Holmes v. Warren County Metropolitan Housing Authority

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
WESTERN DIVISION
ROSALIND HOLMES, 	Case No. 1:25-cv-937
Plaintiff, 	Hopkins, J.
Bowman, M.J.
v.
WARREN COUNTY METROPOLITAN
HOUSING AUTHORITY,
Defendants.
ORDER
This matter is before the Court on plaintiff’s “emergency motion for PACER fee
exemption/hardship access” and attachment thereto. (Doc. 4, Ex. A). Plaintiff seeks an
exemption from the fees imposed by the Electronic Public Access fee schedule adopted
by the Judicial Conference of the United States Courts.
The Court finds that plaintiff is indigent and falls within the class of users listed in
the fee schedule as being eligible for a fee exemption. Additionally, plaintiff has
demonstrated that an exemption is necessary in order to avoid unreasonable burdens
and to promote public access to information. Accordingly, plaintiff shall be exempt from
the payment of fees for access via PACER to the electronic case files maintained in this
court, to the extent such use is incurred in the course of Holmes v. Warren County
Metropolitan Housing Authority, Case No. 1:25-cv-937 (S.D. Ohio).
Plaintiff shall not be exempt from the payment of fees incurred in connection with
other uses of the PACER system. To the extent plaintiff may be seeking an exemption in
other cases pending in this Court, she must make a separate application for an exemption
for PACER fees in each case.
Additionally, the following limitations apply:
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1. This fee exemption applies only to Plaintiff and is valid only for the purposes
stated above;
2. This fee exemption applies only to the electronic case files of this court that are
available through the PACER system;
3. By accepting this exemption, Plaintiff agrees not to sell for profit any data
obtained as a result of receiving this exemption;
4. Plaintiff is prohibited from transferring any data obtained as a result of receiving
this exemption, including redistribution via internet based databases;
5. This exemption is valid from January 12, 2026 until 6 months from the date of
this Order. Plaintiff shall file a renewed motion at least fourteen (14) days prior to the
expiration of this Order if she wishes to extend this exemption.
This exemption may be revoked at the discretion of the Court at any time. A copy
of this Order shall be sent to the PACER Service Center.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ Stephanie K. Bowman
Stephanie K. Bowman
United States Magistrate Judge
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