Lefkowitz v. Gualt
- Laura Swain
- 1:23-cv-05813
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 4
In Lefkowitz v. Gualt, Judge Swain ordered the pro se plaintiff to pay $402 or submit an IFP application within 30 days.
Logan Lefkowitz must either pay $402 in fees or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees within 30 days; failure to comply will result in dismissal of the action.
What happened
In Lefkowitz v. Gualt, Logan Lefkowitz filed a civil action without paying the required fees or submitting an application to proceed without prepaying them.
The court gave Lefkowitz 30 days to pay $402 in filing and administrative fees or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees. No summons will issue at this time.
If Lefkowitz does not comply, the action will be dismissed. Judge Laura Taylor Swain also denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees, finding that an appeal would not be taken in good faith.
The detailed version
- Lefkowitz v. Gualt · No. 1:23-cv-05813
- Laura Swain
- July 12, 2023
Background
Logan Lefkowitz brought this civil action without a lawyer. The complaint was submitted without the required fees and without an application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP), meaning without paying the filing fees in advance.
Court’s Order
The court directed Lefkowitz, within 30 days of the order, to either pay $402—consisting of a $350 filing fee and a $52 administrative fee—or submit the attached signed IFP application. If the court grants the IFP application, Lefkowitz may proceed without prepaying the fees. The application was to identify docket number 23-CV-5813 (LTS).
No summons will issue at this time. If Lefkowitz complies, the case will be processed under the Clerk’s Office procedures. If Lefkowitz does not comply within the allowed time, the action will be dismissed.
Appeal
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith and denied IFP status for purposes of an appeal.
Read the full 4-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.