomo
- Edgardo Ramos
- 1:22-cv-05067
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Ingram IV v. Queens County The City of New York: Judge Ramos directed that a miscellaneous case be opened as a civil action and administratively closed.
Wilbert Ingram IV and the Clerk of Court; the matter was directed to be opened as a new civil action and the miscellaneous case was administratively closed.
What happened
In Wilbert Ingram IV v. Queens County The City of New York, Wilbert Ingram IV filed a case without a lawyer as a purported miscellaneous matter. His complaint sought money damages and an order requiring action or preventing action.
The court determined that the complaint did not fit any listed category for a miscellaneous matter. The order did not address whether Ingram IV’s claims were legally valid.
Judge Ramos directed the Clerk of Court to open the matter as a new civil action, assign it to his docket, administratively close the miscellaneous case, and mail the order to Ingram IV.
The detailed version
- Ingram IV v. Cuomo · No. 1:22-cv-05067
- Edgardo Ramos
- June 16, 2022
Background
Wilbert Ingram IV filed the matter without a lawyer as a purported miscellaneous case. The complaint asserted claims for damages and injunctive relief.
Court’s action
The court concluded that the complaint did not fit any of the listed categories of miscellaneous matters. Rather than deciding the merits of the claims, the court directed the Clerk of Court to open the matter as a new civil action and assign it to Judge Ramos’s docket. The court also directed the clerk to administratively close the miscellaneous case and mail a copy of the order to Ingram IV.
Effect
The order changed how the matter was docketed; it did not state whether Ingram IV would prevail on his claims or dispose of those claims on their merits.
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