National Veterans Legal Services Program v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _____________________________________________ ) NATIONAL VETERANS LEGAL ) SERVICES PROGRAM, NATIONAL ) CONSUMER LAW CENTER, and ) ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE, for themselves ) and all others similarly situated, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 16-0745 (PLF) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. ) __________________________________________) OPINION For over fifteen years, PACER fees – the per-page fees that the federal judiciary charges the public for online access to court documents – have been a subject of controversy. As a result of the…