Opinion
1:23-mc-00014-JRH
05-24-2023
IN RE Application for Exemption from the Electronic Public Access Fees by Oluwaseun Cardoso
STANDING ORDER
J. RANDAL HALL JUDGE
This matter is before the Court upon the application and request by OLUWASEUN CARDOSO for exemption from the fees imposed by the Electronic Public Access fee schedule adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States Courts.
The Court finds that OLUWASEUN CARDOSO as an individual researcher associated with an educational institution falls within the class of users listed in the fee schedule as being eligible for a fee exemption. Additionally. OLUWASEUN CARDOSO has demonstrated that an exemption is necessary in order to avoid unreasonable burdens and to promote public access to information. Accordingly, OLUWASEUN CARDOSO shall be exempt front the payment of fees for access via PACER to the electronic case files maintained in this court, to the extent such use is incurred for research related to training a machine to simulate a judge's decision using artificial intelligence on civil case dockets.
OLUWASEUN CARDOSO 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 OLUWASEUN CARDOSO 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, OLUWASEUN CARDOSO agrees not to sell for profit any data obtained as a result of receiving this exemption;
4. OLUWASEUN CARDOSO is prohibited from transferring any data obtained as a result of receiving this exemption, including redistribution via internet-based databases: and
5. This exemption is valid until August 18, 2023.
This exemption may be revoked al the discretion of the Court at any lime. A copy of this Order shall be sent to the PACER Service Center.