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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COUR'l::n1 r " I' •
FOR THE DISTRICT OF WYOMING !. IV; ;_,. I 7 Pf1 L, : 38
GENERAL ORDER RE:
ADDITIONAL TIME FOR PRISONER Administrative General Order 2016-4
AND PRO SE FILINGS
Effective December 1, 2016, the rcderal Rules will no longer allow three
additional days to act after service by electronic means. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(d). This
District currently has a pilot project with the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution
allowing inmates to electronically serve and receive filings in civil and habeas cases.
Additionally, the District allows pro sc litigants to sign up for service by electronic
means, but not filing by electronic means. The Court desires that inmates and pro se
litigants served by electronic means under Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2)(E) have the benefit of
the three additional days previously provided by Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(d).
IT IS ORDERED that inmates and pro se litigants served by electronic means
shall be allowed the three (3) additional days to act provided in Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(d).
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Dated this __j_ day of November, 2016.
NA C D. FREUDENTHAL
CI-Tl ~, UNITED ST!\ TES DISTRICT JUDGE
