U.S. Ethernet Innovations, LLC v. Acer, Inc. et al

Filing 1264

ORDER GRANTING PACER FEE EXEMPTION. Signed by Judge Wilken on 9/12/2014. (cwlc1S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/12/2014)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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No. C 10-3724 CW

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U.S. ETHERNET INNOVATIONS, LLC,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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ACER, Inc., et al.,
Defendants.

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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ORDER GRANTING PACER
FEE EXEMPTION

The Court has appointed Kwan Chan as Technical Advisor in
this case.

The Court finds that a PACER fee exemption is

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appropriate to facilitate Mr. Chan’s work on this case.

The

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standards established by the Judicial Conference for granting such

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an exemption are to avoid unreasonable burdens and to promote

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public access to such information.

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order for the court to grant an exemption from the PACER fee.

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Both standards must be met in

It would be unreasonable to burden Mr. Chan with payment of
this fee while he is working under appointment by and on behalf of
the Court. Because he is performing a public function as a

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Technical Advisor in this case, public access to information will
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be promoted if he has free access to the entire docket in this
case.
Thus, the Court finds that both standards have been met in
this instance and GRANTS Mr. Chan an exemption from PACER user

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fees with respect to documents on the docket of the above-

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captioned case and all related cases.

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in place as long as Mr. Chan remains appointed as technical

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advisor in the above-referenced case.

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The exemption shall remain

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: 9/12/2014

CLAUDIA WILKEN
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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