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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
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11 In Re:
12 GENERAL ORDER NO. 06-16
13 PRISON ELECTRONIC FILING
INITIATIVE
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The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (the
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of the Attorney General (WOAG) have performed a comprehensive evaluation of the
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one-year electronic filing pilot project (Pilot Project), commenced on June 1, 2015, and
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22 have determined that the practices established under this pilot project have increased
23 efficiencies in pro se prisoner filings and saved costs to prisoner litigants, the WDOC,
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and the Court by reducing expenses for paper, envelopes, copying, postage, and staff
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27 THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
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Order Re: Prisoner E-Filing Initiative 1
1 1. The Prisoner E-Filing Initiative established by the pilot project under
2 General Order No. 02-15 of this Court is adopted in full and remains mandatory for all
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prisoner litigants incarcerated at facilities actively engaged in the Prisoner E-Filing
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Initiative.
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6 2. The Prisoner E-Filing Initiative shall be expanded to include all WDOC
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WDOC and WOAG. Immediate expansion is anticipated to include Coyote Ridge
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10 Correctional Center, Airway Heights Correctional Center, and Monroe Correctional
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3. The Agreement to accept delivery of service documents via electronic mail
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14 (e-mail), as signed by the representative of the WOAG, is incorporated into the Prisoner
15 E-Filing Initiative and attached hereto as Exhibit No.1.
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4. The Clerk of Court is authorized to develop, implement, publish, and
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18 modify as necessary additional administrative procedures to manage the Prisoner E-Filing
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This General Order shall become effective June 1, 2016. The Court or WDOC
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22 may terminate the E-Filing Pilot Project at any time.
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RICARDO S. MARTINEZ
27 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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Order Re: Prisoner E-Filing Initiative 2
