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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1125la Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GINA CHAMPION-CAIN, an individual; 

LUV SURF, LP, a California limited 

partnership; ANI COMMERCIAL CA I, 

LLC, a California limited liability 

company; and ANI COMMERCIAL CA 

II, LP, a California limited partnership,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BRIAN MACDONALD, an individual; 

LOVESURF, INC., a Delaware 

corporation; and DOES 1-10, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:14-cv-02540-GPC-BLM

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT 

BRIAN MACDONALD’S MOTION 

TO GRANT ACCESS TO THE 

COURT’S ELECTRONIC CASE 

FILING SYSTEM

[ECF No. 157.]

Before the Court is Defendant Brian MacDonald’s motion for permission to use 

the Court’s electronic case filing system. (Dkt. No. 157.) Section 2(b) of the Electronic 

Case Filing Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual permits a pro se litigant to 

file electronically only if authorized by the Court. Good cause appearing, the Court 

GRANTS Defendant Brian MacDonald’s motion for permission to use the Case 

Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) system. Mr. MacDonald is ordered to 

attend CM/ECF classes with the Clerk’s Office and is directed to contact the Clerk’s 

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office at (619) 557-5600 to arrange training. In accordance with section 2(b) of the 

Court’s Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual, 

Defendant is instructed that he “must register as a user with the Clerk’s Office as a 

subscriber to PACER within five (5) days.”1 

The Court notes that the instant action is currently stayed with respect to Mr.

MacDonald on account of his filing of a voluntary petition for bankruptcy in the Central 

District of California. (Dkt. No. 151.) Accordingly, although the Court is granting Mr. 

MacDonald access to the CM/ECF system, Mr. MacDonald may not file any documents 

on his own behalf. Moreover, Mr. MacDonald, who is not an attorney, may not file any 

documents on behalf of Defendant Lovesurf, Inc. See CivLR 83.3(j). The Court will not 

accept or consider any documents improperly filed by Mr. MacDonald on his own behalf, 

until the bankruptcy stay is lifted. Nor will the Court accept or consider any documents 

filed by response by Mr. MacDonald on behalf of Defendant Lovesurf, Inc., absent 

representation by an attorney permitted to practice in compliance with the procedures 

mandated by the Civil Local Rules (including, but certainly not limited to, procedures for 

admission to this Court as governed by CivLR 83.3(c)). The Court reiterates that in the 

event Defendant Lovesurf, Inc. retains representation, counsel must enter a formal 

appearance on the record in accordance with requisite procedures prior to litigating on 

Defendant Lovesurf, Inc.’s behalf.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 1, 2017

 

1 Mr. MacDonald notes in his motion that he received an error message in the course of registering for 

PACER. (Dkt. No. 157 at 1.) However, any issues or questions pertaining to PACER and the CM/ECF 

system should be directed to the Clerk’s Office, rather than the Court.

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cc:

Brian MacDonald

32158 Camino Capistrano #104-501

San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675-3720

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