Local Rule Local Civil Rule 5.2: Requirements for Electronic Filing and Service; Electronic Signatures by Pro Se Parties; Duty to Review Underlying Orders

Local Civil Rule 5.2. Requirements for Electronic Filing and Service; Electronic Signatures by Pro Se Parties; Duty to Review Underlying Orders

Counsel must serve and file papers by following the instructions regarding ECF published on the website of each respective court, unless exempted from electronic filing by court order or Fed. R. Civ. P. 5. Highly Sensitive Documents (HSDs) must be filed in hard copy, in accordance with the order issued by each district governing those documents.

In a case where a pro se party has not obtained electronic filing privileges, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York will accept electronic submissions from pro se parties without electronic filing privileges pursuant to certain requirements that will be set forth on each Court's public website. Any document submitted in accordance with these requirements must be signed by the party in one of the following ways: (a) by signing the document and then scanning it; (b) by using a digital signature; or (c) by typing: "/s/ [Party's Name]."

Parties have an obligation to review the court's actual order, decree, or judgment (on ECF), which controls, and should not rely on the description on the docket or in the ECF Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF).

For relevant historical context for this local rule, consult the Appendix of Committee Notes.