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FILED
October 10, 2023
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT — Wrerek DISTRICTOF TEXAS
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CSanchez
EL PASO DIVISION DEPUTY
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In re JOSHUA CACHO 8
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ORDER GRANTING PRO SE LITIGANT
PERMISSION TO FILE ELECTRONICALLY
Pro se Plaintiff Joshua Cacho has filed five lawsuits in this District under the Telephone
Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”).! In one of those five cases (Cacho v. American Health
Plans, LLC), Mr. Cacho has applied for permission to file documents electronically.2, Mr. Cacho
attests in his application that he possesses the hardware and software necessary to file documents
electronically. Mr. Cacho further attests that he has reviewed—and pledges to follow—the
Court’s policies and rules governing e-filing.
The Court sees fit to provisionally grant Mr. Cacho permission to e-file documents not
just in American Health Plans, but also in the other cases he has filed in this Division to date, as
well as in new cases he might file in this Division in the future. This Court has granted e-filing
privileges to other frequent TCPA filers in this Division, and doing so has substantially
alleviated administrative burdens on the Clerk of Court and the litigants.? The Court’s review of
the dockets of the five cases Mr. Cacho has filed in this District to date also give the Court no
reason to think that Mr. Cacho might abuse his e-filing privileges.
1 See Cacho v. McCarthy & Kelly LLP, No. 3:23-cv-00298-KC; Cacho v. RBM Ins., Inc., No.
3:23-cv-00303-DB; Cacho v. United Tax Def. LLC, No. 3:23-cv-00317-DB; Cacho v. Spectrum Mobile
Equip., LLC, No. 3:23-cv-00347-KC; Cacho v. Am. Health Plans, LLC, No. 3:23-cv-00372-DCG.
2 Application for Permission to File Electronically, Cacho v. Am. Health Plans, No. 3:23-cv-
00372-DCG (W.D. Tex. Oct. 6, 2023), ECF No. 3.
3 See Standing Order, In re Callier (W.D. Tex. July 27, 2023); Standing Order, In re Gonzalez
(W.D. Tex. July 27, 2023); Standing Order, In re Salaiz (W.D. Tex. Aug. 3, 2023).
The Court thus GRANTS Joshua Cacho’s “Application for Permission to File
Electronically” in Cacho v. American Health Plans, No. 3:23-cv-372, ECF No. 3.
The Court further GRANTS Mr. Cacho permission to file documents electronically not
just in American Health Plans, but also in all other cases he is currently litigating in this
Division,‘ as well as in new cases he may file in this Division in the future.
The Court ORDERS Mr. Cacho to contact the Clerk’s Office of this Division to
REGISTER as a filing user and OBTAIN access to the Court’s CM/ECF system by November
9, 2023. Once Mr. Cacho has done so, he will need to
(1) INITIATE all new cases;
(2) FILE all documents with the Court; and
(3) ACCEPT service of all Court Orders and documents filed by other parties
electronically through the CM/ECF system.
The Court ADMONISHES Mr. Cacho that his filings must comply with this Court’s
“Administrative Policies and Procedures for Electronic Filing in Civil and Criminal Cases” and
all other applicable orders, rules, and policies.
The Court also WARNS Mr. Cacho that the Court reserves the right to rescind this Order
and revoke his e-filing privileges at any time and for any reason, including if he abuses those
privileges by filing inappropriate, unnecessarily voluminous, or otherwise unprofessional filings.
The Court also CAUTIONS Mr. Cacho that all deadlines in the pending cases to which
he is a party remain in effect. Thus, to the extent that any of those deadlines may expire before
Mr. Cacho’s e-filing registration becomes effective, he will need to file any documents necessary
to comply with those deadlines via mail or in person.
4 See supra note 1.
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Finally, the Court INFORMS Mr. Cacho that once he becomes a registered CM/ECF
user, he will NO LONGER receive paper copies of Court orders through the mail.
The Clerk of Court shall RETAIN this Order in its records and POST the Order on the
Court’s website in the same location as the Court’s orders directing other frequent TCPA
litigants to register for e-filing.*
The Clerk of Court shall also MAIL and EMAIL this Order to:
So ORDERED and SIGNED this /) dV of Cot 2023.
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KATHLEEN QARDONE DAV fONES
ne S. DISTRICT JUDGE SENIORU.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
NK Lonel. AVID C. GUADERRAMA
NIOR U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE SENIOR U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
5 See supra note 3.
