Government’s PACER Fees Are Too High, Federal Circuit Says

Re:Government’s PACER Fees Are Too High, Federal Circuit Says by adwi on Friday August 07, 2020 @05:56PM (#24086859)

~ $25/citizen.

Edit: For reference, the UK spends roughly $150 per capita.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1098367/justice-spending...

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Re:Government’s PACER Fees Are Too High, Federal Circuit Says by azernik on Friday August 07, 2020 @06:10PM (#24086939)

On a judicial system that covers a lot more than the US Federal Judiciary. Most cases in the US are run by state judiciaries.

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Re:Government’s PACER Fees Are Too High, Federal Circuit Says by pradn on Friday August 07, 2020 @06:59PM (#24087277)

The UK doesn't have a federal form of government. The fair comparison would be to add in the cost of municipal and state-level courts.

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Re:Government’s PACER Fees Are Too High, Federal Circuit Says by wahern on Friday August 07, 2020 @09:08PM (#24088074)

California spends about $65/citizen.[1] $90/citizen seems to compare favorably to the U.K., at least in terms of outlays. It could also simply evidence that the U.S. judiciary is underfunded.

I'm assuming the Ministry of Justice figure is exclusive of prisons. If the figure includes prisons, which cost ~$85/citizen in the U.K.[2] then court system expenditures would be greater in the U.S. (~$90) than the U.K. (~$65).

[1] $2.5b over a population of 39 million. https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4097#:~:text=The%2020....

[2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/298654/united-kingdom-uk...

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Re:Government’s PACER Fees Are Too High, Federal Circuit Says by martinald on Sunday August 09, 2020 @10:21AM (#24099813)

MoJ in the UK runs prisons, courts and probation service.

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Re:Government’s PACER Fees Are Too High, Federal Circuit Says by anigbrowl on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:35AM (#24088998)

So what? You can be charged or sued directly in federal court.

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