Tyler Jones v. TJK-ELS, INC. (d/b/a DOMINO’S PIZZA), et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION (DAYTON) TYLER JONES, : Case No. 3:26-cv-00066 : Plaintiff, : District Judge Thomas M. Rose vs. : Magistrate Judge Caroline H. Gentry : TJK-ELS, INC. : (d/b/a DOMINO’S PIZZA), et al., : : Defendants. :

ORDER

Currently pending before the undersigned Magistrate Judge are two motions: (1) Plaintiff’s Motion by Pro Se Litigant to Obtain Electronic Case Filing Rights (Doc.

No. 3); and (2) Plaintiff’s Motion by Pro Se Litigant to receive Service by Email Through the Electronic Case Filing System (Doc. No. 4).

Generally, “[p]arties proceeding pro se are not permitted to file electronically.”

S.D. Ohio CM/ECF Procedures Guide, Section 1.1. However, “[a] pro se individual may apply to the assigned Judicial Officer for permission to electronically file documents.”

Id.; see also S.D. Ohio Civ. R. 83.5(b) (“If the Court permits, a party to a pending proceeding who is not represented by an attorney may register as a Filing User solely for the purposes of that action.”). “[T]he grant of electronic filing privileges is a privilege granted to pro se litigants in the discretion of this Court.” Needham v. Butler Cnty. Jail, No. 1:19-cv-294, 2019 WL 5883643, at *2 (S.D. Ohio Nov. 12, 2019) (emphasis added).

Upon consideration, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s motion for efiling privileges (Doc. No. 3) but GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion for service by email (Doc. No. 4). Plaintiff shall promptly set up an account with the federal courts’ PACER service, https://pacer.uscourts.gov/.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/Caroline H. Gentry Caroline H. Gentry United States Magistrate Judge