FILING AND SERVING PAPERS

(a) Electronic Service of Filed Documents. Other than for charging documents, receipt of the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) generated by CM/ECF shall constitute service of the electronically filed document on persons registered as Electronic Filing Users. Electronic service is complete upon transmission. (b) Effect and Timing of Electronic Filing.

Each electronically filed document, as stored by the Court, becomes a part of the Court's official record and the filing party is bound by the document as filed. An electronically filed document is deemed filed as of the date and time stated in the NEF generated by the CM/ECF system. Filing a document electronically does not alter the filing deadline for that document. For a document to be considered timely filed on a deadline date, the filing must be completed on the deadline date before midnight (local time at the Court's location).