Rothschild v. Anywhere Advisors LLC

Full title: MAYER AMSCHEL ROTHSCHILD, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v…

Court: United States District Court, Middle District of Florida

Date published: May 29, 2024

2:24-cv-304-SPC-KCD (M.D. Fla. May. 29, 2024)

Opinion

2:24-cv-304-SPC-KCD

05-29-2024

MAYER AMSCHEL ROTHSCHILD, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. ANYWHERE ADVISORS LLC and ANYWHERE REAL ESTATE INC., Defendants.

KYLE C. DUDEK, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.

ORDER

KYLE C. DUDEK, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.

Before the court is plaintiff Mayer Amschel Rothschild's motion to access the Court's electronic filing system-CM/ECF. (Doc. 6.) “Absent a court order, a pro se litigant is not permitted to file documents in CM/ECF.” Administrative Procedures for Electronic Filing § B(4) (Apr. 1, 2024). “Pro se litigants are generally denied access to electronic filing unless extenuating circumstances exist to justify waiving CM/ECF procedures.” Huminski v. Vermont, No. 2:13-cv-692-FtM-29, 2014 WL 169848, *4 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 15, 2014); see also McMahon v. Cleveland Clinic Found. Police Dep't, 455 Fed.Appx. 874, 878 (11th Cir. 2011) (affirming denial of pro se plaintiff's access to CM/ECF because he did not show good cause). Any member of the public can access electronic records of the federal courts by registering online with PACER, and Rothschild has a PACER account. (Doc. 6.) As provided in the Court's Guide for Proceeding Without a Lawyer:

If you have internet access, you may also register for PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) and view and print the documents in a case. To register, go to the PACER registration page on the PACER website (www.pacer.gov) or call (800) 676-6856. Using PACER may cost $.10 per printed page. PACER will give you details when you register. Problems with PACER should be addressed to PACER, not to the court.

Guide for Proceeding Without a Lawyer, p. 13 (Feb. 10, 2022) (available at https://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/litigants-without-lawyers). And litigants without access to CM/ECF or Pacer can still file documents in the Court's web portal: https://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/electronic-document-submission-web-portal. In fact, Rothschild filed the instant motion in the Court's web portal. Accordingly, the Court finds no extenuating circumstances to justify allowing CM/ECF access. By all accounts, Rothschild has sufficient resources and wherewithal to access the docket and file what is needed without CM/ECF.

The motion for CM/ECF access (Doc. 6) is thus DENIED.

ORDERED.