ECF User Manual means the Western District of Tennessee’s ECF Attorney User

Manual. All E-Filers are required to periodically check the court’s Web site for updates to the ECF User Manual. See www.tnwd.uscourts.gov. Electronic Case Filing (ECF) System refers to the Western District of Tennessee’s automated system for receiving and storing documents filed in electronic form.

This program is part of the Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) software developed by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. E-Filer is an attorney who has a court-issued login and password allowing electronic filing of documents on the ECF System. Only attorneys admitted in this district or counsel in multi-district litigation transferred to this district may be E-Filers. Local Rules means the Local Civil Rules and Local Criminal Rules for the Western District of Tennessee.

Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) is a notice automatically generated by the ECF System at the time a docket entry, with or without a hyperlinked document, is created in the system. This notice sets forth the time of filing, text of the docket entry, and name of the party and/or attorney(s) required to receive the notice. If a PDF document is attached to the docket entry, the NEF will also identify the person filing the document, the type of document, and a hyperlink to the filed document. The hyperlink will allow recipients one opportunity to view and download the document without cost.

See infra §§ 2.4 (Consent to Electronic Service), 5 (Notice of Court Orders, Judgments, and Hearings), and 11.2.1 (Service on E-Filer and Pro Hac Vice Participants). PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) is an automated system that allows an individual to view, print, and download court docket information over the internet. See infra § 3.4 (Web site address for PACER). PDF refers to a Portable Document Format file.

To be filed electronically, a document must be converted to a portable document format. Converted documents must contain the “.pdf” file extension. Pro Hac Vice Participant is an attorney admitted pro hac vice and who is registered to receive Notice of Electronic Filings in the specific cases for which they are admitted. ECF Policies and Procedures 12/1/2016 Page 7 of 30