UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
IN RE: APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION Administrative Order
FROM THE ELECTRONIC PUBLIC No. 22-MS-065
ACCESS FEES BY JUAKATHA KARUNAKARAN
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This matter is before the Court upon the application and request by Juakatha Karunakaran
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 Juakatha Karunakaran, a student research assistant at the Institute of
Intergovernmental Relations at Queens University, falls within the class of users listed in the fee
schedule as being eligible for a fee exemption. Additionally, Karunakaran has demonstrated that
an exemption is necessary in order to avoid unreasonable burdens and to promote public access to
information in order to support her hypotheses regarding global financial crimes.
Accordingly, Karunakaran 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 financial crimes such as, offshore tax evasion, money laundering and terrorist
financing.
Karunakaran 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 Juakatha Karunakaran (PACER Account
#7202241), 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, Karunakaran agrees not to sell for profit any data
obtained as a result of receiving this exemption;
4. Karunakaran 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 August 31, 2023.
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: August 22, 2022
HALA Y. JARBOU
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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