  We study interactions between like charges in the noncommutative
Maxwell-Chern-Simons electrodynamics {\it{minimally}} coupled to spinors or
scalars. We demonstrate that the non-relativistic potential profiles, for only
spatial noncommutativity, are nearly identical to the ones generated by a
{\it{non-minimal}} Pauli magnetic coupling, originally introduced by Stern
\cite{js}. Although the Pauli term has crucial roles in the context of
physically relevant objects such as anyons and like-charge bound states (or
"Cooper pairs"), its inception \cite{js} (see also \cite{others}) was ad-hoc
and phenomenological in nature. On the other hand we recover similar results by
extending the minimal model to the noncommutative plane, which has developed in
to an important generalization to ordinary spacetime in recent years. No
additional input is needed besides the noncommutativity parameter.
  We prove a novel result that for complex scalar matter sector, the bound
states (or "Cooper pairs" can be generated {\it{only}} if the
Maxwell-Chern-Simons-scalar theory is embedded in noncommutative spacetime.
This is all the more interesting since the Chern-Simons term does not directly
contribute a noncommutative correction term in the action.
