O'Reilly v. Medical Facilities of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION MARGARET M. O’REILLY, Plaintiff, v. Case No.: 2:24-cv-292-SPC-KCD MEDICAL FACILITIES OF AMERICA and RIVERSIDE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION CENTER, Defendants. / ORDER Pro se Plaintiff Margaret M. O’Reilly moves for access to the Court’s electronic filing system. (Doc. 19.) 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 her access documents in the case, she can already submit documents electronically through the Web Portal on the Court’s website at https://www.flmd. uscourts.gov/electronic-document-submission-web-portal.

ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida this October 1, 2024.

i tl oe — oat * Bale C. Dudek United States Magistrate Judge Copies: All Parties of Record