Berman v. Superior Court of State of California for the County of San Mateo et al

Filing 5

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S PRO SE REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO E-FILE by Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler; granting 4 Motion Pro Se Request for Permission to E-File. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service) (ls, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/31/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Northern District of California

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San Francisco Division
JOHN BERMAN,

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For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Plaintiff,

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No. C 12-03869 LB

v.
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA (OPENTV, REAL
PARTY IN INTEREST),

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
PRO SE REQUEST FOR
PERMISSION TO E-FILE
[ECF No. 4]

Defendants.
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Plaintiff John Berman, appearing pro se, asks to participate in the court’s Electronic Case Filing
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(ECF) program. ECF No. 4.1 To e-file, litigants must register to use the ECF and PACER systems.

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In an early case, another judge on this court allowed him to e-file. See Berman v. OpenTV Corp. et
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al., C 09-04065 JL.
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Based on Plaintiff’s representations that he navigated the ECF system successfully before and
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still has the technology skills (in part because he is a working electronic hardware engineer who uses
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computers and the internet daily) to use ECF, the court GRANTS Plaintiff’s request to e-file in this
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case. The court reminds Plaintiff of the following: (1) he should review and must abide by all of the
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requirements for e-filing; and (2) once he is registered for e-filing, he will receive notices and
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Court filings are identified by their docket number and page on the Electronic Case Filing
(“ECF”) docket sheet.
C 12-03869 LB
ORDER

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documents only by email in this case and not by regular mail.
This order does not automatically register plaintiff with ECF. Plaintiff should consult the ECF

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website at http://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov for instructions regarding ECF registration forms, interactive

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tutorials, and complete instructions for e-filing.

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This disposes of ECF No. 4.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: July 31, 2012
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LAUREL BEELER
United States Magistrate Judge

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C 12-03869 LB
ORDER

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