(a) ECF Login and Password as Signature; Format of Signature Block. The user login
and password required to submit documents to the ECF system shall serve as that user's
signature for purposes of Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 and for all other purposes under the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and these Local Rules.
All electronically filed documents must include a signature block with the attorney's
name, bar registration number, address, telephone number, and e-mail address.
(b) Restrictions on Use of ECF Login and Password. No Filing User or other person may
knowingly permit or cause to permit a Filing User’s password to be used by anyone other
than an authorized agent of the Filing User.
(c) Documents Requiring Multiple Signatures. The filer of any document requiring more
than one signature (e.g., pleadings filed by pro hac vice lawyers, stipulations, joint status
reports) must list thereon all the names of other signatories with a signature block for
each as described in (a). By submitting such a document, the filing attorney certifies that
each of the other signatories has expressly agreed to the form and substance of the
document and that the filing attorney has their actual authority to submit the document
electronically. A signatory or party who disputes the authenticity of an electronically
filed document containing such “signatures” must file an objection to the document
within 14 days of service of the NEF. The filing attorney shall retain any records
evidencing this concurrence for future production, if necessary.
Effective 12/1/19: §(c) amended. Effective 12/1/18: §§(a) and (c) amended. Effective 1/3/11: Rule added.
CROSS-REFERENCES
See LR Gen 204 (Pro Hac Vice Counsel); LR Gen 304(b) (Confidentiality of Login and
Password); LR Cv 5 (Form and Filing of Documents); LR Cr 57 (Form and Filing of
Documents).
See also Fed. R. Civ. P. 11.
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