a. Entry on the Docket. All orders, decrees, judgments, notices and proceedings of
the Court will be filed electronically, which will constitute entry on the docket kept
by the Clerk of the Court under Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 49 and 55.
b. Notice of a Court Order. Immediately upon entry of an order or judgment, the
Clerk of the Court will transmit a Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) to the
Registered Participants. The electronic transmission of the Notice constitutes
Notice of a Court Order. The Clerk of the Court will issue notice in paper form to
those parties or persons entitled to notice who are not Registered Participants.
c. Orders do not Require Original Signatures. Any order electronically filed by
the Court without the original signature of a judge or clerk has the same force and
effect as if the judge or clerk had signed a paper copy of the order and it had been
entered on the docket in the conventional manner.
d. Text Only Orders. Orders may also be issued as Text Only Entries on the docket.
e. Warrant or Summons. The Court may issue a warrant or summons
electronically. They must be executed or served in accordance with Federal Rule
of Criminal Procedure 4(c).
