Local Rule RULE 5005-4: ELECTRONIC FILING

RULE 5005-4 ELECTRONIC FILING

(a) The official records of the Court shall be maintained by the Clerk through CM/ECF in accordance with the standards provided by the Administrative Office of United States Courts.

(b) Each attorney filing documents with this Court is required to have a CM/ECF account issued by the Clerk and shall file all documents electronically. The Clerk may accept paper filings from attorneys on an emergency basis, e.g., if the CM/ECF servers are not functioning, but the Clerk is not required to do so.

(c) CM/ECF account holders ("Electronic Filing Users") shall protect their passwords from unauthorized use. No Electronic Filing User or other person may knowingly permit or cause to permit an Electronic Filing User's password to be used by anyone other than an authorized agent of the Electronic Filing User. An Electronic Filing User agrees to protect the security of the Electronic Filing User's login and password and shall immediately notify the Clerk if the security of the login and password has been compromised. An Electronic Filing User may be subject to sanctions for failure to comply with this provision.

(d) Registration as an Electronic Filing User constitutes (1) waiver of the right to receive notice by first-class mail and the right to service by first-class mail or personal service and (2) consent to receive notice electronically and consent to electronic service, except with regard to service under FED. R. BANKR. P. 7004. Waiver of service and notice by first-class mail applies to notice of the entry of an order or judgment under FED. R. BANKR. P. 9022.

(e) A filing made through an Electronic Filing User's CM/ECF account and authorized by the Electronic Filing User, together with the Electronic Filing User's name on a signature block, constitutes the Electronic Filing User's signature for all purposes for which a signature is required in connection with cases and proceedings before the Court, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, including FED. R. BANKR. P. 9011, and the Local Rules.

(f) Every pleading or paper filed with this Court shall have the following information either in a signature block at the end of the text or elsewhere in the pleading:

(1) the full name of each person who signed the paper;

(2) at least one complete and current mailing address; and

(3) at least one current telephone number and/or one current email address.

(g) Attorneys may file papers signed by their clients by including a scanned paper bearing the client's signature or, subject to the retention requirements of subsection (h) of this Local Rule, by including the client's name on a signature block.

(h) Electronically filed papers that require the signatures of more than one party shall be filed:

(1) by filing a scanned signature page that contains all necessary signatures;

(2) by including a signature block for each signatory together with an attestation by the filing attorney that concurrence in the filing of the paper has been obtained from each of the other signatories. The filing attorney's attestation may be included after the signature block of the additional signatory or may take the form of a declaration attached to the paper; or

(3) in any other manner approved by the Court.

(i) Electronic Filing Users shall retain paper copies or scanned images of the following documents bearing wet ink signatures of the following papers for one year after the closing of the case:

(1) Statements About Your Social Security Numbers; and

(2) the written and fully executed contracts required of debt relief agencies by 11 U.S.C. §§ 528(a)(1) and 528(a)(2).

(j) Any supporting documents (e.g., exhibits, affidavits, etc.) to a filing shall be filed as separate attachments to the filing under the same docket entry number. Each attachment to the filing shall be categorized or described in such a way as to easily identify the nature and content of the document. Each attachment will be automatically numbered by ECF in the order in which it is uploaded. For example: Motion for Relief from Stay (Attachments: #1: Affidavit; #2: Note; #3: Mortgage; #4: Fact Summary Sheet).