EDSS Administrative Procedures

=== EDSS Administrative Procedures === EDSS Administrative Procedures All parties appearing before the Court must comply with the applicable Rules and Statutes, including Fed. R. Bankr. P. 5005, Local Bankruptcy Rule 5005, and all applicable Court orders. A. Electronic Filing “Electronic filing” means uploading a pleading or document from the user’s computer using the Court’s Electronic Document Submission System (“EDSS” or “System”) to file that pleading or document in the Court’s case file. Unless otherwise provided in these Administrative Procedures (“Procedures”), the Court’s Local Bankruptcy Rules ("L.B.R."), or Court order, sending a document or pleading to the Court via e-mail does not constitute electronic filing. B. Official Case File Except as otherwise provided by these Procedures or other applicable laws or rules, the Clerk’s Office will not maintain a paper file in any case assigned to the Case Management/Electronic Case File System.

The official court record is the CM/ECF System. C. Document Legibility Documents must be verified for legibility before being submitted via EDSS. D. Timeliness of Electronic Filings Filing a document electronically does not change the filing deadline for that document. Filings must be completed before 4:30 PM Eastern Standard Time on business days (Monday – Friday) to be considered timely filed.

Documents received after 4:30 PM will be reviewed and filed on the next business day. E. Service All parties appearing before the Court must comply with applicable rules of service. Filing a document using EDSS does not constitute service of that document. F. Signatures and Document Retention Periods A person submitting a document through EDSS must maintain the original signed document for a period of seven years.

The original must be made available upon request of the Court. G. Fees Payable to the Clerk's Office Certain filings require the payment of fees. An individual submitting a document using EDSS must pay all required fees. Parties may pay fees in person or through the mail with a cashier’s check or money order.

The Clerk's office cannot accept personal checks or third-party checks. Checks and money orders must be made payable to the "Clerk, United States Bankruptcy Court." Debtors have the additional option of paying court fees via debit card or automated bank draft by using our online payment system. The failure to timely submit any required fee may result in the denial of any motion or other relief requested and/or dismissal of the case. H. Orders and Notices Issued by the Court The Clerk’s Office will electronically file all signed orders and all notices.

Except for debtors participating in Debtor Electronic Bankruptcy Noticing (DeBN), notice to debtors generally will be given in paper format by First Class Mail. I. File/Document Size Limitations EDSS can accept up to 5 PD files for uploading. PDF files should not exceed 128MB. J. Correcting Documents Filed in Error If a document is incorrectly filed in a case, the individual must file an amended document, or a withdrawal of the document filed in error.

K. Privacy Protection for Filings with the Court Pursuant to Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9037(a), unless the court orders otherwise, in an electronic or paper filing made with the court that contains an individual's social-security number, taxpayer-identification number, or birth date, the name of an individual, other than the debtor, known to be and identified as a minor, or a financial-account number, a party or nonparty making the filing may include only: (1) the last four digits of the social-security number and taxpayer-identification number; (2) the year of the individual's birth; (3) the minor's initials; and (4) the last four digits of the financial- account number. The responsibility to redact filings rests with the counsel, parties, and others who make filings with the court. The clerk of court does not review documents filed with the court for compliance with Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9037(a). Revised 8/21/25