Local Rule Rule 9011-1: Signing of Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions; Verifications and Copies of Pages. Signing Documents; Representations to the Court; Sanctions; Verifying and Providing Copies

Rule 9011-1. Signing of Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions; Verifications and Copies of Pages. Signing Documents; Representations to the Court; Sanctions; Verifying and Providing Copies

(a) Signature.

(1) All filed pleadings signed by an attorney shall contain the attorney information required by Miss. Bankr. L.R. 5005-1(a)(2)(H). All documents filed and signed by an unrepresented individual shall contain the party's name, complete address (including street address and, if applicable, post office box number), telephone number, and, if available, e-mail address. Furthermore, every attorney, as well as every litigant proceeding without legal counsel, has a continuing obligation to notify the clerk of any changes of address and contact information.

(2) The filing of any document by a registered ECF User using the user's PACER a login and password issued by the clerk shall constitute the user's attorney's signature for purposes of signing the document under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9011(a) and any other applicable authority relating to signatures. The ECF User's attorney's name under whose PACER login and password the document is submitted must be displayed as an image of a signature or by an "/s/" and typed in the space where the signature would otherwise appear (e.g., /s/ Jane Doe).

No person shall knowingly use or cause another person to use the ECF User's PACER login and password of an attorney unless such a person is duly authorized to do so by the attorney ECF User.