In re: Owen

Filing 4

SECOND AMENDED ORDER by Clerk (delegated authority) granting exemption of PACER fees. Exemption given to successor to Colorado Prison Law Project, i.e., Prison Justice League, Elisabeth L. Owen, Director, on 02/13/15. (ebutl)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
In Re: Application for Exemption from the
Electronic Public Access Fees for
Elisabeth L. Owen, Managing Director,
Prisoners’ Justice League of Colorado
LLC

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Misc. Case No. 14-mc-0211
Second Amended Order

This matter is before the Court’s Determining Officer, as authorized and delegated from
the Clerk of the Court and the Chief Judge, upon the application and request by Elisabeth L.
Owen, Managing Director, Prisoners’ Justice League of Colorado LLC. She requests an
exemption from the fees imposed by the Electronic Public Access fee schedule adopted by the
Judicial Conference of the United States.
The Determining Officer finds that Ms. Owen has entered her appearance as a pro bono
attorney in multiple prisoner civil rights cases representing indigent parties, formerly as the
Executive Director and Managing Attorney of the Colorado Prison Law Project, and will continue
to do so in the future as Managing Director for the Prisoners’ Justice League of Colorado LLC.
Her continued representation of indigent prisoners on a pro bono basis justifies designation of
herself and the organization as within the class of users listed in the fee schedule as eligible for
a fee exemption. Ms. Owen has confirmed for this Determining Officer’s satisfaction that an
exemption for herself, on behalf of the Prisoners’ Justice League of Colorado LLC, is necessary
in order to avoid unreasonable burdens and to promote public access to information.
Accordingly, Attorney and Managing Director Elisabeth L. Owen of the Prisoners’ Justice
League shall be exempt from the payment of fees for access via PACER to the electronic case
files maintained in this court, to the extent such use is incurred in the course of Ms. Owen’s
appearances as a pro bono attorney in civil cases in the District of Colorado, as well as for the
purpose of researching lawsuits to determine whether the League will provide pro bono
representation, or in furtherance of existing pro bono representation.
Additionally, the following limitations apply:
1. This fee exemption applies only to Elisabeth L. Owen, Managing Director of the
Prisoners’ Justice League and is valid only for the purposes stated above.
2. This fee exemption applies only to the electronic case files that are available through
the PACER system.
3. By accepting this exemption, Ms. Owen agrees not to sell for profit any data obtained
as a result of receiving this exemption; nor to transfer any data obtained as a result of
the exemption, without express authorization by the court.
4. This exemption will remain valid and continuing on the condition that the Prisoners'
Justice League maintains an active, pending civil pro bono caseload in the District of
Colorado.
5. This exemption should be effective nunc pro tunc to the date of April 1, 2013.
6. Ms. Owen, as the fee exemption holder, shall notify the court and the PACER Account
Service Center when the Prisoners’ Justice League is no longer appearing in District of
Colorado cases on a pro bono basis.
This exemption may be revoked at the discretion of the Court through the Determining
Officer at any time. A copy of this Order will be sent to the PACER Service Center.
Dated at Denver, Colorado this

13th

day of February, 2015.
By: s/Edward P. Butler
Edward P. Butler, Determining Officer
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado