Hoffman v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION JERRY L. HOFFMAN, Plaintiff, Case No. 2:24-CV-00111-SPC-KCD v. OFFICER T. SMITH, CITY OF PUNTA GORDA, Defendants, / ORDER Pro se Plaintiff Jerry L. Hoffman moves for access to the Court’s electronic filing system. (Doc. 50.) 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-web-portal.

ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida this March 12, 2025.

an = Le C. Dudek United States Magistrate Judge