UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
IN RE: APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION Administrative Order
FROM THE ELECTRONIC PUBLIC No. 23-MS-025
ACCESS FEES BY YONATHAN ARBEL
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This matter is before the Court upon the application and request by Yonathan Arbel for
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 Yonathan Arbel, an associate professor at the University of Alabama
Law School, falls within the class of users listed in the fee schedule as being eligible for a fee
exemption. Additionally, Arbel has demonstrated that an exemption is necessary in order to avoid
unreasonable burdens and to promote public access to information.
Accordingly, Arbel 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
researching cases regarding contract litigation with a focus on nature of suit codes 190, 195 and
196 between the years of 2012-2022.
Arbel shall not be exempt from the payment of fees incurred in connection with other uses
of the PACER system in this Court. Additionally, the following limitations apply:
1. This fee exemption applies only to Yonathan Arbel (PACER Account #5041967),
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, Arbel agrees not to sell for profit any data obtained
as a result of receiving this exemption;
4. Arbel 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 February 22, 2023, through January 1, 2024.
This Order 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.
FOR THE COURT:
Dated: February 23, 2023
HALA Y. JARBOU
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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