Wood v. VIACOMCBS/PARAMOUNT
- Laura Swain
- 1:22-cv-06323
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Wood v. VIACOMCBS/PARAMOUNT, Judge Swain dismissed the complaint without prejudice after Wood neither renewed his fee-waiver request nor paid $402.
Chadd Wood, whose complaint was dismissed without prejudice; the order also denied permission to proceed without paying fees on an appeal.
What happened
In Wood v. VIACOMCBS/PARAMOUNT, the court had ordered Chadd Wood to submit an amended request to proceed without paying filing fees or pay the required $402 filing fees within 30 days.
Wood did neither. The court therefore dismissed his complaint without prejudice, meaning the order did not bar refiling.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied Wood permission to proceed without paying appeal fees. The clerk was directed to enter judgment.
The detailed version
- Wood v. VIACOMCBS/PARAMOUNT · No. 1:22-cv-06323
- Laura Swain
- Sept. 26, 2022
Background
By an earlier order dated July 28, 2022, the court directed Chadd Wood to do one of two things within 30 days: submit an amended application to proceed without paying the filing fees, or pay the $402 required to file a civil action.
Ruling
The court stated that Wood had not submitted an amended application or paid the fees. It therefore dismissed the complaint without prejudice under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914 and 1915. The order did not decide the underlying claims against VIACOMCBS/PARAMOUNT.
The court also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without paying fees for an appeal. The clerk was directed to enter judgment.
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