TIME OF FILING, SERVICE, AND RESPONSE

(A) Availability of Electronic Filing System. The EFS will receive electronic documents except when the system is unavailable due to scheduled or other maintenance. (B) File Date. A “day” begins at 12:00:00 a.m. and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. in the time zone where the courthouse is located. For a document that is electronically submitted between 12:00:00 a.m. and 11:59:59 p.m. in the time zone where the courthouse is located on Monday through Friday, the “file date” will be the day it is submitted. If a document is submitted on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the file date will be the next business day. For any questions of timeliness, the time and date registered by the EFS will be determinative. For a document electronically submitted, the file date will apply for purposes of meeting the statute of limitations or any other filing deadlines, even if the document is accepted by the clerk on a later date, except 48 as provided in subdivision (D) of this rule. A conventionally filed document is deemed submitted when presented to the court clerk. (C) Service Date of the Submitted Document. The service date of submitted documents will be the date of submission, if served pursuant to