CLIFFT, JR.
v.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LEE COUNTY
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Pro se plaintiff Johnny Amon Clifft, Jr. sought leave to access the Court's electronic filing system (CM/ECF) in his employment discrimination case against the School District of Lee County. The court denied the motion, finding no extenuating circumstances justified waiving standard CM/ECF procedures.
Pro se litigants are generally denied access to electronic filing unless extenuating circumstances exist to justify waiving CM/ECF procedures. Here, no extenuating circumstances were shown or argued, and therefore the motion for leave to access the electronic filing system was denied.
“Pro se litigants are generally denied access to electronic filing unless extenuating circumstances exist to justify waiving CM/ECF procedures.”
Establishes the governing legal standard for CM/ECF access by pro se parties
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In this employment case, pro se Plaintiff Johnny Amon Clifft, Jr. sues the School District of Lee County for discrimination. (Doc. 1.) [fn 1] Now pending is Plaintiff's motion for leave to access the Court's electronic filing system. (Doc. 4.)
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-document-submission-webportal.
ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on May 15, 2025.
Kyle C. Dudek United States Magistrate Judge
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