Wood v. Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc.
- Analisa Torres
- 1:22-cv-09493
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Wood v. Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc., Judge Swain dismissed the complaint without prejudice after plaintiffs neither paid filing fees nor submitted required applications.
The plaintiffs, including Tzvee Wood, whose complaint was dismissed without prejudice after they did not submit the required fee-waiver applications or pay the filing fees.
What happened
In Wood v. Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc., the court had ordered each plaintiff to either submit an application to proceed without paying filing fees or pay the fees required to start a civil case.
The order gave the plaintiffs thirty days to comply and warned that failing to do so would lead to dismissal. The plaintiffs did not submit the applications or pay the $402 in fees.
The court dismissed the complaint without prejudice and directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment. Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without paying fees for an appeal.
The detailed version
- Wood v. Mutual Redevelopment Houses, Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-09493
- Analisa Torres
- Jan. 20, 2023
Background
The court had previously ordered each plaintiff to either submit a completed application to proceed without paying filing fees or pay the $402 required to file a civil action. The order gave the plaintiffs thirty days to comply and stated that the complaint would be dismissed if they did not.
Ruling
The plaintiffs did not submit the required applications or pay the filing fees. The court therefore dismissed the complaint without prejudice under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914 and 1915. The court also certified that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without paying fees for an appeal. It directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment.
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