U.S. District Court - Northern District of Texas

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United States District Court
Northern District of Texas

This form is used to register for an account in the Electronic Case Files system ("ECF") for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Each registered attorney / pro se party will have the privilege to electronically submit documents and to receive electronic notice of documents filed in ECF. The following information is required for registration (Attorney Bar No. and State admitted to practice is not required for a non-attorney pro se party):

First Name:	Middle Name	Last Name:
Last four digits of Social Security Number:
Attorney Bar No.:	State that you are admitted to practice:
Firm Name (if any):
Street Address:
City:	State:	Zip:
Phone Number:	Fax Number:
Primary Internet E-Mail Address:

The following additional E-Mail addresses should receive courtesy copies by electronic transmission (no more than three):
Courtesy E-Mail Addresses:

By registering as a user, the undersigned agrees to abide by the following rules:

The electronic case files system is for use only in cases designated by the presiding judge or the court of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. It may be used to file and view electronic documents, docket sheets, and notices.
At this time, the minimum requirements for filing, viewing, and retrieving case documents are: (a) a 486 personal computer running a standard platform such as Windows 95 or higher, or a Macintosh computer; (b) an Internet service provider using Point to Point Protocol (PPP); (c) Netscape version 4.5, or higher, or Internet Explorer version 6.0, or higher; and (d) Adobe Acrobat Writer version 3.0, or higher, or Adobe Acrobat 4.0, or higher, (used to convert documents to a portable document format (pdf)), or a word processing program capable of creating documents in portable document format.
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11:

“Every pleading, written motion, and other paper shall be signed by at least one attorney of record in the attorney’s individual name, or, if the party is not represented by an attorney, shall be signed by the party.”

When using ECF, the password issued by the court to an attorney or pro se party, combined with the user’s login identification, serves as and constitutes the attorney’s or pro se party’s signature. Therefore, an attorney or pro se party must protect and secure the password issued by the court. If there is any reason to suspect the password has been compromised in any way, it is the duty and responsibility of the attorney or pro se party to immediately change the compromised password. The attorney or pro se party may also notify the district court clerk’s office that the password has been compromised and should be disabled. The registered user must then confirm a request for a new password by facsimile (214-753-2266) before being issued a new password.
This registration as a user constitutes consent to the Clerk of Court to transmit notice of entries of judgments and orders to the undersigned registered user under Fed.R.Civ.P. 77, Fed.R.Crim.P. 49, LR 77.1 and LCrR 49.4 by electronic transmission in any case in which this capability exists and the undersigned appears as attorney of record or as a pro se party. By becoming a registered user, the registered user agrees that the e-mailing of the "Notice of Electronic Filing" by ECF constitutes service of the filed document on that registered user in accordance with Rule 5(b)(2)(D) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
The undersigned agrees to abide by the requirements of the ECF Administrative Procedures Manual.

This form is submitted electronically to the clerk's office when you click the Submit button below.

Attorney Signature: (please use an "s/" followed by the attorney's name.)

If you choose to register using paper, please return to:

Clerk, U.S. District Court

ATTN: Attorney Admissions

1100 Commerce Room 1452

Dallas, TX 75242-1003

or

FAX: 214-753-2266