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August 30, 2013 by Gary Price

Legal Docs: “Nonprofit Reporters Lose PACER Fees Appeal”

August 30, 2013 by Gary Price

From Courthouse News Service:

Journalists who were denied a fee waiver to access federal court records online cannot appeal but may find success under new exemption guidelines, the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday.
Pursuing the federal Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) website typically costs 10 cents per page, unless you qualify for a fee exemption. Eligibility for the waiver is discretionary, but largely determined by the federal Judicial Conference of the United States with assistance from the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
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Gollan and Shifflett argued that the policy notes allowed exemptions for members of the nonprofit media, but Ware was unconvinced. The journalists appealed to the 9th Circuit, but a three-judge panel dismissed on Thursday for lack of jurisdiction.
The denial is not appealable because it was an administrative order, not a judicial ruling, the panel found.
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“The Administrative Office has no objection to Gollan and Shifflett’s reapplying in the district courts now that the fee schedule and policy notes have been revised,” he added.
O’Scannlain also wrote a concurrence to his own opinion to address a question left unanswered by the dismissal: “to whom does one go for review when an application for an exemption from PACER fees has been denied?”

Much More at Courthousenews.com
Hat Tip: FullTextReports.com

Case: 12-16373 Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit PACER Exemptions

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.

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