CM/ECF Notices

Notice to CM/ECF filers regarding the use of RECAP browser plugin. (view)
[Posted 09/01/2009]
The CM/ECF Administrative Procedure Manual has been updated.  The updates include information regarding submission of restricted documents and deadlines related to restricted transcripts.

[Posted 10/1/2008]

The CM/ECF Administrative Procedure Manual has been updated.  The updates include information regarding the new Judicial Conference Policy on transcript redaction, remote access to transcripts and new transcript deadlines.

[Posted 5/15/2008]

N O T I C E (excerpted from The National Law Journal - November 8, 2007)

The public will receive free access to federal court records at 16 libraries in 14 states in a joint, two-year project by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and the Government Printing Office. The project offers this access through the federal judiciary's Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) System. Users of PACER can obtain case file documents, listings of all case parties, judgments, and other information from district, bankruptcy and appellate courts online, with the data immediately available for printing or downloading.

Using PACER normally requires an eight-cents-per-page fee which is used to fund the system's costs. That fee will be waived for all users, even those who already have PACER accounts, when the system is accessed from the 16 libraries. The libraries in the project have agreed to promote the PACER service; provide users with a three-question PACER survey; report PACER activities to the GPO every two months, and provide access only from computers within the library and its branches. The libraries also have agreed to maintain login and password security.

The federal depository libraries participating in the pilot are:  Alaska State Court Law Library, Alaska.; Lee College, Texas; 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Library, Ill.; Rutgers Law Library, N.J.; San Bernadino County Law Library, Calif.; State Library of Ohio, Ohio; University of Michigan School of Law, Mich.; Fordham Law School, N.Y.; Sacramento County Public Law Library, Calif.; Wayne State University, Mich.; University of Tennessee College of Law, Tenn.; Rogers State University, Okla.; Nova Southeastern University Law Library, Fla.; Portland Public Library, Maine; New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library, N.M.; Northern Kentucky University, Ky.

[Posted 2/11/2008]

The CM/ECF Administrative Procedure Manual has been updated.  The updates include information regarding online payments and refunds and entry of appearance requirements.

[Posted 9/25/2007]

Beginning October 1, 2007, the ability for an attorney to self-associate to a party during the filing process in CM/ECF will be removed. The only exception will be during the filing of initiating documents such as complaints and notices of removal. As an attorney, it is important to remember that an entry of appearance is required to be filed when you are not filing or listed in an initiating document, not appointed by the court, or you are joining an on-going case (See Local Civil Rule 83.4 and Criminal Rule 44.1).  

If an entry of appearance has not been made, you will not be appropriately associated and will not receive NEFs for any case activity. Upon submission of an entry of appearance, the appropriate associations will be made by court staff within 1 business day from the time of filing.

The court considers the following documents to qualify as entry of appearance:


[Posted 9/11/2007]
Pay.gov will be available September 1, 2007. This feature will enable you to pay filing fees online with a credit card. For a more information on how to make an online payment of filing fees, please review the “How to Pay Filing Fees Online” document.

[Posted 8/24/2007]
It has come to our attention that some CM/ECF account holders are e-filing documents on behalf of others. This practice is not allowed and a Notice of Deficiency will be issued. Please remember that your CM/ECF user name and login constitute your signature for the purposes of electronic filing and as such, by e-filing for another attorney, you are in effect legally signing that document.

Beginning June 1st, 2007, attorneys who have an active CM/ECF account, but have not entered their primary e-mail address will no longer receive printed copies of documents and the corresponding NEF. The court will only print and mail documents to pro se parties and other individuals exempted from the mandatory e-filing requirements.