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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES M. LANIER,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY OFFICIALS 

ASSOCIATION, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-cv-01938-EPG

ORDER RE: REQUEST TO FILE 

DOCUMENTS ELECTRONICALLY

(ECF No. 41)

Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed this action on December 4, 2014. (ECF No. 1.) On July 

13, 2016, Plaintiff filed a request to use the CM/ECF system to electronically file documents in 

this case. (ECF No. 41.) In his request, Plaintiff states that he has access to a computer and the 

other technical requirements to participate in the CM/ECF system and agrees to abide by the 

requirements of the CM/ECF system. He also consents receive service and notice via email and 

waives his right to receive service of documents by U.S. mail.

Under the Court’s Local Rules, pro se parties are required to “file and serve paper 

documents” and “may not utilize electronic filing except with the permission of the assigned 

Judge or Magistrate Judge.” Local Rule 133(b)(2). Any request for an exception to this rule must 

be submitted as a stipulation between the parties or a “written motion[ ] setting out an explanation 

of reasons for the exception. Points and authorities are not required, and no argument or hearing 

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will normally be held.” Local Rule 133(b)(3). It is within the Court’s discretion to grant or deny 

such a request. Reddy v. Precyse Solutions LLC, Case No. 1:12-cv-2061-AWI-SAB, 2013 WL 

2603413, at *3 (E.D. Cal. June 11, 2013). 

The Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s request to electronically file documents. Plaintiff is 

advised that he must promptly register to file documents electronically and must abide by the 

procedures that govern electronic filing in the Court’s Local Rules and in the CM/ECF User’s 

Manual, located on the Court’s website. Any failure to abide by these procedures may result in 

sanctions, including termination of electronic filing privileges.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 19, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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