BRIAN D. KARTH DISTRICT COURT EXECUTIVE / CLERK OF COURT

SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR U. S. COURTHOUSE, SUITE

130

401 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, SPC 1

PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85003-2118

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

OFFICE OF THE CLERK

Visit our website at www.azd.uscourts.gov

DEBRA D. LUCAS

CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK

SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR U. S. COURTHOUSE,

SUITE 130

401 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, SPC 1

PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85003-2118

MICHAEL S. O’BRIEN CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK

EVO A. DECONCINI U.S. COURTHOUSE

405 W. CONGRESS, SUITE 1500

TUCSON, ARIZONA 85701-5010

NOTICE TO PRO-SE NON-PRISONER PARTIES REPRESENTING THEMSELVES

The staff of the Clerk’s Office ensures the effective, efficient and professional delivery of clerical and administrative services,

while fostering a customer-friendly and employee-friendly environment.

The United States District Court would like to encourage pro se parties to take advantage of

receiving immediate notice of public documents filed in their cases. Notices of electronic filing

(NEF) and attached documents for attorney, pro se and court entries would be transmitted

electronically to a non-prisoner pro se party who selects this option. Note: The pro se party

would continue to file their documents with the Clerk’s Office in paper form.

Parties who are entitled to documents as part of their legal proceedings receive one (1) free copy

by email. You may save or print this document the first time you view it. 

Parties who wish to receive filed documents electronically must have the following:

• Personal computer running a standard platform such as Windows or Mac OSX

• Internet access (high speed is recommended)

• A Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or 6.0 or Mozilla Firefox 2 or 1.5)

• Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed for viewing e-filed documents

To request notices of filing electronically, a completed Request by Non-Prisoner Pro Se Party for

Electronic Noticing form must be submitted to the Clerk’s Office.

IMPORTANT:

Messages sent to Yahoo or AOL accounts are frequently found in the spam folder until the court

is added to your address book.

You will receive one “free” look of the document. This free look must be viewed within 14 days.

You must only single-click the hyperlink, double-clicking will lose the free look. You will have to

obtain a copy through PACER and may be charged for the copy. Please visit http://www.pacer.gov

for billing details.

As with your mailing address, you must file a notice if your email address changes to ensure your

noticing is not interrupted. A docket entry detailing undeliverable emails will be entered to the case.

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REQUEST BY NON-PRISONER PRO SE PARTY 

FOR ELECTRONIC NOTICING 

Case Number ____________________ 

This form is to be used when requesting notice of filings be received electronically. The 

following information is required:

Personal Information 

First Name __________________________ Middle Name _____________________________ 

Last Name __________________________ Generation ________________________________ 

Address ______________________________________________________________________ 

City __________________________________ State ________ Zip Code __________________ 

Telephone Number ______________________________________________________________ 

Type of personal computer and related software/equipment required: 

 Personal computer running a standard platform such as Windows or Mac OSX

 Internet access (high speed is recommended)

 A Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or 6.0 or Mozilla Firefox 2 or 1.5)

 Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed for viewing e-filed documents

E-mail address designated for noticing: 

______________________________________________________________________________ 

Note: You must promptly notify the Clerk’s Office, in writing, if there is a change in your 

 designated e-mail address. 

E-mail type: 

□ HTML – Recommended for most e-mail clients

□ Plain Text – Recommended for e-mail accounts unable to process HTML e-mail

By submitting this request form, the undersigned consents to electronic service and waives the 

right to personal service and service by first class mail pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 5(b)(2), except with regard to service of a summons and complaint. 

When a filing is entered on the case docket, a party who is registered for electronic noticing will 

receive a Notice of Electronic Filing in his/her designated e-mail account. The Notice of 

Electronic Filing will allow one free look at the document, and any attached .pdf may be printed 

or saved. After the free look viewing, a user must have a PACER account to query documents in 

the case. To register for PACER, a user must complete the on-line form or submit a registration 

form available on the PACER website http://www.pacer.gov. 

