Because I didn't go pro se until November, and then I had to get leave of the court, which I did on Dec. 14, and then I had to register and get5 approved after going through training.
We're talking about the difference of having a PACER account and ECF privileges. Just because you have a PACER account doesn't mean you can have free access to court documents of even you own case(s). You have to have ECF privileges.