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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MICHAEL HUCUL,

Plaintiff,

v.

The County of San Diego, the San Diego 

County Department of Child Support 

Services (DCSS) and it's director, Alisha 

Griffin as an individual and in her official 

capacity,

Defendant.

Case No.: 17cv1531-CAB-MDD

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S 

MOTION TO FILE 

ELECTRONICALLY [Doc. No. 3]

Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Michael Hucul’s Motion for Leave to File 

Electronically, Local Civil Rule 5.4, General Order 550, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 

Rules 5 and 83. [Doc. No. 3.] Having considered Plaintiff’s arguments and the law, the 

Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion to file electronically. 

Generally, “[e]xcept as prescribed by local rule, order, or other procedure, the 

Court has designated all cases to be assigned to the Electronic Filing System.” Civ. L.R. 

5.4(a). With respect to pro se litigants, however, “[u]nless otherwise authorized by the 

court, all documents submitted for filing to the Clerk’s Office . . . must be in legible, 

paper form.” Office of the Clerk, United States District Court for the Southern District of 

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California, Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual § 2(b) 

(2017).

A pro se party seeking leave to electronically file documents must file a motion 

and demonstrate the means to do so properly by stating their equipment and software 

capabilities in addition to agreeing to follow all rules and policies in the CM/ECF 

Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual. Id. The manual refers to the court’s 

official web site for CM/ECF technical specifications, id. at § 1(i), which include a 

“computer running Windows or Macintosh”; “[s]oftware to convert documents from a 

word processor format to [PDF], such as Adobe Acrobat PDF Writer; “Adobe Acrobat 

7.0 and higher meet the CM/ECF filing requirements”; “PDF compatible word processor 

like WordPerfect or Word”; “Internet access supporting a transfer rate of 56kb or 

higher”; a compatible browser, such as Firefox 15.x, Internet Explorer 9.x, or Safari 

5.1/6.x; and a “[s]canner to image non-computerized documents 400 pixels per inch 

(ppi),” United States District Court, Southern District of California, CM/ECF: General 

Info, https://www.casd.uscourts.gov/CMECF/SitePages/Home.aspx. 

In the motion, Plaintiff states the following: 

Plaintiff motions this Honorable District Court for leave to electronically file 

documents. Plaintiff is using a Mac computer that is PDF compatible with 

Adobe Acrobat 7.0 or higher and PDF Writer. Plaintiffs [sic] computer uses 

a Safari browser that is compatible to Adobe Acrobat 7.0 or higher, is able to 

convert to PDF and it's version of 10.1.2 (12603.3.8) exceeds the required 

5.1/6x. to work correctly with CM/ECF version 6.1. Plaintiff uses "Pages", 

which for Mac is similar to Wordperfect or Word and also converts to PDF. 

Plaintiff has internet access with 56kb or higher and has a scanner to image 

non-computerized documents at 400(ppi). Plaintiff agrees to follow all rules 

and policies in the CM/ECF Ad1ninistrative Policies and Procedures 

Manual, agrees to register as a user with the Clerk's Office and is a 

subscriber to Pacer. (Drury v Barcelona (2016) U.S. District D. Nevada). 

[Doc. No. 3 at 2.] 

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Because Plaintiff has provided sufficient information required by the CMECF 

Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion 

for leave to file electronically. [Doc. No. 3.] 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 1, 2017

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