HARMATZ
v.
COUNTY OF CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA
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The court granted a pro se plaintiff's request to receive electronic filing notices via email but denied his request for direct access to the electronic filing system.
A pro se plaintiff moved to receive electronic filing notices by email and to file documents electronically. The court considered the plaintiff's requ…
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Pro se Plaintiff Hugo Harmatz moves to receive notices of electronic filing by email and to file documents electronically. (Doc. 19.) For the below reasons, the Motion is granted in part and denied in part.
To the extent Plaintiff seeks leaves to access the Court's electronic filing system (CM/ECF), the motion is denied. “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 F. App'x 874, 878 (11th Cir. 2011) (affirming denial of CM/ECF access for pro se litigants). No extenuating circumstances have been shown (or even argued) here. To the extent Plaintiff believes electronic filing will help him access documents in the case, he can already submit materials electronically through the Web Portal on the
Court's website: https://www.flmd. uscourts.gov/electronic-documentsubmission-web-portal.
Plaintiff's request to receive notices of electronic filing via email is granted. The Clerk is directed to add Plaintiffs email ([email protected]) to the docket and send all future notices of electronic filing to this email address. Plaintiff must frequently check his email as some filings could be time sensitive.
ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on July 11, 2025.
Kyle C. Dudek United States Magistrate Judge