Bass et al v. Vilsack

Filing 20

ORDER denying 19 Motion To File Certified Administrative Record on Compact Disc. Signed by Senior Judge Malcolm J. Howard on 5/25/12. (Lee, L.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

No. 7:11-CV-239-H

TERRY H. BASS & STEVE BASS,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ORDER

TOM VILSACK, Secretary,
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE,
Defendant.

This matter is before the court on defendant's motion to
file the administrative record in this case on compact discs in
lieu

of

using

the

court's

administrative burden.

electronic

filing

system

due

to

Defendant states that the administrative

record is comprised of 3,771 pages and 930 Megabytes of .audio
files and would require defendant to partition the record into
approximately 40 smaller subfiles for electronic filing.
While the court is mindful of the work involved in filing
the administrative record electronically,
motion

would

simply

electronically filing
court.

shift

the

the documents

granting defendant's

burden
to

this

of

scanning

court's

clerk of

Accordingly, defendant's motion [DE #19] is DENIED.

This 25th day of May 2012.

Senior United States District Judge
At Greenville, NC
#31

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