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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EUGENE KORTE,

Plaintiff, No. 2:13-cv-0035 JAM JFM (PS) 

vs.

MIDLAND FUNDING LLC, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is proceeding in this action without counsel or “pro se.” This proceeding

was referred to this court by Local Rule 302(c)(21). On February 27, 2013, this court granted

plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 3. 

 Before the court is plaintiff’s motion to seal documents. ECF No. 6. The

documents for which plaintiff seeks a sealing order are tendered in support of a request to waive

PACER fees. 1

Documents may be sealed only by written order of the Court, upon the showing

required by applicable law. L.R. 141. Plaintiff does not make a showing in his motion that the

 PACER is an acronym for Public Access to Court Electronic Records which is an 1

electronic public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information from

federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts.

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documents should be sealed as required by applicable law. However, the documents were filed

for the sole purpose of supporting plaintiff’s request to waive PACER fees and are not relevant to

the claims at bar. Therefore, the court will grant plaintiff’s motion to seal.

Plaintiff has also not made a showing that his PACER fees should be waived. 

Exemptions from PACER user fees are uncommon. In forma pauperis status alone does not

support a request to waive PACER fees. All parties and attorneys of record receive one free

electronic copy of documents filed with the court if they are registered with the court’s CM/ECF

system. If not, a party will receive a copy of all orders and filed documents via mail. Further, if 2

plaintiff chooses to access court records through PACER, the fee is a modest $0.10 per page

retrieved, and the charge for any single document has a cap of $3.00 which is equivalent to 30

pages. Plaintiff has not sufficiently supported his request to waive PACER fees given he can

obtain copies of case documents by following these procedures. 

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to seal documents (ECF No. 6) is granted; and 

2. Plaintiff’s request to waive PACER fees (ECF No. 6) is denied.

DATED: May 2, 2013

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

kort0035.mts

 CM/ECF is the court’s case management system that maintains the electronic files in 2

each case.

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