Consent to Electronic Service

Registration as an E-Filer or Pro Hac Vice Participant in the Western District of Tennessee constitutes consent to electronic service of all documents, except for service of a summons and complaint under Fed. R. Civ. P. 4. Registration as an E- Filer or Pro Hac Vice Participant also constitutes consent to the alternative methods of service provided in the event of a Failure of the Notice of Electronic Filing or in the event of a Technical Failure. A document filed electronically through the ECF System is deemed to have been served on all E-Filers and Pro Hac Vice Participants who ought to be served or noticed in the pertinent case upon transmission of the NEF indicating that the document was sent electronically. The effective date and time for such electronic filing and service shall be that which is electronically stamped on the NEF.

2.4.A. Consent to Electronic Service of Documents not Filed through ECF Attorneys practicing in this district who are also ECF registrants may, but are not required to, utilize electronic service of documents when sending case-related materials not otherwise filed through the Clerk’s Office to opposing counsel. An example of material exchanged between attorneys but not directly filed through the ECF system would be discovery documents and data. If an attorney elects to use electronic service of such materials it must be effectuated by email attachment sent to opposing counsel’s email address. Any attorney registered as a user of the ECF system is hereby mandated to accept such electronic service of case-related documents in lieu of the delivery of physical copies.

Non-ECF attorneys, as well as, self-represented litigants, must be served physical copies of such case-related materials in the traditional manner.