Song v. Columbia University
- Laura Swain
- 1:23-cv-04532
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 4
In Song v. Columbia University, Judge Swain ordered Eugenia Song to pay fees or submit an application to proceed without prepaying them.
Eugenia Song must either pay the required fees or submit an application to proceed without prepaying them within 30 days; the case will be dismissed if she does not comply.
What happened
Eugenia Song filed Song v. Columbia University without a lawyer, paying neither the required fees nor submitting an application to proceed without prepaying them.
The court gave Song 30 days to pay $402 or submit the application. No summons will issue yet, and the case will be processed if she complies; otherwise, the action will be dismissed.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees.
The detailed version
- Song v. Columbia University · No. 1:23-cv-04532
- Laura Swain
- June 1, 2023
Background
Eugenia Song filed this action without a lawyer. The complaint was submitted without the required filing fees and without an application to proceed without prepaying fees, also called an IFP application.
Order
The court ordered Song, within 30 days of the order, either to pay $402 in fees or submit the attached IFP application. The $402 consists of a $350 filing fee and a $52 administrative fee. If the court grants the application, Song may proceed without paying the fees in advance.
No summons will issue at this time. If Song complies with the order, the case will be processed under the Clerk’s Office procedures. If she does not comply within the allowed time, the action will be dismissed.
Appeal
The court certified that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees.
Read the full 4-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.