(a) Filing by Electronic Means.
(1) An attorney may, for good cause shown, request by written motion a temporary
exemption from mandatory electronic case filing.
(2) The filing of charging documents, including the complaint, information, indictment
and superseding information or indictment, shall be accomplished as set forth in the
administrative procedures guide for the U. S. District Court, Middle District of
Louisiana, which is authorized by General Order 2005-06. A copy of the
administrative procedures may be obtained from the Clerk’s Office or downloaded
from the Court’s website at www.lamd.uscourts.gov.
(b) Service of Documents By Electronic Means.
(1) As provided by Fed. R. Cr. P. 49(a)(3), if a recipient is a registered filer in the Court’s
Electronic Filing System, service is complete when the document is electronically
filed or uploaded to the Court’s system. If the recipient is not a registered filer in the
Court’s system, the filer must effect service on all parties in accordance with the
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the Local Rules.
(2) Most sealed filings do not produce a Notice of Electronic Filing, and therefore, service
by the party of any sealed document must be in accordance with the Federal Rules
and the Local Rules.
(3) A certificate of service is not required when service is made through filing with the
Court’s electronic filing system. When a document is served by means other than
the Court’s electronic filing system, the document must include a certificate of service
and must identify the method of service upon each party.
