(a) Submitted with Main Document as Separate Attachments. Each exhibit or
attachment to a main document shall be electronically filed as a separate attachment to a
motion or pleading (“main document”), shall be individually numbered/lettered, and shall
be followed by a short description of the document in the “description” field, which shall
not exceed five (5) words. If attachments include more than one exhibit, the Filing User
need not submit a separate table of contents or index as otherwise required by LR
5.1(a)(2) as the documents will be separately hyperlinked and indexed in the ECF system.
(b) Excerpted Format. A Filing User may submit as attachments and non-trial
exhibits only those excerpts of the referenced documents that are directly germane to the
matter under consideration by the court. Excerpted material must be clearly and
prominently identified as such. Filing Users must promptly provide excerpted documents
in full to any party making such a request. Responding parties may timely file additional
excerpts, or the complete document, if they believe these additional submissions are
directly germane. The court may require the parties to file additional excerpts or the
complete document.
(c) Bulky Attachments, Physical Exhibits and Demonstrative Evidence.
Attachments and non-trial exhibits that cannot reasonably be filed in an electronically
converted or scanned PDF format, such as bulky attachments, physical exhibits,
demonstrative evidence, and video or audio tapes, may be conventionally filed.
(d) Attachments/Non-Trial Exhibits Conventionally Filed in ECF Case.
(1) Notice of Conventional Filing. If an attachment or exhibit is submitted
conventionally in an ECF case, the Filing User shall electronically file a Notice of
Conventional Filing on a form prescribed by the clerk’s office in the place where
the attachment or exhibit would have been submitted electronically as an
attachment to the main document.
(2) Filing Date. If an attachment or exhibit is conventionally filed, the main
document shall be deemed filed upon the issuance of the Notice of Electronic
Filing, provided that the conventionally submitted matters are filed and served
within 72 hours. A paper copy of the Notice of Electronic Filing shall be attached
to the conventionally submitted matter.
(3) Maintained in the Clerk’s Office. If an attachment or exhibit is
conventionally filed, it will be maintained and available for inspection in the
clerk’s office and will not be added to the court’s electronic docket.
(§ (a) amended 5/1/05; § (d) lapsed, § (e) relettered to § (d) 6/1/05; § (d) amended 10/1/05; § (d)
amended 10/1/06)
