UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK VISION STREAMS, Plaintiff, 25-CV-5676 (LTS) -against- ORDER OF DISMISSAL PARMOUNT VIDEO, Defendant. LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN, Chief United States District Judge: Plaintiff Vision Streams filed this action pro se. Non-party William Scales signed the complaint but did not pay the $405.00 in fees to initiate a new civil action or submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). For the reasons discussed in this order, the Court dismisses without prejudice the claims asserted by Vision Streams. DISCUSSION

To proceed with a civil action in this court, a plaintiff must either pay $405.00 in fees—a $350.00 filing fee plus a $55.00 administrative fee – or, request authorization to proceed IFP, that is, without prepayment of fees, by submitting a signed IFP application. See

, 1915. Only a natural person, however, can proceed IFP; an entity like Vision Streams cannot. See Rowland v. California Men’s Colony,

(1993) (holding that only natural persons may proceed IFP under

). Moreover, an entity like Vision Streams cannot proceed without counsel. See, e.g., Jones v. Niagara Frontier Transp. Auth.,

, 22 (2d Cir. 1983) (noting that “it is established that a corporation, which is an artificial entity that can only act through agents, cannot proceed pro se”). Accordingly, the Court dismisses claims filed on behalf of Vision Streams without prejudice to that entity proceeding with this action with counsel and with the payment of the fees.1 CONCLUSION The Court dismisses claims filed on behalf of Vision Streams without prejudice to this entity proceeding with this action with counsel and with the payment of the fees.

The Court certifies, pursuant to

(a)(3), that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith, and therefore IFP status is denied for the purpose of an appeal. See Coppedge v. United States,

(1962). The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment dismissing this case. SO ORDERED. Dated: July 24, 2025 New York, New York

/s/ Laura Taylor Swain LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN Chief United States District Judge

1 William Scales has filed a slew of cases in his own name and on behalf of Vision Streams and Global Media Network, and the Court has ordered him to show cause why he should not be barred from filing any further actions in this court IFP, either in his own name or his companies’ names, without first obtaining permission from the court to file his complaint. See Global Media Network v. Pandora, No. 25-CV-5555 (LTS) (S.D.N.Y. July 23, 2024).