Local Rule RULE 49.4: SCOPE OF ELECTRONIC FILING
C.D. Ill. — Criminal rule
RULE 49.4 SCOPE OF ELECTRONIC FILING
(A) Requirements.
Unless otherwise provided by the court, all documents submitted for filing in criminal cases in this district, no matter when a case was filed originally, must be filed electronically using CM/ECF.
(B) Exceptions.
(1) All charging documents (including the complaint, information, indictment, and superseding indictment) must be filed conventionally and then uploaded by the Clerk.
(2) Unless the court, in its discretion, grants leave to a pro se filer to file electronically, pro se filers must file paper originals of all documents. The Clerk's Office will scan these original documents into an electronic file in the System. The official court record will be the electronic file.
(3) Juvenile criminal matters must be filed conventionally and under seal unless, after hearing, the Court Rules that the juvenile will be tried as an adult.
(4) An attorney may apply to the assigned judge for permission to file documents conventionally. Even if the assigned judge initially grants an attorney permission to file documents conventionally, however, the assigned judge may withdraw that permission at any time during the pendency of a case and require the attorney to file documents electronically using the System.
(5) Any judge of this Court may deviate from the electronic filing procedures in specific cases, if deemed appropriate in the exercise of discretion, considering the need for the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of matters pending before the Court.