BidZirk LLC et al v. Smith

Filing 16

ORDER advising defendant to notify Clerk in writing of any change of address, and attaching privacy notice. Signed by Judge William M Catoe on 2/28/06. (ladd, )

BidZirk LLC et al v. Smith

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Date Filed 02/28/2006

Entry Number 16

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA

BidZirk LLC; Daniel G. Schmidt, III; and Jill Patterson,

) C/A No. 6:06-0109-HMH-WMC ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER ) vs. ) ) Phillip Russ Smith, ) ) Defendant. ) ) ) ___________________________________________)

It has come to the attention of the court that the defendant is p ro c e e d in g pro se. Since the defendant is a pro se litigant, his a tte n tio n is directed to the following important notice: T O THE PRO SE DEFENDANT: Y o u are ordered to always keep the Clerk of Court a d v is e d in writing (Post Office Box 10768,

Greenville, South Carolina 29603)

if your a d d re s s changes for any reason, so as to assure that o rd e rs or other matters that specify deadlines for you to m e e t will be received by you. Therefore, if you have a c h a n g e of address before this case is ended, you must c o m p ly with this order by immediately advising the Clerk o f Court in writing of such change of address and p r o vid in g the Clerk of Court with the docket numbers
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o f all pending cases you have with this court. Your fa ilu re to do so will not be excused by the court. P u t this order with your own record of this case so that yo u will not overlook your duty. If an attorney serves you b y mail on behalf of a plaintiff or other party, you also h a v e a duty to notify that attorney if your address is to be c h a n g e d for mail purposes. T h e defendant is, hereby, informed that if his address c h a n g e s in the future, he must provide his own address. H e n c e , the Office of the Clerk of Court shall not enter any c h a n g e of address submitted by the defendant which d ire c ts that mail be sent to a person other than the d e fe n d a n t (unless that person is an attorney admitted to p ra c tic e before this court who has entered a formal a p p e a ra n c e ). (S ta n d a rd change of address order, which is issued in all pro se c a s e s in the District of South Carolina). The defendant shall serve a copy of any subsequent pleading, m o tio n or other paper filed by the defendant in this court upon c o u n s e l for the plaintiffs. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5. Any subsequent d o c u m e n ts filed in this court shall have a signed Certificate of S e rv ic e attached, which states who was served, what document was s e rv e d , and how the document was served. The defendant must p la c e the Civil Action Number (C/A No.) listed above on any d o c u m e n t filed in this case.

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In all future filings with this court, the defendant is directed to use letter-size paper,1 to write or type text on one side of a s h e e t of paper only, and not to write or type on both sides of a n y sheet of paper.2 The defendant is further instructed not to write to the edge of the paper, but to maintain one-inch margins on the to p , bottom, and sides of each paper submitted. IT IS SO ORDERED.

February 28, 2006 G re e n v ille , South Carolina

s /W illia m M. Catoe U n ite d States Magistrate Judge

The defendant's attention is directed to the important warning on the next page.

Letter-size paper is 8˝ inches by 11 inches. The federal district courts stopped accepting pleadings on legal-size paper in 1983. See, e.g., United States v. White, 53 F.Supp.2d 976, 981, 1999 U.S.Dist. LEXIS® 9867 (W.D.Tenn. 1999). Cf. Supreme Court Rule 34.1, and Second Circuit Miscellaneous Form CTA2 Sentence Corr. Fed. ("The Judicial Conference of the United States has adopted the 8˝ X 11 inch paper size for use throughout the federal judiciary and directed the elimination of the use of legal size paper."). Pursuant to Section 205 of the E-Government Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107-347, December 17, 2002, 111 Stat. 2899, this court has implemented Case ManagementElectronic Case Filing (CM-ECF). For this purpose, pro se filings are scanned to create electronic docket records. Therefore, the use of only one side of a sheet of paper is required. Also, double-sided pages are difficult to "scan" into the CM-ECF system. 3
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IM P O R T AN T INFORMATION . . . PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!

W AR N IN G TO PRO SE LITIGANTS
All Documents That You File with the Court Will Be Available to the Public on the Internet T h r o u g h Pacer (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) and the Court's Electronic Case F ilin g System. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING YOUR IDENTITY FROM POSSIBLE THEFT. Y O U MUST REMOVE CERTAIN PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FROM ALL D O C U M E N T S BEFORE YOU SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTS TO THE COURT FOR FILING. IT IS NOT T H E COURT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO REMOVE PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FROM Y O U R DOCUMENTS BEFORE THEY ARE ELECTRONICALLY DOCKETED. Under the Privacy Policy of the Judicial Conference of the United States, a litigant, w h e th e r represented by counsel or appearing pro se, must not put certain types of the litigant's (o r any other person's) personal identifying information or other sensitive personal information in documents submitted for filing to any United States District Court. This rule applies to ALL d o c um e n ts submitted for filing, including pleadings, exhibits to pleadings, discovery responses, and any o th e r document submitted by any party for filing. If the litigant finds it necessary to submit a document c o n ta in in g personal identifying information, the litigant must "black out" or redact the personal identifying in fo rm a tio n prior to submitting the document to the Office of the Clerk of Court for filing. 1 . Types of personal information that MUST be removed or redacted from documents before filing: (a ) Social Security numbers. If an individual's social security number must be included in a pleading, o n ly the last four digits of that number shall be used. (b ) Names of Minor Children. If the involvement of a minor child must be mentioned, only the initials o f that child shall be used. (c ) Dates of Birth. If an individual's date of birth must be included in a pleading, only the year shall be u s e d. (d ) Financial Account Numbers. If financial account numbers are relevant, only the last four digits of th e s e numbers shall be used. (e ) Home Address Information. If the home address of a person must be included, only the city and s ta te shall be listed, except for the mailing address of a pro se litigant, which is necessary for notification o f court proceedings, or the full address of a party to be served on necessary service papers. (f) Juror Information. If a document containing identifying information about a juror or potential juror m u s t be filed (e.g., verdict form or indictment), all personal information identifying a juror or potential ju ro r must be redacted. 2. Other sensitive personal information that should be considered for possible removal or redaction: A n y personal identifying number, including a driver's license number; medical records; e m p lo ym e n t history; individual financial information; proprietary or trade secret information; information re g a r d in g an individual's cooperation with the government; information regarding the victim of any c rim in a l activity; national security information; and/or sensitive security information described in 49 U .S .C . § 114(s).

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