Zaerpour v. UBS Group AG
- Laura Swain
- 1:22-cv-07232
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Zaerpour v. UBS Group AG, Judge Swain denied Soheil Zaerpour’s fee-waiver request, ordered payment, and denied appointed counsel without prejudice.
Soheil Zaerpour must pay $402 in court fees within 30 days unless the order is otherwise changed; his request for appointed volunteer counsel was denied without prejudice.
What happened
In Zaerpour v. UBS Group AG, the court denied Soheil Zaerpour’s request to proceed without paying court fees in advance because it found that he had enough assets to pay them.
The court ordered Zaerpour to pay $402 within 30 days: a $350 filing fee and a $52 administrative fee. It also denied his request for a volunteer lawyer without prejudice because the case was too early for the court to evaluate its merits. If he does not pay on time, the action will be dismissed.
Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain issued the order on October 24, 2022.
The detailed version
- Zaerpour v. UBS Group AG · No. 1:22-cv-07232
- Laura Swain
- Oct. 24, 2022
Background
Soheil Zaerpour asked to proceed in the case without paying court fees in advance. He also asked the court to appoint a volunteer lawyer.
Rulings
The court denied the application to proceed without prepaying fees under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), finding that Zaerpour had sufficient assets to pay. The court ordered him to pay $402 in total: a $350 filing fee and a $52 administrative fee, within 30 days of the order’s date. The order states that the action will be dismissed if he does not comply within that period.
The court also denied Zaerpour’s request for appointment of volunteer counsel without prejudice. It explained that the case was too early for the court to assess the merits of the action.
Disposition
The application to proceed without prepaying fees was denied. The application for appointment of volunteer counsel was denied without prejudice. Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain signed the order.
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