Local Rule RULE 5.5: SCOPE OF ELECTRONIC FILING
C.D. Ill. — Civil rule
RULE 5.5 SCOPE OF ELECTRONIC FILING
(A) Requirements.
Unless otherwise provided by the court, all documents submitted for filing in civil cases in this district, no matter when a case was filed originally, must be filed electronically using CM/ECF.
(B) Exceptions.
(1) 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 complaints, pleadings, motions, affidavits, briefs, and other 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.
(2) The Clerk's Office will accept case initiating documents (i.e. complaints with civil cover sheets and summons, and notices of removal) delivered in person, sent by e-mail to the appropriate address listed in Local Rule 5.7(B), sent by United States mail or filed directly through CM/ECF.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.