BHARGAVE
v.
GENESEE REGIONAL BANK
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The court held that pro se litigants are generally denied access to the electronic filing system unless extenuating circumstances exist.
Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, sued several financial institutions to stop a foreclosure and moved for leave to access the Court's electronic filing sy…
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Plaintiff Tapan Bhargrave, proceeding pro se, sues several financial institutions to stop the foreclosure of his property. (Doc. 1.)1 Now pending is Plaintiffs 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 March 31, 2025.
Kyle C. Dudek United States Magistrate Judge
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