1.4 Electronic Filing

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1.4 ELECTRONIC FILING

1.401 In General.

Federal courts use the Case Management/?Electronic Case Files ("CM/ECF") system, with the expectation that all filings are electronic, except as specifically noted and allowed by each court. A single PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) account gains the account holder access to all federal court documents, but separate CM/ECF accounts must be established in the Eastern and Western Districts. Further, the Eastern and Western Districts have different procedures for obtaining a CM/ECF account. The main takeaway is to give yourself sufficient time before your first case to ensure that you have access to the CM/ECF filing system.

Federal courts have transitioned to Next Generation of CM/ECF (NextGen CM/ECF). See the following paragraphs for information about the transition schedules in the Eastern and Western Districts.

1.402 Eastern District.

Effective March 26, 2007, all documents filed with the Court must be...