After completing the PACER Training at the link above, explore the PACER website: Proceed to the Court Links page under the Find a Case tab on and find the U.S. District Court that has jurisdiction over you based upon your residence. If you are out of the country, please select the court in the jurisdiction most closely related to where you last resided. Click on the website for that court’s CM/ECF log-in to explore. Next, you must answer all of the below questions. Your answers should be supported by further research and citations to your sources. Your answers must be detailed and specific, using complete sentences. If any question requires you to provide a page from the PACER March 2025 Manual to support your answer, failure to do so accurately will result in a zero (0) for that answer. 1. What is PACER and who may register to create a PACER Account? 2. When you register for an Account, what are the four registration selections you may make? You must list and define all four in your answer. You must also provide the page of the March 2025 Manual where this information is located. 3. What is CM/ECF? Explain in detail. 4. What are the PACER fees for the following: a) View One Page b) View 34 Pages of one document c) View an audio file 5. What is the maximum amount you may accrue per quarter for your fees to be waived? 6. What should you click while logged into your PACER account to review your billing history and track your charges? You must also provide the page of the March 2025 Manual where this information is located. 7. List all the types of non-attorney filers who may need to request special permission to e-file while registering from the federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts. You must also provide the page of the March 2025 Manual where this information is located. 8. During the PACER training you access real case data from a U.S. District Court. What real U.S. District Court do you access during the PACER Training? The PACER Training Site is NOT the name of a court. If you fail to accurately answer this question, you will receive a zero on the entire assignment, not just this question. No exceptions will be made, as you are required to fully complete the PACER Training. 9. What is the PACER Case Locator (PCL)? You must also provide the page of the March 2025 Manual where this information is located. 10. Provide me the only website address listed on page 14 of the March 2025 Manual. Formatting: Your answers must be placed inside the text box below in complete sentences. Please make sure to number each answer to the questions above. Any citations utilized should be in APA or Bluebook format. If you are a major in the Legal Studies Department, you are required to utilize Bluebook citations (in-text or footnotes) and no reference list is needed. If you are a major that is not in the Legal Studies Department, you may use APA citations and must include a reference list at the end of your paper. Failure to include citations to support your statements will result in a deduction of a full grade (10pts). Grading Criteria: 10 points for each correct answer.

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