Percin v. Safeco Insurance Company of America

Filing 10

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 1/6/15: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff shall file, within 10 days after this order is served, a declaration in support of 7 Request for permission to use the court's electronic filing system. (Meuleman, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MARK DAVID PERCIN,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-02899-JAM-AC

v.

ORDER

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF
AMERICA,
Defendant.

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Pending before the court is pro se plaintiff’s request for electronic document submission.

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ECF No. 7. Although the Eastern District of California is an electronic management/filing

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district, unrepresented persons are required to file and serve paper documents unless the assigned

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Judge or Magistrate Judge grants leave to utilize electronic filing. Local Rule 133(a) & (b)(2). A

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request to use electronic filing as an exception to the rule may be made as a written motion setting

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out an explanation of reasons for the requested exception. Id. 133(b)(3). Here, the pro se plaintiff

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has filed a written motion in which he requests access to the court’s electronic filing system. ECF

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No. 7. However, plaintiff does not set out any reasons for requesting permission to use electronic

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filing, nor is it clear whether plaintiff has acquainted himself with the requirements applicable to

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electronic filing in this court and is aware of the hardware and software needed for electronic

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filing.
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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff shall file, within ten days after this

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order is served, a declaration in support of his December 29, 2014, request for permission to use

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the court’s electronic filing system.

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DATED: January 6, 2015

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