Rule 2 Definitions

(a) The following definitions shall apply:

(1) “Business Day” means Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time, excluding official state holiday closures and other court closures.

(2) “Case Management System” means an electronic system that houses court records and manages the coordination of court processes and resources from filing to disposition.

(3) “Document” means any filing with, or entry by, the court or any other paper or record associated with a case that is eServed on another party.

(4) “Electronically File” or “eFile” means uploading a document directly to the electronic filing system to file that document in the court’s Case Management System.

(5) “Electronically Serve” or “eServe” means uploading a document directly to the electronic filing system to electronically serve that document on parties to a case,

(6) “Electronic Filing System” or “EFS” means the web-based user interface system provided by the Wyoming Judicial Branch for registered users to electronically submit documents and serve parties in court matters.

(7) “Filer” or “Registered User” means an individual who has registered to use the EFS pursuant to Rule 4 and has obtained a unique username and password to eFile and eServe documents in court matters via the EFS.

(8) “In Camera” means a confidentiality designation for an eFiled document limiting access to the document to the filer and the judge assigned to the case.

(9) “Notice of Electronic Filing” or “NEF” means a courtesy notice generated by the EFS and delivered to the registered user’s email that a document has been submitted or accepted through the EFS.

(10) “Online Inbox” means a registered user’s online inbox accessible via the EFS.

(11) “.pdf” means Portable Document Format, a proprietary file format developed by Adobe Systems, Inc.

(12) “Public” means a designation for an eFiled document providing full access to the document to those with access to the case in the EFS.

(13) “Technical error” means a malfunction of the EFS or Wyoming Judicial Branch hardware, software, or telecommunications facility that prevents a registered user from eFiling or eServing a document. Technical error does not mean failure of a registered user’s equipment, software, hardware, telecommunications facility, internet service, or any other failure attributed to the registered user.

(14) “Traditional filing” means submitting a filing to the clerk’s office in paper or other tangible form.