Application for Multi-Court Exemption from the Judicial Conference's Electronic Public Access (EPA) Fees

Filing 2

ORDER Granting Kostas Pappas an Exemption from the Electronic Public Access Fees. Signed by Judge Heather Z. Cooper on 10/25/2024. (mhd)

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
DISTRICT OF VERMONT

In re:
Application for PACER
Fees Exemption

Case # 2:24-mc-174

ORDER
GRANTING KOSTAS PAPPAS AN EXEMPTION
FROM THE ELECTRONIC PUBLIC ACCESS FEES
This matter is before the Court upon the application and request by Kostas Pappas (“Applicant”)
for an exemption from the fees imposed by the Electronic Public Access (“PACER”) fee schedule
adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States Courts.
Based on the application and applicable rules, THE COURT FINDS that Applicant, an
Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Liverpool, UK, falls within the class of users
listed in the fee schedule who are eligible for a fee exemption, and that Applicant has demonstrated
an exemption is necessary in order to avoid unreasonable burdens and to promote public access to
information.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Applicant shall be exempt from the payment of
fees for access via PACER to the electronic case files maintained in this Court, to the extent such use
is incurred during his research, from the date this Order is entered until December 31, 2024. However
he shall not be exempt from the payment of fees incurred in connection with other uses of the PACER
system in this Court.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following limitations shall also apply:
1. this fee exemption applies only to Kostas Pappas and is valid only for the purposes
stated above;
2. this fee exemption applies only to the electronic case files of this Court that are
available through the PACER system;
3. Kostas Pappas is prohibited from selling for profit any data he obtains as a result of
receiving this exemption;
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4. Kostas Pappas is prohibited from transferring any data obtained as a result of
receiving this exemption, including redistribution via internet-based databases;
5. this exemption is valid until December 31, 2024; and
6. this exemption is subject to revocation by the Court at any time.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall promptly send a copy of this Order to the
PACER Service Center.
SO ORDERED.
October 25, 2024
Burlington, Vermont

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Heather Z. Cooper
United States Bankruptcy Judge

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