Valerie L. Flores v. Dane Cnty. Human Serv. et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin ordered Valerie L. Flores to prepay the full $405 filing fee in a case transferred from the Northern District of New York. The court gave Flores until February 16, 2026, to pay the fee and warned that failure to do so would result in dismissal with prejudice; it also directed the clerk to send the order and a prior filing-bar order to the Northern District of New York.

Holdings

1. A prior bar order requiring Flores to prepay the full filing fee before filing new civil lawsuits in the Western District of Wisconsin applies to an action filed in another district without prepayment when that action is transferred to the Western District of Wisconsin on venue grounds.
2. Flores was permitted until February 16, 2026, to pay the $405 filing fee, and the action would be dismissed with prejudice if the court did not receive full payment by that date.

Questions Presented

1. Whether a prior order requiring Flores to prepay the full filing fee before filing new civil lawsuits in the Western District of Wisconsin applies when she files in another district without prepaying and the action is later transferred to the Western District of Wisconsin on venue grounds.
2. Whether Flores should be given a deadline to prepay the $405 filing fee and warned that failure to do so would result in dismissal with prejudice.

Disposition

other