And why do inmates such as this have access to information systems capable of connecting to servers outside the prison?
Hmm, maybe because one of the geniuses in the Federal Get Trump Squad paid him a visit....?
That’s a good question. All federal Courts, including this one, maintain an electronic docket and filing system, known as ECF. In order to file a pleading, the ECF program is accessed through an login identity and password, unique to the attorney or party filing the motion. Every login identity and password is given by the court only to attorneys and parties who are authorized to practice in that particular Court and who have undergone a prior screening for their credentials. Logging in is the first step to filing anything; if you don’t login, the system will not allow you to proceed to the next step in order to file anything. Then, after a document is filed, an assigned case administrator in the clerk’s office will review the document to check for signatures and authenticity usually within a day. How all of those barriers could have been crossed to file something like this is a wonder, but it suggests nothing good about the clerk of that court.
> And why do inmates such as this have access to information systems capable of connecting to servers outside the prison?
Don’t know. I do know that back in the day when I was working on software for literacy programs we had to do special CDs for distribution to prisons. They couldn’t/wouldn’t get the updates over the internet like the other customers.