Booth v. US Department of Veteran Affairs et al

Filing 86

ORDER re 85 Letter. The Court finds Plaintiff's request [Doc. 85] well taken, and it is GRANTED. Plaintiff shall be allowed to access the CM/ECF system, subject to the same terms and conditions that apply to other users. Signed by Magistrate Judge H Bruce Guyton on 8/29/2018. (Copy mailed to Debra Booth at 2532 Shipetown Road, Mascot, TN 37806-1912) (KMK, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE
DEBRA BOOTH,
Plaintiff,
v.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS,
et al.,
Defendants.

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No. 3:16-CV-146-HBG

ORDER
This case is before the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), Rule 73(b) of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the consent of the parties, for all further proceedings,
including entry of judgment [Docs. 36, 69, 78].
Now before the Court is Plaintiff’s Pleading Response to Electronic Case Filing [Doc. 85].
In Plaintiff’s filing, she states that she tried to register and utilize the Court’s Electronic Case Filing
(“ECF”) system but that she was not able to do so because she is not an attorney.
The Court will construe Plaintiff’s filing as a motion for access to ECF. Rule 5 of the ECF
Filing Rules and Procedures of this Court provides that “[a] party to an action who is not
represented by an attorney may, with the Court’s permission, register as a Filing User solely for
purposes of that action.”1 Accordingly, the Court finds Plaintiff’s request [Doc. 85] well taken,
and it is GRANTED. Plaintiff shall be allowed to access the CM/ECF system, subject to the same
terms and conditions that apply to other users. Plaintiff shall complete the online registration form

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Electronic Case Filing Rules and Procedures of the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Tennessee, available at the following internet address:
http://www.tned.uscourts.gov/local-rules-and-standing-orders.

available at: http://www.tned.uscourts.gov/content/attorney-ecf-registration-form. If Plaintiff has
any issues with registering, she shall contact the Clerk’s Office.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
ENTER:

United States Magistrate Judge

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