1 2 3 United States District Court Eastern District of Washington ____________________ 5 Plaintiff(s)/United States 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Pro Se Motion to Obtain ECF Login and Password American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com v. ____________________ Defendant(s) Case No. ______________________ Pro Se Motion to Obtain ECF Login and Password NOW COMES the Plaintiff/Defendant, ___________________________, appearing pro se (hereinafter "Pro Se Litigant"), and respectfully requests that the court permit said Pro Se Litigant to obtain an ECF login and password. In support of this motion, Pro Se Litigant states the following: 1. Pro Se Litigant is presently a named party in the above case. 2. Pro Se Litigant is not presently incarcerated. 3. Pro Se Litigant represents that he/she has the following systems required to participate in ECF: A. Personal computer (Pentium or higher/MacIntosh equivalent) (64MB Ram) running a standard platform (e.g., Windows 2000, XP). B. Word processing software for creating pleadings (e.g., WordPerfect, Microsoft Word) and software used to convert pleadings to PDF (e.g., WordPerfect, Adobe Acrobat); C. PDF reading software used to read documents converted to PDF; D. An email account and Internet service for sending and receiving emails (Broadband, DSL, or T-1 service is highly recommended (minimum access speed of 56K)); 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 E. Internet browser that is compatible with CM/ECF, such as Internet Explorer 6 or higher, Firefox 2 or higher; F. A PACER account with PACER login and password; G. A document scanner and/or access to a document scanner. 4. As a condition of obtaining an ECF login and password, Pro Se Litigant understands and agrees to the following: A. That I am required to maintain and keep the aforementioned systems in working order; B. That I am required to review the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington Administrative Procedures for Electronic Case Filing and will be expected to comply with all rules and procedures governing ECF; C. That I will attend an ECF Filing User Training Session; D. That I may only file electronic documents in the above-captioned case; E. That the clerk's office will terminate my ECF Registration should an attorney subsequently file an appearance on my behalf in the above captioned case; F. That the court may terminate my ECF Registration at any time for failure to comply with any of the above conditions or other conditions stated in the ECF Registration Form. WHEREFORE, Pro Se Litigant respectfully requests that the court: A. Grant the Motion to Obtain an ECF Login and Password; Pro Se Motion to Obtain ECF Login and Password American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 /ld B. Grant such other relief as is equitable and just. Date: _____________ Signature: _____________________________ Name: ________________________________ Address: ______________________________ ______________________________________ Telephone No. __________________________ CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the ______ day of _________________, 20___, I filed the foregoing document with the Clerk of Court. I certify that a true and correct copy of said Motion was sent to all case participants in the following manner: U.S. Mail - Postage Prepaid Personal Service Parties Served: Other: DATED this _______ day of ________________________, 20___. Revised 11/09 1-08 _____________________________________ Signature Address:______________________________ _____________________________________ Phone Number:_________________________ Pro Se Motion to Obtain ECF Login and Password American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com