UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
IN RE: APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION Administrative Order
FROM THE ELECTRONIC PUBLIC No. 23-MS-111
ACCESS FEES BY JETT PETTUS
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This matter is before the Court upon the application and request by Jett Pettus 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 Jett Pettus, a doctoral student associated with the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, falls within the class of users listed in the fee schedule as being eligible for
a fee exemption. Additionally, Pettus has demonstrated that an exemption is necessary in order to
avoid unreasonable burdens and to promote public access to information.
Accordingly, Pettus 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 prisoner petitions and the relationship they have to the quality of the prison.
Pettus 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 Jett Pettus (PACER Account #6032577), 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, Pettus agrees not to sell for profit any data obtained
as a result of receiving this exemption;
4. Pettus 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 December 15, 2023, through December 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: December 18, 2023
HALA Y. JARBOU
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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