Hall v. Corenzo
- Laura Swain
- 1:22-cv-07436
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Hall v. Corenzo, Judge Swain ordered Isaiah J. Hall to pay filing fees or submit an application to proceed without prepaying them.
Isaiah J. Hall, the incarcerated plaintiff representing himself, must either pay the filing fees or submit the required application within 30 days for the action to proceed.
What happened
Hall v. Corenzo concerns a lawsuit filed by Isaiah J. Hall, who was incarcerated and representing himself. He submitted a complaint and a prisoner authorization but did not submit a completed application to proceed without prepaying fees.
The court gave Hall 30 days to pay $402 in fees or submit the required application. No summons would issue yet, and the court said the action would be dismissed if Hall did not comply.
Judge Swain also ruled that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees. The order did not decide the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Hall v. Corenzo · No. 1:22-cv-07436
- Laura Swain
- Sept. 14, 2022
Background
Isaiah J. Hall filed this civil action while incarcerated at Eric M. Taylor Center and representing himself. The opinion does not decide the underlying claims against Corenzo, identified in the caption as the CEO officer on Rikers Island, and other defendants.
Hall submitted a complaint and a prisoner authorization, but he did not submit a completed application to proceed without prepaying fees. The prisoner authorization permits the court to collect filing fees from a prisoner's account in installments and to receive certified copies of the prisoner's account statements for the previous six months.
Order
The court ordered Hall, within 30 days of the order, to either pay $402 in filing fees or submit a completed application to proceed without prepaying fees. The $402 consists of a $350 filing fee and a $52 administrative fee. If the court grants the application, the $350 filing fee must still be collected from Hall's account in installments; the $52 administrative fee does not apply to a person granted this status.
The court directed Hall to label the application with docket number 22-CV-7436 (LTS). No summons would issue at that time. If Hall complied, the case would be processed under the Clerk's Office procedures. If he did not comply within the allowed time, the action would be dismissed.
Appeal and disposition
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees. The order is a procedural step concerning payment or waiver of filing fees; it does not resolve the merits of Hall's claims. Judge Laura Taylor Swain signed the order.
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