Other Means of Filing and Service

(a) Filing and Service for non-CM/ECF Users (1) Self-represented litigants must file all documents conventionally, unless otherwise permitted by the court’s order. (2) A party filing documents conventionally must file and serve documents in the manner provided for in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including Fed. R. Civ. P. 5, 5.2, and 6, and Local Civil Rule 7.5(a). (3) When practical, conventionally filed documents will be converted into electronic records by the Clerk. When filed electronically, the electronic record is the official record pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 79.

(b) Inmate Filing and Service (1) A document filed or served by an inmate confined in an institution is deemed filed or served when deposited in the institution’s internal mail system. (2) Filing or service of a document by an inmate confined in an institution must be shown by a notarized statement or declaration under 28 U.S.C. § 1746, setting forth the date of deposit and stating that first-class postage has been pre-paid or that the inmate has taken the required steps to have prison officials affix postage. (3) For purposes of calculating response times under these rules and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the postmark date shall be the date of service by mail and not the date that the inmate deposited the document in the prison’s internal mail system. (c) Facsimile and Email Filing (1) The Court does not accept filing by facsimile.

(2) Documents must not be filed by e-mail unless specifically authorized in advance by the court or clerk’s office.