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-062
ACCESS FEES BY ROBERT HALLAM TUCK
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This matter is before the Court upon the application and request by Robert Hallam Tuck
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 Robert Hallam Tuck, a PhD candidate at the University of Oxford
Faculty of Law studying criminology, falls within the class of users listed in the fee schedule as
being eligible for a fee exemption. Additionally, Tuck has demonstrated that an exemption is
necessary in order to avoid unreasonable burdens and to promote public access to information in
order to complete his doctoral research by examining prisoner litigation cases in contract prisons.
Accordingly, Tuck 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 litigation cases filed by men in contract prison custody within the US Federal
Bureau of Prisons and motions for compassionate release filed by prisoners with the courts where
they were sentenced.
Tuck 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 Robert Hallam Tuck (PACER Account
#5569556), 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, Tuck agrees not to sell for profit any data obtained
as a result of receiving this exemption;
4. Tuck 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 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: August 5, 2022
HALA Y. JARBOU
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
