The service requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(a) can be satisfied by using the Court’s electronic transmission facilities in the manner prescribed by the most recently adopted version of the Electronic Case Filing Procedures for the District of Minnesota.

 

2004 Advisory Committee Note to LR 5.4

 

The 2001 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure permitted district courts to authorize service by electronic means "through the court's transmission facilities."  Fed.R.Civ.P. 5(b)(2)(D).  Accordingly, new Local Rule 5.4 explicitly authorizes service by electronic means via the court's electronic filing facilities.

 

The 2001 Amendments also provided that the additional three days established in Rule 6(e) for service by mail  applies to service by electronic means.  Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(e).

 

Counsel are encouraged to consult the electronic service provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures, as amended in 2001.  LR 5.4 does not modify the Federal Rules in any way.  Counsel are encouraged, further, to consult the most recently adopted version of the Electronic Filing Procedures for the District of Minnesota for further clarification on administrative procedures for filing and serving by electronic means. 

 

[Adopted effective May 17, 2004]