Parker v. Haaland
- Laura Swain
- 1:22-cv-08107
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Parker v. Haaland, Judge Swain dismissed Parker’s complaint without prejudice after he neither filed a fee-waiver application nor paid the filing fee.
Jamal Parker’s complaint was dismissed without prejudice, and fee-waiver status was denied for any appeal. The defendants were affected by the termination of this case, but the opinion does not address the merits of the claims.
What happened
In Parker v. Haaland, Jamal Parker did not submit the required application to proceed without paying filing fees or pay the $402 filing fee after the court ordered him to do so.
The court dismissed Parker’s complaint without prejudice, meaning the dismissal did not bar refiling. It also denied fee-waiver status for any appeal after stating that an appeal would not be taken in good faith.
Chief United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain issued the order and directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment.
The detailed version
- Parker v. Haaland · No. 1:22-cv-08107
- Laura Swain
- Dec. 15, 2022
Background
The court had ordered Jamal Parker to submit a completed application to proceed without paying filing fees or pay the $402 required to file a civil action. Parker instead filed a document called a “Master Bill of Lading” objecting to that requirement. He did not submit the fee-waiver application or pay the filing fee.
Ruling
The court dismissed the complaint without prejudice under the federal statutes governing filing fees and fee waivers. The opinion does not address the substance of Parker’s claims. The court also certified that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-waiver status for purposes of an appeal. The Clerk of Court was directed to enter judgment.
Classification
This is a procedural order because the court dismissed the case for failure to comply with the filing-fee requirement rather than deciding the underlying claims.
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