Filing of Documents by Electronic Means

Any document required or permitted to be filed shall be filed electronically and shall be signed and verified by electronic means to the extent and in the manner authorized by the court’s Standing Order regarding Electronic Case Filing Policies and Procedures and the ECF User Manual, except that a pro se litigant who is not a registered user of the court’s Electronic Case Filing system shall file in paper form rather than electronically. An attorney may be granted a reasonable exception from the mandatory electronic filing requirement by the Chief Judge only upon a showing of good cause. A document filed by electronic means in compliance with this Local Rule constitutes a written document for the purposes of applying these Local Rules, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.