Bhargave v. Genesee Regional Bank

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION

TAPAN BHARGAVE,

Plaintiff, Case No. 2:25-CV-258-JES-KCD v.

GENESEE REGIONAL BANK, A NEW YORK BANKING CORPORATION; WRM HOLDINGS IV, LLC, AN ASSIGNEE OF GENESEE REGIONAL BANK; AND FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR GUARANTEED REMIC PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES FANNIE MAE REMIC TRUST 2021-91;

Defendants, /

ORDER Plaintiff Tapan Bhargrave, proceeding pro se, sues several financial institutions to stop the foreclosure of his property. (Doc. 1.)1 Now pending is Plaintiff’s motion for leave to access the Court’s electronic filing system. (Doc. 4.) The motion is DENIED. “Pro se litigants are generally denied access to electronic filing unless extenuating circumstances exist to justify waiving

1 Unless otherwise indicated, all internal quotation marks, citations, case history, and alterations have been omitted in this and later citations. CM/ECF procedures.” Huminski v. Vermont, No. 2:13-cv-692-FtM-29, 2014 WL 169848, *4 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 15, 2014); see also McMahon v. Cleveland Clinic Found. Police Dep't, 455 F. App’x 874, 878 (11th Cir. 2011) (affirming denial of CM/ECF access for pro se litigants). No extenuating circumstances have been shown (or even argued) here. To the extent Plaintiff believes electronic filing will help him access documents in the case, he can already submit materials electronically through the Web Portal on the Court’s website: https://www.flmd. uscourts.gov/electronic-document-submission-web- portal. ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on March 31, 2025.

/. □ a □□ —_— Le Le tie” * Kale C. Dudek United States Magistrate Judge