Does a local rule requiring a courtesy copy need to be submitted to the clerk of a pro se prisoner complaint?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Demaree v. Pederson, 887 F.3d 870 (9th Cir. 2018):

Similarly, in Ordonez v. Johnson , 254 F.3d 814, 816 (9th Cir. 2001) (per curiam), we held that a pro se prisoner complaint was timely filed when delivered to the clerk, even though the clerk rejected the complaint for noncompliance with a local rule requiring submission of a courtesy copy. We reasoned that "elevat[ing] a local rule ... to the status of a jurisdictional requirement would conflict with the mandate of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 1 to provide a just and speedy determination of every action." Id. (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).

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