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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STEVEN HENDRIX, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES OF 

SOLANO COUNTY, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-cv-2689-MCE-EFB PS 

ORDER 

Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, requests permission to file documents electronically in 

this action. ECF No. 31. The Local Rules provide that “[a]ny person appearing pro se may not 

utilize electronic filing except with the permission of the assigned Judge or Magistrate Judge.” 

E.D. Cal. L.R. 133(b)(2). “Requests to use paper or electronic filing as exceptions from these 

Rules shall be submitted as stipulations as provided in L.R. 143 or, if a stipulation cannot be had, 

as written motions setting out an explanation of reasons for the exception. Points and authorities 

are not required, and no argument or hearing will normally be held.” E.D. Cal. L.R. 133(b)(3). 

Plaintiff asserts that he should be permitted to file documents electronically because he 

resides in Vallejo, California, which is about a 50 minute drive from the courthouse. ECF No. 31. 

He further contends that he is adept at working with computers, and feels that he would have no 

difficulty submitting documents electronically. Id. While plaintiff may be capable of 

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electronically filing documents in this action, the court does not find that the distance plaintiff 

lives from the courthouse warranting the requested relief. Plaintiff may mail documents to the 

court and need not travel to the courthouse every time he needs to file a document. Moreover, 

plaintiff does not indicate whether a stipulation to file electronically could be had, nor does he 

demonstrate that he will suffer any prejudice by having to file paper documents with the clerk’s 

office. Thus, plaintiff has not provided a sufficient basis for permitting him to file electronically. 

Accordingly, plaintiff’s request to file electronically (ECF No. 31) is denied. 

DATED: October 31, 2016. 

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