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Electronic Case Filing Procedures

N.D. Ill. ECF Procedures

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If you do not remember your login name and/or password to your personal CM/ECF account, you can email: [email protected] . Please provide your ARDC number as confirmation of your identity. The email must come from the attorney only. Click here for instructions on filing online as a pro se (self-represented) litigant. More E-Filing Resources Filing Sealed Documents in Civil Cases Filing Sealed Documents in Criminal Cases Filing L.R. 3.2 Notification of Affiliates Submitting Digital Media Exhibits CM/ECF NextGen The Northern District of Illinois has implemented the Federal Judiciary's Next Generation (NextGen) Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system. It is critically important that each NextGen user must have their own individual PACER account. Specifically, this means that a firm with one shared PACER login account must register each user with their own unique individual PACER account and password. 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Official source: https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/LandingPage.php?page=CMECF · retrieved 2026-07-23