Soto v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 16

ORDER denying without prejudice 15 Plaintiff's motion for a login and password to access Court's CM/ECF filing system. Signed by Magistrate Judge Philip R. Lammens on 7/26/2017. (AR)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
OCALA DIVISION
CARLOS H. SOTO,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 5:17-cv-241-Oc-10PRL

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY
Defendant.

ORDER
This matter is before the Court on pro se Plaintiff’s motion requesting that he be provided
with a login and password so that he can use the Court’s CM/ECF filing system. (Doc. 15).
Pursuant to the Court’s Administrative Procedures for Electronic Filing, a pro se litigant is not
permitted to file electronically, absent authorization by the Court.1 Here, Plaintiff has offered no
reason or explanation to justify his request. Moreover, it is unclear why access would be
necessary since social security appeals generally have very few filings beyond the administrative
record and the parties’ respective memoranda.
Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion for access to the Court’s CM/ECF filing system is due to
be DENIED without prejudice to renewal upon a showing that access to CM/ECF is justified by
the circumstances of this case.

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Administrative Procedures for Electronic Filing in Civil and Criminal Cases, available at
https://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/CMECF/CM-ECF_ADMINISTRATIVE_PROCEDURES_6-5-2015.pdf.

DONE and ORDERED in Ocala, Florida on July 26, 2017.

Copies furnished to:
Counsel of Record
Unrepresented Parties

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