How are cases selected for electronic filing?
Electronic filing is appropriate for nearly all civil cases. The determination of whether electronic filing will be used in a particular case will most likely be made at the initial Case Management Conference (CMC), although the decision can be made at any time. The Court has modified its Case Information Statement (CIS), which is submitted along with the initial pleading of each party, so that a party can provide the Court with advance notice that it has an interest in filing electronically. The Court has also modified Local Rule 16.3(b) to add electronic filing as an agenda topic at the CMC. Attorneys who want to have a case designated for electronic filing should bring that desire to the attention of the presiding judicial officer as soon as possible.
All new civil and criminal cases are designated for efiling with the exception of sealed cases. Additionally, sealed documents in all cases are presently excluded from the e-filing program; they must be filed on paper. NOTE: No cases that began or became non-efiling cases were converted to efiling without notification to all parties from the court.
