FILED
Oct 30 2025
United States District Court
Northern District of Ohio
General Order
AMENDED GENERAL ORDER NO. 2019-06
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
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PACER FEE EXEMPTIONS FOR )
DAVID COHEN, MICHAEL BORDEN, ) ORDER NO. 2019-06-1
NORA von STANGE, FRANCIS McGOVERN, )
AND CATHY YANNI )
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District Judge Dan Aaron Polster appointed three Special Masters and several other staff in the
Multidistrict Litigation In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, Case No. 1:17-md-2804, and
has requested PACER fee exemptions for David R. Cohen, Michael J. Borden, Nora von
Stange, Francis McGovern, and Cathy Yanni (the “Applicants”) in order to assist the Court.
Accordingly, the Applicants 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 conducting research for this Multidistrict Litigation matter. They 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 the Applicants 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, the applicants agree not to sell for profit any data
obtained as a result of receiving this exemption.
4. The applicants are prohibited from transferring any data obtained as a result of
receiving this exemption, including redistribution via internet based databases.
5. These exemptions are valid until the conclusion of this Multidistrict Litigation
matter.
These exemptions 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 applicants PACER
accounts with a fee exemption to access the records of the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Ohio for:
David Cohen
3310 Green Rd.
Beachwood, OH 44122
(216) 831-0001
[email protected]
Michael Borden
22225 Douglas Road
Shaker Heights, OH 44122
(216) 225-0500
[email protected]
Nora von Stange
548 Ridgefield Road
Shelburne, VT 05482
(917) 648-3860
[email protected]
Francis McGovern
35 Vista Drive
Kentfield, CA 94904
(202) 744-6750
[email protected]
Cathy Yanni
2 Embarcadero Center #1500
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 215-6572
[email protected]
IT IS SO ORDERED.
For the Court
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Sara Lioi
Chief Judge
