Becker et al v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Inc. et al

Filing 10

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 10/26/10 ORDERING that Plaintiff's Request to use Electronic Filing 6 is DENIED. (Mena-Sanchez, L)

(PS) Becker et al v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Inc. et al

Doc. 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Plaintiffs, 12 v. 13 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 / Presently before the court is plaintiff's Request to Use Electronic Filing. (Dkt. No. 6.) Plaintiff is proceeding without counsel. Plaintiff requests, pursuant to Local Rule 133, that he be permitted to use the court's electronic filing system because he lives "about 100 miles from the court" and "anticipates numerous pleadings for this case." (Id.) He states that he expects many of his filings will be made "just before deadlines" and that there "may not be time for mailing and a frenzied drive to the court would be a burden." (Id.) While the court appreciates plaintiff's understanding of the importance of filing deadlines, the undersigned will deny plaintiff's request at this time. Plaintiff has not made a sufficient showing that the burdens of filing and serving documents conventionally is so uniquely burdensome that the court should permit an exception to its prohibition on pro se plaintiff's use 1
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DENNLY R. BECKER; THE BECKER TRUST DATED MARCH 25, 1991, No. 2:10-cv-02799 LKK KJN PS

ORDER

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of the electronic filing system.1 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff's Request to Use Electronic Filing is denied. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: October 26, 2010

_____________________________________ KENDALL J. NEWMAN UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Local Rule 133(a) mandates that "[p]ro se parties shall file and serve paper documents as provided in these Rules." See also Local Rule 133(b)(2) (stating that "[a]ny person appearing pro se may not use electronic filing except with the permission of the assigned Judge or Magistrate Judge") (emphasis in original). 2

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