PACER Fee Exemption Request

The Judicial Conference's Electronic Public Access (EPA) Fee Schedule sets the rate (fee) for remote electronic access to the judiciary's case information.

The fee schedule allows each court to exempt certain persons or classes of a person from PACER fees. Click here to view the Fee Exemption Guide.

To request a PACER fee exemption for multiple courts, the individual must:

• Complete and submit an Application for Multi-Court Exemption from the Judicial Conference's Electronic Public Access (EPA) Fees via email to Multi-CourtExemptions@ao.uscourts.gov.  Click here to download the request form.

To request an exemption from a specific court, the individual must submit a written request* to the Clerk of Court.

The request must:

1. Demonstrate that an exemption is necessary to avoid unreasonable burdens and to promote public access to information.; and
2. Show that the research project is:
   1. Intended for scholarly research;
   2. limited in scope and
   3. not intended for redistribution on the internet or for commercial purposes.

*(The majority of the requests are multi-court exemption request sent to the court by the AO.   There is no local request form. Most requests are submitted in letter form.)