Any document required or permitted to be filed shall be filed electronically and shall be
signed and verified by electronic means to the extent and in the manner authorized by the
court’s Standing Order regarding Electronic Case Filing Policies and Procedures and the ECF
User Manual, except that a pro se litigant who is not a registered user of the court’s Electronic
Case Filing system shall file in paper form rather than electronically. An attorney may be
granted a reasonable exception from the mandatory electronic filing requirement by the Chief
Judge only upon a showing of good cause. A document filed by electronic means in
compliance with this Local Rule constitutes a written document for the purposes of applying
these Local Rules, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Criminal
Procedure.
