Kant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 PAULA JEAN KANT, Case No. 21-cv-05827-AGT

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

v. PACER FEE WAIVER

UNITED STATES, Re: Dkt. No. 12 Defendant.

Paula Jean Kant was allowed to commence her case without paying filing fees and was des- ignated as an e-filer, meaning that she has email access to all orders and other documents filed in her case. She has now asked the Court to grant her free access to PACER, an electronic public- access service for court documents. See Dkt. 12. For three reasons, her motion is denied. First, as an e-filer, Kant can download without charge any order, motion, or other document filed in her case. This means she doesn’t need access to PACER to keep abreast of all case activity. Second, PACER’s costs, $0.10 per page, with a maximum of $3.00 per document, are mod- est. These fees aren’t charged for profit, but for the development and maintenance of PACER’s public-access services. …