Manchanda v. Attorney Grievance Committee 1st Department, 1:25-cv-03935

Plaintiff, Rahul Dev Manchanda, filed a new lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against the Attorney Grievance Committee and the NYS Supreme Court Appellate Division, 1st Department.
On February 5, 2024, Manchanda was subject to a filing injunction in the Southern District of New York, requiring court permission before any new lawsuits could be filed.
The injunction mandated five specific procedural requirements for seeking leave to file any new action within the district.
Manchanda’s earlier appeal of the filing injunction was dismissed by the Second Circuit as lacking any arguable basis in law or fact.
In this new action, Manchanda did not fulfill the required steps set forth in the February 2024 injunction.
The action was initially filed in the Northern District of New York and then transferred to the Southern District, which reviewed compliance with the injunction.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Compliance with filing injunction	No argument addressing compliance	Injunction must be enforced	Dismissed for non-compliance
Leave of court to file new action	Implicitly sought by filing	Leave procedures must be followed	Dismissed, leave not properly sought
Payment of filing fee as sufficient	Fee paid; no further requirements	Procedural requirements trump fees	Fee payment insufficient for filing
Good faith basis for appeal (IFP status)	Not specified	Dismissal not in good faith	IFP status for appeal denied

Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438 (1962) (sets the standard for determining when an appeal is taken in good faith for purposes of IFP status)