Guide § 8: Signatures
Rules and Internal Operating Procedures of the Sixth Circuit — Sixth Circuit Guide to Electronic Filing
8.1. Attorneys - A registered attorney's use of the assigned login name and password to submit a document electronically serves as that attorney's signature on that document for all purposes. The identity of the registered attorney submitting the electronically filed document must be reflected at the end of the document by means of an “s/[attorney's name]” block showing the attorney's name, followed by the attorney's business address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Graphic and other electronic signatures are discouraged.
8.2. Multiple attorney signatures - The filer of any electronically filed document requiring multiple signatures (e.g., stipulations) must list thereon all the names of other attorney signatories by means of an “s/ [attorney's name]” block for each.
By submitting such a document, the filer certifies that each of the other attorneys has expressly agreed to the form and substance of the document, and that the filer has their authority to submit the document electronically. In the alternative, the filer may submit a scanned document containing all necessary signatures.
8.3. Clerk of Court or Deputy Clerks - The electronic filing of any document by the clerk or a deputy clerk of this court by use of that individual's login and password shall be deemed the filing of a signed original document for all purposes.