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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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Re: Administrative Procedures for
Electronic Case Filing and ORDER
Service
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 5 and 83 and Federal Rules of
Criminal Procedure 49 and 57 authorize courts to establish practices and
procedures for filing, signing and verifying documents by electronic means. The
United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin will implement
Case Management/ Electronic Case Files System (CM/ECF) on January 22, 2008.
To support the implementation of CM/ECF, this court adopts Administrative
Procedures that will govern local noticing and filing in this district. The local rules
for the Western District of Wisconsin will be amended to incorporate electronic
filing and service.
IT IS ORDERED that the attached Administrative Procedures are adopted
for use in all civil and criminal cases and proceedings in this district and shall be
effective January 22, 2008. Future versions of the Administrative Procedures as
published by the court shall be effective the date of the published version. The
clerk of court . may amend the Administrative Procedures from time to time as
appropriate, subject to the court's approval.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that effective upon implementation of
CM/ECF, unless otherwise permitted by the Administrative Procedures, all
do~uments submitted for filing in this district must be filed electronically.
Entered this 'f "--day of October, 2007.
BY THE COURT:
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BARBARA B. CRABB
Chief U.S. District Judge
