LR 5.1 Electronic Case Filing

(a) Electronic case filing is authorized in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d)(3). The standards and procedures governing electronic case filing are set forth in the civil and criminal Electronic Case Filing Procedures Guides (collectively, "ECF Guides") adopted most recently by the court. The ECF Guides govern all civil and criminal actions, but not actions in bankruptcy court. The most recent ECF Guides are available from the clerk.

(b) All documents must be filed electronically, except as otherwise provided by these rules, by court order, or by the ECF Guides.

(c) The ECF Guides do not alter the rules about computing deadlines set forth in Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a).

[Adopted effective February 1, 1991; amended November 1, 1996; amended January 3, 2000; amended May 17, 2004 - formerly titled GENERAL FORMAT OF PAPERS PRESENTED FOR FILING; amended January 31, 2011]

2011 Advisory Committee's Note to LR 5.1(f)

The language of LR 5.1 has been amended and reorganized as part of the general restyling of the Local Rules to make them more easily understood and internally consistent. These changes are intended to be stylistic only.

The most recent ECF Guides are available on the court's website.

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