Filing and Serving Pleadings, Motions, or Other Papers.

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Criminal Rule

49.2

1. Filing with the Clerk.  Except for discovery material, a pleading, motion, or other paper that the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure permit or require to be filed, that is submitted on paper, must be filed with the clerk’s office for the appropriate division.  Such pleading, motion, or other paper must not be sent directly to the presiding judge.
2. Original and Judge's Copy Required.  An original and one judge's copy of each pleading, motion, or other paper that is submitted on paper must be filed with the clerk.  If a pleading, motion, or other paper is filed by electronic means, the judge's copy must be submitted following procedures set forth in the ECF Administrative Procedures Manual.
3. Document Containing More Than One Pleading, Motion, or Other Paper.  Except for a proposed order, a document may contain more than one pleading, motion, or other paper.  Any such document must clearly identify in the title each included pleading, motion, or other paper.
4. Certificate of Service.  [REPEALED]
5. Serving by Electronic Means.  [REPEALED]
6. Electronic Filing Required.  Unless the presiding judge otherwise directs, an attorney—other than a prisoner pro se party—must file any pleading (except an indictment or information), motion, or other paper by electronic means, subject to the restrictions and requirements of the ECF Administrative Procedures Manual.  A party may, for cause, move to be excused from the requirement of electronic filing.
7. Registration as an ECF User Required.  Unless excused for cause, an attorney—other than a prisoner pro se party—must register as an ECF user within 14 days of the date the attorney appears in a case, following the registration procedures set forth in the ECF Administrative Procedures Manual.