A lawsuit against Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox will apparently not be moving through the appeals process.

Cox says a federal judge dismissed the suit filed by Sandrio Andujar.

Andujar filed an appeal, and requested that the courts waive the federal appeals filing fee.

Thursday morning, Cox says his office got word that the courts have ordered Andujar to pay the filing fee, which is $455.

Andujar is now in prison, where he earns money for his commissary account. Cox says with the number of years Mr. Andujar has left to spend in prison it may be some time before he has a positive balance on his commissary account.

In a news release, Cox said “We applaud the Federal Courts rulings and final order.”