Opinion
Case No. 1:12-cv-66-MP-GRJ
04-16-2012
MARK C. JACKSON, Plaintiff, v. HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.
ORDER
Pending before the Court is Plaintiff's Motion For CM/ECF System Account. (Doc. 7.) Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, requests that the Court instruct the Clerk to create an account in the Court's CM/ECF electronic docketing system for Plaintiff's use in this case. According to Plaintiff, he will have access to the hardware and software necessary to utilize CM/ECF on or about the 15th of each month and granting his motion will reduce the cost of litigating this case. Defendant has filed a response to the Plaintiff's motion advising the Court it does not consent to Plaintiff's request if Plaintiff can only access CM/ECF once a month, but does consent to the motion if Plaintiff can access the system on any business day. (Doc. 8.)
N.D. Fla. Loc. R. 5.1(A)(1) provides in pertinent part that "[a]ll documents in civil and criminal cases shall be filed by electronic means, except that documents in cases filed pro se (prisoner and non-prisoner) . . . shall continue to be filed in paper form" and that "[a] judicial officer may grant other exceptions for good cause." In this case, it appears Plaintiff will only have access to CM/ECF one day per month. This does not constitute good cause to grant an exception to the rule in N.D. Fla. Loc. R. 5.1(A)(1) that pro se parties file documents in paper form.
Accordingly, upon due consideration, it is ORDERED:
Plaintiff's Motion For CM/ECF System Account (Doc. 7) is DENIED.
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GARY R. JONES
United States Magistrate Judge