Unless the context indicates a contrary intention, the following definitions apply in these rules:

1. Court. The word “court” means the district judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, as a collective body.
2. Presiding Judge. The term “presiding judge” means the judge to whom a case is assigned. The word “judge” includes district judges and magistrate judges.
3. Attorney. The word “attorney” means either:
   1. a person licensed to practice law by the highest court of any state or the District of Columbia; or
   2. a party proceeding pro se in any civil action.
4. Clerk. The word “clerk” means the clerk of this court.
5. Discovery Materials. The term “discovery materials” means notices of and depositions upon oral examination or written questions, interrogatories, requests for documents and things, requests for inspection or to permit entry upon land, requests for admission, and answers and responses thereto, and disclosures made in compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) or (2).
6. ECF. The term “ECF” means electronic case filing and refers to the court’s web- based document filing system that allows a document to be transmitted, signed, or verified by electronic means in a manner that is consistent with technical standards established by the Judicial Conference of the United States.
7. Judge’s Copy. The term “judge’s copy” means a paper copy of an original pleading, motion, or other paper that is submitted for use by the presiding judge.