Skip to main content

LR 5-3 Filing Availability and Deadline

(a) Availability Electronic filing via CM/ECF is permitted at all times, except when the system is temporarily unavailable.

For after-business hours filing of documents in paper form, see LR 77-2.

(b) Deadline The filing deadline for any document is 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) on the day the document is required to be filed.

(c) Completion of Filing A document will be considered filed when all components of the document reside in the official court record.

(d) Scheduled Court Proceedings If an electronic filing relates to a scheduled court proceeding that is to be held within three business days of the filing, the filing party must concurrently telephone or e-mail the assigned judge's courtroom deputy to request that chambers be promptly notified of the e-filing.