Local Rule D.C.COLO.LCivR 5.1: FORMATTING, SIGNATURES, FILING, AND SERVING PLEADINGS AND DOCUMENTS

D.C.COLO.LCivR 5.1 FORMATTING, SIGNATURES, FILING, AND SERVING PLEADINGS AND DOCUMENTS

(a) Electronic Formatting, Signatures, and Filing. Unless otherwise provided in this rule or otherwise ordered, each pleading and document filed in a civil action shall be formatted, signed, and filed electronically in CM/ECF as prescribed by the Electronic Case Filing Procedures, incorporated in these rules and available HERE.

(b) Exceptions to Electronic Formatting and Filing.

(1) Materials that Cannot Be Converted to Electronic Form. An item such as a videotape, audiotape, etc., shall be filed by delivery to the clerk's office.

(2) Pleadings and Documents by Unrepresented Prisoners. These shall be filed in paper.

(3) Pleadings and Documents by Other Unrepresented Parties. These shall be filed in paper unless the filing party obtains authorization to use electronic filing under the Electronic Case Filing Procedures HERE or the filing party e-mails documents to the clerk for filing under the procedures available HERE.

(4) E-mailed Documents. The Electronic Case Filing Procedures specify the documents that shall be e-mailed to the court to open a case HERE.

(c) Formatting and Filing of Pleadings and Documents and Maintenance of Contact Information by an Unrepresented Prisoner or Party. If not filed electronically, an unrepresented prisoner or party shall use the procedures, forms, and instructions posted on the court's website HERE. If the unrepresented party is a prisoner and is unable to access the website, on request the clerk shall provide copies of the necessary procedures, forms, and instructions. Notice of change of name, mailing address, or telephone number of an unrepresented prisoner or party shall be filed not later than five days after the change. A user of CM/ECF shall keep his/her primary and alternative e-mail address current. Instructions for a user to update and maintain his/her CM/ECF account are HERE.

(d) Electronic Service. When a pleading or document, other than a pleading or document filed under restriction, is filed in CM/ECF, it is deemed served electronically under Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(E) ("sending it to a registered user by filing it in the court's electronic-filing system . . ."). A pleading or document filed under restriction shall not be accessible or viewable electronically in CM/ECF and shall be served using one of the other methods provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (e.g., Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b), including the methods provided under Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2)(E) other than the court's electronic-filing system) or as ordered by the court. The time to respond or reply shall be calculated from the date of electronic service, regardless of whether other means of service are used, except the time to respond or reply to a pleading or document filed under restriction shall be calculated as provided by these rules or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) generated by CM/ECF constitutes a certificate of service for all pleadings and documents other than those filed under restriction, which require a separate certificate of service. Registration in CM/ECF shall constitute consent to electronic service of all pleadings or documents other than those filed under restriction.