NATIONAL VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM et al v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Filing 13

Memorandum in opposition to re #8 MOTION to Certify Class filed by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Declaration Garcia, #3 Text of Proposed Order)(Nebeker, William)

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Defendant.

1. I am Anna Garci-a and work for tshe AdministraLive office
of U.S. CourEs ("AoUSC") as a PACER Service cenEer Manager' a
position t.haL I have held for one and a half years '
2. The information set forth in this declarat'ion is based
on my personal knowledge and on Lhe information availabfe Eo me
in my official capacity as I perform my work for the AOUSC'
3. In order for an individual to secure a PACER password'
and Lhus, the abiliEy t.o download a document from PACER' the
individual must agree to abide by the terms of t'he PACER service
Center's Policies and Procedures, which a user must acknowledge
and agree to before the registration is finalized and an accounE
is created. A copy of that policy is attached to this
declaration and is also available
at : hEtps : / /www . pacer . gov/ documents
4. Among Ehe terms of t.he agreement thaE musts be entered
inEo by atyot" securing a PACER accounE and password is a
reqr-rire*ent tshat the user raise any concerns abouE bill-ing wiEh
E.he PACER Service Center wiLhin 90 days of the daEe of the bill
that is in dispute.
5. In 2015, 632 of PACER users did not pay anything for
PACER use, either because tfley were: I) entsitled to a fee waiver
because they did not exceed $15.00 in a quarLeri or 2\ Ehey were
otsherwise exemptsed from paying fees (such as an educatsional
instituEion engagea in research or because they were nonprofit
organizations thaL sought and secured an exemptsion from the

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6. rn 2015, 81? of PACER users had all or some of the fees
waived, not counting the free downloading of those portions of
document.s that exceed.ed. 30 pages.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the above
information is true and correct Lo the best of my information

and belief.

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