Local Rule AP 3.5: Conventional Filings by Email
D.N.H. — General rule
3.5 Conventional Filings by Email
(a) In addition to filing in paper, the following conventionally filed documents may be submitted by email as defined in the accompanying cited rule:
(1) Criminal Charging Documents (AP 3.1(a));
(2) Criminal Applications and Accompanying Documents (AP 3.1(b));
(3) Return of Service Documents in Criminal Cases (AP 3.1(c));
(4) Grand Jury Documents (AP 3.1(d));
(5) Documents Signed by Criminal Defendants (AP 3.1(e));
(6) Administrative Records (AP 3.2(a));
(7) Habeas Corpus Rule 5 Materials (AP 3.2(b));
(8) Mediation Documents (AP 3.2(c));
(9) Letters Rogatory (AP 3.2(d));
(10) Administrative Inspection Warrants (AP 3.2(e));
(11) Sealed Documents (AP 3.3(a)-(c));
(12) Ex Parte Pleadings (AP 3.4); and
(13) Notice of Intent to Proceed by Pseudonym (LR 10.1).
(b) Any documents filed by email pursuant to this rule shall be submitted as follows:
(1) Emails shall be submitted to the following address: ecfintake@nhd.uscourts.gov.
(2) Documents submitted by email shall be in Portable Document Format (PDF). If the main document has attachments, each PDF shall be submitted as described in AP 2.5.
(3) The court will not read, consider, or respond to any text in the email itself and will only upload the attached PDF files to the case docket.
(c) All filings must comply with the formatting requirements found in the Local and Federal Rules.
(d) Signatures may be added electronically to pleadings submitted by email in the following format: /s/ Full Name.
(e) Unless a filer is authorized to file documents electronically using the court's Electronic Case Filing (ECF) system, all case initiating documents (e.g. complaints, petitions) and all notices of appeal still must be filed in paper with either the required filing fee or a motion to proceed in forma pauperis.
(f) Filings submitted by email to the court must still be conventionally served on all counsel or pro se parties to a case as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 and Fed. R. Crim. P. 49.
(Added 12/1/23)