Hoffman v. Smith et al

Filing 51

ORDER denying 50 Plaintiff Jerry L. Hoffman's Motion for access to the Court's electronic filing system. Signed by Magistrate Judge Kyle C. Dudek on 3/12/2025. (CGW)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
JERRY L. HOFFMAN,
Case No. 2:24-CV-00111-SPC-KCD

Plaintiff,
v.
OFFICER T. SMITH, CITY OF
PUNTA GORDA,
Defendants,
/

ORDER
Pro se Plaintiff Jerry L. Hoffman moves for access to the Court’s
electronic filing system. (Doc. 50.) The motion is DENIED. “Pro se litigants
are generally denied access to electronic

filing unless extenuating

circumstances exist to justify waiving CM/ECF procedures.” Huminski v.
Vermont, No. 2:13-cv-692-FtM-29, 2014 WL 169848, *4 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 15,
2014); see also McMahon v. Cleveland Clinic Found. Police Dep't, 455 F.
App'x 874, 878 (11th Cir. 2011) (affirming denial of CM/ECF access for pro se
litigants). No extenuating circumstances have been shown (or even argued)
here. To the extent Plaintiff believes electronic filing will help him access
documents in the case, he can already submit materials electronically
through the Web Portal on the Court’s website: https://www.flmd.
uscourts.gov/electronic-document-submission-web-portal.

ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida this March 12, 2025.

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