Williams v. Capital One, N.A.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California denied pro se plaintiff Prince Paul Raymond Williams’s motion for permission to electronically file documents. The court concluded that his filing history and financial information showed he could use the ordinary paper filing process and expressed concern that electronic filing could encourage unnecessarily voluminous submissions.

Holdings

1. Under Local Rule 133(b), the court has discretion to grant or deny a pro se litigant's request for an exception permitting electronic filing, and the court denied Williams's request because the record showed that he could use ordinary paper filing and because electronic filing could encourage unnecessarily voluminous submissions.

Questions Presented

1. Whether a pro se litigant should be granted permission under Eastern District of California Local Rule 133(b) to electronically file documents instead of filing and serving paper documents.

Disposition

other