Valerie L. Flores v. Willie Terrell Thomas, Chris Jenkins, Debradre Jackson, Eric Perkins, Kevin Johnson, Kirara Johnson, and Ashley Messier

Summary

The Western District of Wisconsin ordered plaintiff Valerie L. Flores to prepay the full $405 filing fee in her transferred civil-rights action. The court gave her until June 8, 2026, to pay the fee and cautioned that failure to do so would result in dismissal with prejudice under an existing filing bar.

Holdings

1. A prior order barring Flores from filing new civil lawsuits in the Western District of Wisconsin without prepaying the full filing fee applies to this action after its transfer to that district, even though Flores originally filed the action in another district.
2. Flores must prepay the full $405 filing fee by June 8, 2026; if the court does not receive the payment by that date, the action will be dismissed with prejudice.

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 to an action filed in another district and later transferred to the Western District of Wisconsin on venue grounds.
2. Whether Flores should be given a period to prepay the full filing fee before dismissal of the transferred action.

Disposition

other