William Scales v. American Web Coders

SUONUITTEHDE RSTNA DTEISST DRIISCTTR OICFT N CEOWU YROTR K WILLIAM SCALES, Plaintiff, 25-CV-6166 (LTS) -against- ORDER OF DISMISSAL AMERICAN WEB CODERS, Defendants.

LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN, Chief United States District Judge: By order dated September 2, 2025, the Court directed Plaintiffs Taskem and William Scales, within thirty days, to pay the $405.00 in fees required to file a civil action in this court.1 That order specified that failure to comply would result in dismissal of the complaint. Scales then submitted an amended complaint dropping Taskem as a plaintiff, but he has not filed paid the fees, and the time to do so has expired. Accordingly, the amended complaint is dismissed without prejudice. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914, 1915.

The Court certifies under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith, and therefore in forma pauperis status is denied for the purpose of an appeal. Cf. Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438, 444-45 (1962) (holding that an appellant demonstrates good faith when he seeks review of a nonfrivolous issue). Judgment shall enter.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 7, 2025 New York, New York /s/ Laura Taylor Swain LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN Chief United States District Judge

1 As Plaintiff is aware, an artificial entity like Taskem cannot proceed in forma pauperis (IFP), and Scales was barred from proceeding IFP in any new action on or after July 23, 2025, see Global Media Network v. Pandora, ECF 1:25-CV-5555, 7 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 11, 2025). This action was filed after that