Local Rule LRCiv 5.5: ELECTRONIC FILING

LRCiv 5.5 ELECTRONIC FILING

(a) Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual. The Clerk of Court is authorized to develop, publish and implement an Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual for the District of Arizona (Administrative Manual).

(b) Filing of Documents Electronically. The Court will accept for filing documents submitted, signed or verified by electronic means consistent with these rules and the Administrative Manual.

(c) Scope of Electronic Filing. All cases filed in this Court will be maintained in the Electronic Case Filing (ECF) System in accordance with these rules and the Administrative Manual. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or as provided by the Administrative Manual, electronic filing is mandatory for attorneys.

(d) Registered User Eligibility. Attorneys admitted to the bar of this Court and attorneys and certified students permitted to practice in this Court under Local Rule 83.1(b) are eligible to become Registered Users of the ECF system. Unless the Court orders otherwise, parties appearing without an attorney shall not file documents electronically.

(e) Registration. Applicants shall register to file electronically in a form prescribed by the Clerk of Court.

(f) Password Security. Registered Users shall protect the security of their passwords and shall immediately notify the Clerk of Court if they learn that their password has been compromised.

(g) Signatures. The log-in and password required to submit documents to the ECF System constitute the Registered User's signature on all electronic documents filed with the Court for purposes of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Documents signed by an attorney shall be filed using that attorney's ECF log-in and password and shall not be filed using a log-in and password belonging to another attorney. No person shall knowingly permit or cause to permit a Registered User's password to be used by anyone other than an authorized agent of the Registered User.

(h) Request for Electronic Notice by Nonparties. A Registered User may subscribe to receive Notices of Electronic Filing in an unsealed case in which the Registered User is not a party or counsel of record by filing a text-only Notice of Request for E-Notice event on the electronic docket. The subscriber must notify any unrepresented parties in the case of the subscription by letter. United States Attorney Victim Witness Personnel who are authorized subscription rights by the Court are exempt from the notice requirements of this rule. The Court may sanction any Registered User who subscribes to receive Notices of Electronic Filing without notifying the Court and the parties by filing and serving a Notice of Request for E-Notice.