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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled June 7, 2023

Grajales v. Lilly

Judge
Laura Swain
Docket
1:23-cv-02493
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
2
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

Grajales v. Lilly: Judge Swain dismissed the complaint without prejudice because Grajales did not pay the required filing fee.

Who this affects

Jose Grajales’s complaint was dismissed without prejudice because he did not pay the required filing fee. The court also terminated all other pending matters and denied fee-free status for an appeal.

What happened

In Grajales v. Lilly, Jose Grajales filed a complaint but paid only $350 and three cents toward the required $402 filing fee.

The court ordered Grajales to pay the full fee using an acceptable payment method and warned that failure to do so would lead to dismissal. He did not pay the remaining amount.

Judge Laura Taylor Swain dismissed the complaint without prejudice, terminated all other pending matters, and denied fee-free status for any appeal because the court certified that an appeal would not be taken in good faith.

The detailed version

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Case
Grajales v. Lilly · No. 1:23-cv-02493
Judge
Laura Swain
Date
June 7, 2023

Background

Jose Grajales filed a complaint on March 24, 2023. The required filing fee was $402. He submitted a $350 money order and coins totaling three cents, so he did not pay the full fee.

Court’s Order

In an April 6, 2023 order, the court directed Grajales to pay the full $402 using an acceptable payment method. It also directed the Clerk of Court to return the money order and issue Grajales a check for the three cents. The order warned that failure to comply would result in dismissal.

Grajales did not pay the required fee. The court therefore dismissed the complaint without prejudice under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914 and 1915. The court also terminated all other pending matters and directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment.

Appeal Provision

The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith. It therefore denied fee-free status for purposes of an appeal.

The authoritative version

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