Local Rule LR Gen P 5.01: Filing of Papers

LR Gen P 5.01. Filing of Papers.

(a) Electronic Filing: Absent good cause, counsel shall file electronically using the Case Management/Electronic Case Files ("CM/ECF") system in this Court. Electronic filing of a document in CM/ECF, together with the transmission of a Notice of Electronic Filing ("NEF"), constitutes filing of the document for purposes of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and constitutes entry of the document on the docket kept by the Clerk's Office under Fed. R. Civ. P. 58 and 79 and Fed. R. Crim. P. 49 and 55. Emailing a document to the Clerk's Office or to the assigned judge shall not constitute "filing."

(b) Working Copy to the Judge: For documents electronically filed within the page limits set by these Local Rules, no paper copies are necessary. Counsel shall obtain permission prior to filing any document in excess of the page limits set by these Rules and shall provide paper copies of all such documents. Paper copies shall be provided to the assigned district judge and magistrate judge within three (3) days of electronic filing, but not less than two (2) days before any hearing on such filing. Any attachments in support of the filing must be submitted therewith.

(c) Filing in Paper: When filing in paper form—except as otherwise permitted or required by the Federal Rules, these Local Rules or court order—filers shall provide the original and two (2) copies of all filings to the Clerk's Office. The receiving Clerk's Office shall then forward the filing to the appropriate Clerk's Office, if necessary. Within twenty-one (21) days of the removal of an action from state court, counsel shall file the certified state court record in CM/ECF.