Local Rule LR 11.1: SIGNATURES

LR 11.1 SIGNATURES

(a) The Filing User's login and password shall serve as that Filing User's signature on all papers filed electronically with the Court. They serve as a signature for purposes of Fed. R. Civ. P. 11, all other civil and criminal rules, all local rules, and for any other purpose for which a signature is required in connection with proceedings before the Court.

(b) Every paper filed electronically must include a signature block containing the Filing User's name, attorney bar number, firm name, street address, telephone number, and primary E-Mail address. In addition, the name of the Filing User under whose login and password the paper is filed must be preceded by a "s/" typed in the space where the Filing User's ink signature would otherwise appear.

SAMPLE: s/Name of Filing User Attorney Bar Number Firm Name Street Address City/State/Zip Code Telephone No. (xxx)xxx-xxxx Primary E-Mail Address

(c) A paper containing the signature of a pro se defendant in a criminal case shall be scanned and filed by the Filing User or court personnel.

(d) A paper requiring the signature of more than one party shall be electronically filed in accordance with Section 10.4 of the ECF Policies and Procedures by:

(1) Submitting a scanned paper containing all of the necessary signatures; or

(2) Submitting a paper electronically signed by one of the parties (or counsel) but also representing the consent of the other parties in each of the appropriate signature lines in the same manner that third party consents are noted on paper filings; or

(3) Any other manner approved by the Court.