FILED
Apr 07 2026
United States District Court
Northern District of Ohio
General Order
GENERAL ORDER NO. 2026-08
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
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PACER FEE EXEMPTION FOR ) ORDER NO. 2026-08
ALEXANDER K. ZENTEFIS )
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Alexander K. Zentefis, an assistant professor of finance associated with the Santa Clara
University Leavey School of Business, has submitted a request for a PACER fee exemption
from the fees imposed by the Electronic Public Access fee schedule adopted by the Judicial
Conference of the United States Courts. The applicant falls within the class of users listed in the
fee schedule as being eligible for a fee exemption on the basis that the applicant is performing
academic research. Additionally, the applicant has demonstrated that an exemption is
necessary in order to avoid unreasonable burdens and to promote public access to information.
Accordingly, the applicant 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 his research to examine language patterns used among prosecutors, defense
attorneys, defendants and judges in federal criminal sentencing to identify which patterns most
influence sentencing outcomes. The applicant 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. The fee exemption applies only to the applicant and is valid only for the purposes
stated above.
2. The fee exemption applies only to the electronic case files of this Court that are
available through the PACER system.
3. By accepting the exemption, the applicant agrees not to sell for profit any data
obtained as a result of receiving the exemption.
4. The applicant is prohibited from transferring any data obtained as a result of
receiving the exemption, including redistribution via internet-based databases.
5. The exemption is valid from March 3, 2026 through March 3, 2027.
The exemption 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, which should provide applicant’s PACER account
with a fee exemption to access the records of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
Ohio for:
Alexander K. Zentefis
PACER Account No. 7548092
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053
Phone: (847) 269-2294
[email protected]
IT IS SO ORDERED.
FOR THE COURT
Sara Lioi
Chief Judge
