UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
Howard H. Baker Jr. United States Courthouse
800 Market Street, Suite 130
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902
(865) 545-4228
www.tned.uscourts.gov
LEANNA R. WILSON CHRIS FIELD
Clerk of the Court Chief Deputy Clerk
NOTICE
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2071(b), the Clerk of the Court hereby gives notice of and an
opportunity for comment regarding the Court’s proposal to amend Rule 2.3 and Rule 5 of its
Electronic Case Filing Rules and Procedures. Additions are underlined, and deletions are struck
through.
2. Definitions
2.1 "Electronic Filing System" means the Court's automated system for
receipt, retention and retrieval of documents filed in
electronic form.1
2.2 “Filing Error” means an error in submission of a filing to the
Electronic Filing System, e.g., a filing with an incorrect case
number, with an incorrect docket entry or with the wrong PDF file
attached to a docket entry.
2.3 "E-Filer" means an individual attorney registered with the Public
Access to Court Electronic Records (“PACER”) system to whom
the Court has granted access to the Court’s Electronic Filing System
for all permitted purposes.
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The system is part of the Next Generation of Case Management/Electronic Case Files
(“CM/ECF”) application developed for the federal judiciary by the Administrative Office of the
United States Courts. “Electronic Filing System” does not include the electronic portal used by
non-prisoner pro se litigants to submit selected documents to the Clerk’s Office for filing.
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5. Registration and Passwords
Only a registered E-Filer may electronically file documents with the
Electronic Filing System.
Attorneys practicing before the Court, including those admitted pro hac vice
and those authorized to represent the United States, shall, absent good cause
shown, register as E-Filers of the Electronic Filing System.52Registration to
E-File shall occur through PACER and requires each registrant's name,
address, telephone number, e-mail address, and a confirmation that the
attorney is admitted to practice before the Court. By registering to E-File,
E-Filers certify that they have read the Electronic Case Filing Rules and
Procedures and will abide by them.
A party to an action who is not represented by an attorney may, with the
Court's permission, register as an E-Filer solely for purposes of that action.
Registration shall be in a form prescribed by the Clerk and require
identification of the action as well as the party's name, address, telephone
number and e-mail address. If, during the course of the proceeding, the
party retains an attorney who is a registered E-Filer, the attorney shall, upon
entering an appearance, advise the Clerk to terminate the party's E-Filer
registration.
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Comments should be directed in writing to Leanna R. Wilson, Clerk of Court, by August
14, 2026, at the above address.
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Prior versions of these Rules permitted a pro se party to an action to apply to the Court for
permission to register as an E-Filer solely for the purposes of that action. The Court amended the
Rules to allow only attorneys to register as E-Filers. Any pro se party to an action who was granted
e-filing privileges for the purposes of that action prior to the amendment may maintain those
privileges during the course of that action only. Otherwise, non-prisoner pro se parties may utilize
the pro se filing portal (available at https://www.tned.uscourts.gov/filing-without-attorney-pro-se)
to submit select documents electronically for filing.
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