_____________ _________________________________________ 

Date Participant Signature 

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Federal Rule 5.2 Civil Privacy Protection For Filings Made with the Court

(a) Redacted Filings. Unless the court orders otherwise, in an electronic or paper filing with the

court that contains an individual’s social-security number, taxpayer-identification number, or

birth date, the name of an individual known to be a minor, or a financial-account number, a party

or nonparty making the filing may include only:

(1) the last four digits of the social-security number and taxpayer-identification number;

(2) the year of the individual’s birth;

(3) the minor’s initials; and

(4) the last four digits of the financial-account number.

(b) Exemptions from the Redaction Requirement. The redaction requirement does not apply

to the following:

(1) a financial-account number that identifies the property allegedly subject to forfeiture

in a forfeiture proceeding;

(2) the record of an administrative or agency proceeding;

(3) the official record of a state-court proceeding;

(4) the record of a court or tribunal, if that record was not subject to the redaction

requirement when originally filed;

(5) a filing covered by Rule 5.2(c) or (d); and

(6) a pro se filing in an action brought under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254, or 2255.

(c) Limitations on Remote Access to Electronic Files; Social-Security Appeals and

Immigration Cases. Unless the court orders otherwise, in an action for benefits under the Social

Security Act, and in an action or proceeding relating to an order of removal, to relief from

removal, or to immigration benefits or detention, access to an electronic file is authorized as

follows:

(1) the parties and their attorneys may have remote electronic access to any part of the

case file, including the administrative record;

(2) any other person may have electronic access to the full record at the courthouse, but

may have remote electronic access only to:

(A) the docket maintained by the court; and 

(B) an opinion, order, judgment, or other disposition of the court, but not any

other part of the case file or the administrative record.

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(d) Filings Made Under Seal. The court may order that a filing be made under seal without

redaction. The court may later unseal the filing or order the person who made the filing to file a

redacted version for the public record.

(e) Protective Orders. For good cause, the court may by order in a case:

(1) require redaction of additional information; or

(2) limit or prohibit a nonparty’s remote electronic access to a document filed with the

court.

(f) Option for Additional Unredacted Filing Under Seal.

A person making a redacted filing may also file an unredacted copy under seal. The court must

retain the unredacted copy as part of the record.

(g) Option for Filing a Reference List. A filing that contains redacted information may be filed

together with a reference list that identifies each item of redacted information and specifies an

appropriate identifier that uniquely corresponds to each item listed. The list must be filed under

seal and may be amended as of right. Any reference in the case to a listed identifier will be

construed to refer to the corresponding item of information.

(h) Waiver of Protection of Identifiers. A person waives the protection of Rule 5.2(a) as to the

person’s own information by filing it without redaction and not under seal. 

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Federal Court Self-Service Clinic 

Free Civil Legal Help 

Wish you could tall< to an attorney about your federal civil case for free? 

The Volunteer Lawyers Program and the United States District Court for 

the District of Arizona in Phoenix offer to the public a Free Self-Service Clinic. 

Pro Se litigants can get an appointment for 30 minutes to speal< one-onone with a volunteer attorney about their federal case. See below for 

information about how to schedule an appointment online. 

When: 

In order to attend the Federal Court Self-Service Clinic you must be: 

1 J representing yourself (do not have an attorney}; and 

2J involved in or considering filing a CIVIL federal case fa case 

arising under federal law or a case in which the parties reside in 

different states and the amount in controversy is $75,000 or 

more). The clinic cannot provide advice about criminal cases. 

• The Clinic is held by appointment only, usually on 3 Thursday afternoons 

each month. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your appointment. 

• The clinic does not offer telephone or wafl<-in appointments or arrange 

attorneys to represent you in Court. 

Where: 

• United States District Court, 401 W. Washington Street, Phoenix-, 1st Floor, 

Suite 130. 

Eligibility: 

• The clinic is open to anyone who does NOT have an attorney and has a 

current civil federal court issue, with no income limits. 

• Pro Se litigants may receive up to 3 appointments per year. 

To schedule an appointment visit the Court's website at: 

www.azd.uscourts.gov 

Clicl< on the linl< titled "Information for those filing without an attorney" and 

then the linl< to the Federal Court Self-Service Center Phoenix. 

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