Local Rule RULE 9036-1: NOTICE AND SERVICE GENERALLY

RULE 9036-1. ELECTRONIC FILING RULESNOTICE AND SERVICE GENERALLY All cases open as of the effective date of these Rules or filed thereafter will be administered through the Electronic Case Filing System (the "ECF System"). The procedures for electronic filing set forth in Appendix 8, as amended from time to time, shall be known as the Electronic Filing Rules of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts, and shall be referred to in abbreviation as "MEFR." Except as expressly provided in MEFR 1, parties in interest shall file all petitions, motions, applications, memoranda of law or other pleadings, proofs of claim or documents only through the ECF System. To the extent that the MEFR conflict with any other provision of the Massachusetts Local Bankruptcy Rules or their Appendices, the provisions of the MEFR shall govern.

For purposes of Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9036 (b) and (c), attorneys and unrepresented individuals shall be deemed to consent to service by electronic means where provided by MLBR 9010-1.