Local Rule AP 2.1: Scope of Electronic Filing
D.N.H. — General rule
2.1 Scope of Electronic Filing
(a) Case Exemption. An assigned judicial officer has the discretion to exempt a case, in whole or in part, from ECF.
(b) Attorney Exemption. An attorney may apply to the court for permission to file documents conventionally in a particular case. Should the court initially grant an attorney permission to file documents conventionally, the court may withdraw that permission at any time during the pendency of a case and require the attorney to re-file documents electronically using ECF. If one counsel of record is exempted from electronic filing, all electronically filed documents must be conventionally served on exempted counsel.
(c) One Time Attorney Exemption. An attorney, including an attorney appearing pro se, who is not a Filing User, may conventionally file the first document on behalf of a client or the attorney appearing pro se in an ECF case without leave of the court. Within thirty (30) days thereafter, the attorney, including an attorney appearing pro se, must register as a Filing User. Upon a showing of good cause, the court may exempt an attorney who is a pro se litigant from this rule in a particular case.
(d) Non-Attorney Pro Se Litigants. A non-incarcerated, non-attorney, pro se litigant in a pending case may apply to the court for permission to file documents electronically using ECF on a form prescribed by the clerk's office. If the court initially grants a pro se litigant permission to file documents electronically, that permission is limited to the case specified and the court may withdraw that permission at any time during the pendency of a case.
In the absence of a court order authorizing electronic filing, all non-attorney pro se litigants shall conventionally file and serve all documents in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil/Criminal Procedures and the local rules of this court. In that event, all electronically filed documents must be conventionally served on the pro se litigant.
(§ (e) omitted 5/1/05; § (c) amended 6/1/05; §§ (a), (b) and (d) amended 10/1/05; § (d) amended 10/1/06, 6/1/11; § (a) amended 12/1/18; §§ (c) and (d) amended 12/1/21)