UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
IN RE: APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION Administrative Order
FROM THE ELECTRONIC PUBLIC No. 22-MS-098
ACCESS FEES BY KENTA TSUDA
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This matter is before the Court upon the application and request by Kenta Tsuda 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 Kenta Tsuda, a doctoral graduate research student at the
University College London’s Faculty of Laws, falls within the class of users listed in the fee schedule
as being eligible for a fee exemption. Additionally, Tsuda has demonstrated that an exemption is
necessary in order to avoid unreasonable burdens and to promote public access to information in
order to assist his thesis addressing the development of the National Environmental Policy Act
regime in the United States.
Accordingly, Tsuda 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 NEPA lawsuits. He requires access to NEPA litigants’ arguments and the
administrative records upon which litigants make arguments.
Tsuda 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 Kenta Tsuda (PACER Account #7142205),
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, Tsuda agrees not to sell for profit any data
obtained as a result of receiving this exemption;
4. Tsuda 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 until July 31, 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: November 16, 2022
HALA Y. JARBOU
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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