Arnold v. United States District Court ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MARIE ENCAR ARNOLD, Case No. 1:23-cv-00266-ADA-CDB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SECOND 13 v. MOTION FOR ELECTRONIC FILING 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, et (Doc. 10) al. 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Marie Encar Arnold (“Plaintiff”) is proceeding pro se in this action filed on 18 February 22, 2023. (Doc. 1). Plaintiff has paid the filing fee and this matter is set for a 19 scheduling conference on May 18, 2023; however, no Defendant has yet appeared. (Doc. 3). On 20 March 31, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion for electronic filing. (Doc. 7). On April 5, 2023, the 21 Court issued an order denying Plaintiff’s motion as it contained no explanation or justification 22 for access to the electronic filing system. (Doc. 9). 23 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s second motion for electronic filing. (Doc. 10). Under the 24 Court’s Local Rules, pro se parties are required to “file and serve paper documents” and “may 25 not utilize electronic filing except with the permission of the assigned Judge or Magistrate 26 Judge.” Local Rule 133(b)(2) (emphasis omitted). Any request for an exception to this rule 27 must be submitted as a stipulation between the parties or a “written motion setting out an 28 explanation of reasons for the exception.” Local Rule 133(b)(3). 1 It is within the Court’s discretion to grant or deny such a request. Reddy v. Precyse 2 | Solutions LLC, No. 1:12-cv-02061-AWI-SAB, 2013 WL 2603413, at *3 (E.D. Cal. June 11, 3 | 2013). Here, Plaintiff asserts she is capable of following the requirements for e-filing and has 4 | “regular access to technical requirement necessary to e-file successfully.” (Doc. 10 at 2). The 5 | Court finds that Plaintiff has not shown good cause to warrant an exception to the Local Rule. 6 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, Plaintiff’s motion for electronic filing (Doc. 7 | 10) is DENIED. 8 | Ir Is SO ORDERED. ° Dated: _ April 12, 2023 | Word bo 10 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28