Local Rule LR Gen P 5.03: Applicability of Fax Transmissions and Electronic Filings

LR Gen P 5.03. Applicability of Fax Transmissions and Electronic Filings.

(a) Filing by Fax: All points of holding court within the Northern District of West Virginia shall maintain a fax machine within the Office of the Clerk, shall accept documents filed by fax and may send documents by fax transmission to the extent expressly provided for in these Rules and not in conflict with statutes or other court rules. The faxed document must be a fax of the original document in its entirety, including any exhibits and attachments thereto.

(b) Electronic Filing: Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d)(3) and Fed. R. Crim. P. 49(e), the Clerk's Office will accept filings signed or verified by electronic means that are consistent with the technical standards that the Judicial Conference of the United States establishes. A document filed by electronic means in compliance with this Rule constitutes a written paper for the purpose of applying these Rules, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. All electronic filings shall be governed by these Local Rules and this Court's Administrative Procedures for Electronic Case Filing, provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein, and which may be amended from time to time.

(c) Attorney Signatures: Documents filed under an attorney's login and password shall constitute that attorney's signature for purposes of the Local and Federal Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure, including but not limited to Fed. R. Civ. P. 11. Any document requiring an attorney's signature shall be signed in the following manner: "s/ (attorney name)." Merely writing "s/" without providing an attorney name is insufficient.