LR 5.3: Flat Filing
Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia — Civil Rules
LR 5.3 Flat Filing. To facilitate computer scanning of papers submitted for filing and to insure that the Clerk's files may be kept under the system commonly known as "flat filing," the original of all papers presented to the Clerk or Judge for filing shall be flat and shall not be folded, backed, stapled, or bound (except using easily-removable clips). Omit all exhibit tabs, as they interfere with scanning (originals should bear flat exhibit labels within the page margins). Any required copies of original papers may bear exhibits tabs and be stapled or otherwise bound using standard practices.