Carter-Rimbach v. Chula Vista Police Department et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
HUNTER JORDAN CARTER-
RIMBACH,
Plaintiff,
v.
CHULA VISTA POLICE
DEPARTMENT; STATE OF
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES; SAN DIEGO
SUPERIOR COURT,
Defendants.
Case No.: 3:25-cv-3636-JES-DDL
ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO
ELECTRONICALLY FILE
DOCUMENTS
Before the Court is a motion by Plaintiff Hunter Jordan Carter-Rimbach (“Plaintiff”)
for leave to electronically file documents. ECF No. 8. Generally, “[e]xcept as prescribed
by local rule, order, or other procedure, the Court has designated all cases to be assigned
to the Electronic Filing System.” CivLR 5.4(a). With respect to pro se litigants, however,
“[u]nless otherwise authorized by the court, all documents submitted for filing to the
Clerk’s Office . . . must be in legible, paper form.” See Elec. Case Filing Admin. Policies
and Proc. Manual, § 2(b) (S.D. Cal. Jan. 22, 2025) (“ECF Manual”). “A pro se party
seeking leave to electronically file documents must file a motion and demonstrate the
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means to do so properly by stating their equipment and software capabilities in addition to
agreeing to follow all rules and policies in the CM/ECF Administrative Policies and
Procedures Manual.” Id. The ECF Manual refers to the Court’s official website for
CM/ECF technical specifications, id., § 1(i), which include a “[c]omputer running
Windows or Macintosh”; “[s]oftware to convert documents from a word processor format
to portable document format (PDF),” such as “Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and higher”; “[i]nternet
access supporting a transfer rate of 56kb or higher”; a compatible browser, such as “Firefox
15, Internet Explorer 9, and Safari 5.1/6 or later version”; a “[s]canner to image
noncomputerized documents 400 pixels per inch (ppi)”; and a PACER account. See U.S.
District 	Court, 	S.D. 	Cal., 	CM/ECF: 	General 	Info,
https://www.casd.uscourts.gov/cmecf.aspx#undefined1 (last visited Mar. 20, 2025).
In the Motion for Leave to Electronically File Documents, Plaintiff affirms he has
reviewed the ECF Manual, agrees to follow all rules and policies in the ECF Manual, and
has access to the technology needed for electronic filing. ECF No. 8 at 1.
Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Electronically File Documents, ECF
No. 8, is GRANTED. Plaintiff is cautioned that electronic filing is a privilege and that any
abuse of the CM/ECF system may result in termination of his electronic filing privileges.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 26, 2026
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