Jane Doe v. Related Companies LLP
- Laura Swain
- 1:22-cv-07683
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Jane Doe v. Related Companies LLP, Judge Swain ordered Jane Doe to pay $402 or request a fee waiver within 30 days.
Jane Doe, whose case could be dismissed if she did not pay the $402 fee or submit the required IFP application within 30 days.
What happened
In Jane Doe v. Related Companies LLP, Jane Doe filed the case without paying the required fees or submitting an application to proceed without prepaying them.
The court gave Jane Doe 30 days to pay $402 or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees. No summons would be issued yet, and the case would move forward through the Clerk’s Office if she complied.
If Jane Doe did not comply, the action would be dismissed. Judge Laura Taylor Swain also denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees, finding that any appeal would not be taken in good faith.
The detailed version
- Jane Doe v. Related Companies LLP · No. 1:22-cv-07683
- Laura Swain
- Sept. 9, 2022
Background
Jane Doe brought this civil action without a lawyer. She submitted the complaint without paying the required $402 in filing and administrative fees and without submitting an application to proceed without prepaying fees.
Order
The court ordered Jane Doe, within 30 days of the order, to either pay the $402 fee or submit a signed application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP), meaning without prepaying court fees. The application had to identify docket number 22-CV-7683 (LTS). If the court granted the application, Jane Doe could proceed without prepaying the fees.
The court directed that no summons issue at that time. If Jane Doe complied, the case would be processed under the Clerk’s Office procedures. If she did not comply within the allowed time, the action would be dismissed.
Appeal
The court certified that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied IFP status for purposes of an appeal.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.