Back in April, we wrote about an interesting lawsuit filed over excessive fees for PACER, the federal court system’s electronic records system. If you’re not a lawyer or journalist, and have never used PACER, it is difficult to put into words what a ridiculous and outdated system it is. Not only does it look like it was designed and built in 1998, the court system leverages ridiculous fees for …
A federal lawsuit filed last week accuses Gadsden’s municipal court judge and prosecutor of violating the constitutional rights of one woman by charging unlawful fees and preventing an open court. Alexander City attorney Eric Hutchins filed the lawsuit on behalf of Lasheta McGruder, who appeared in court on a tampering with evidence charge. According to the suit, filed Sept. 1, McGruder was …
Suit claims Pacer is overcharging for docket reports because of counting error Posted Jan 11, 2016 11:28 am CST A would-be class-action suit filed in federal court in Tacoma, Washington, late last month claims Pacer is overcharging for some docket reports. The suit filed by Bryndon Fisher alleges that the systemic error overcharges users by overcounting bytes on longer docket page captions, …
Suit claims Pacer is overcharging for docket reports because of counting error Posted Jan 11, 2016 11:28 am CST A would-be class-action suit filed in federal court in Tacoma, Washington, late last month claims Pacer is overcharging for some docket reports. The suit filed by Bryndon Fisher alleges that the systemic error overcharges users by overcounting bytes on longer docket page captions, …