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FILED
August 03, 2023
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT “i#8«.us.pisrrict court
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO DIVISION BY: CSanchez
DEPUTY
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IN RE: ERIK SALAIZ §
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ORDER
On this day, the Court considered the status of litigation initiated by Mr. Erik
Salaiz in the El Paso Division of the Western District of Texas. Since 2021, Mr.
Salaiz has initiated over seventy lawsuits in this Division. And as of the date of
this Order, approximately fourteen of those lawsuits remain pending. Mr. Salaiz
has initiated all of these cases manually and filed all subsequent documents therein
on paper. And the Court has provided him with notice of all of its orders via
certified mail. Doing so in the many cases to which Mr. Salaiz is a party has
required a significant expenditure of limited, taxpayer-funded resources.
Ordinarily, pro se litigants may only be granted permission to register as
users in the Court’s CM/ECF electronic filing system on a case-by-case basis. But
the Court finds that Mr. Salaiz’s uncommonly heavy caseload warrants an
exception to that policy. Mr. Salaiz has informed the Court that he has access to
all of the technology required to file and accept service of all case documents
electronically. See Pl.’s Resp. to Order, Salaiz v. Prosperity Life Ins. Grp., LLC,
No. 3:23-cv-217-KC (W.D. Tex. Aug. 1, 2023), ECF No. 17.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that Mr. Erik Salaiz shall contact the Clerk’s
Office of this Division to REGISTER as a filing user with the Court’s CM/ECF
electronic filing system, by no later than September 4, 2023.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that once registered, Mr. Salaiz shall
INITIATE all new cases, FILE all documents with the Court, and ACCEPT
service of all Court Orders and documents filed by other parties, electronically
through the CM/ECF system.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Salaiz shall comply with the
Administrative Policies and Procedures for Electronic Filing in Civil and Criminal
Cases of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.'
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk’s Office shall mail a copy of
this Order to Mr. Salaiz at his current address on file, via certified mail, return
receipt requested. The Clerk’s office shall retain this original Order in its records.
Mr. Salaiz is CAUTIONED that this Order may be rescinded at any time
and for any reason, including in the event that he abuses his privileges through
harassing, excessive, or otherwise unprofessional filings.
Mr. Salaiz is FURTHER CAUTIONED that all deadlines in the pending
cases to which he is a party remain in effect. To the extent that any deadlines may
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elapse prior to Mr. Salaiz’s completion of registration for electronic filing, he must
file documents via mail or in person to comply with said deadlines.
Mr. Salaiz is FURTHER CAUTIONED that once registered as a user with
the Court’s electronic filing system, he will NO LONGER receive paper copies of
Court orders through the mail.
SO ORDERED.
SIGNED on this : >r day of August, 2023.
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DAVID BRIONES
SENIOR U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
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