Serving and Filing Papers

(a) Immediately upon the entry of an order or judgment in a proceeding, the Clerk will transmit to Filing Users in the case, in electronic form, a Notice of Electronic Filing. Electronic transmission of such Notice constitutes the notice required by Fed. R. Crim. P. 49(c). In accordance with the Federal Rule, the Clerk shall give notice in paper form to a person who has not consented to electronic service. (b) A document containing the signature of a defendant in a criminal case may be filed either (1) in paper form, or (2) in a scanned format that contains an image of the defendant's signature.

If filed in paper, the party filing the document shall also give notice of manual filing through the ECF system. Counsel shall retain the signed original of any document containing the defendant’s signature that has been filed electronically for five years or for the period within which the Clerk would maintain original material under S.D. Ohio Civ. R. 79.2, whichever period is longer. Counsel shall exhibit the original document upon reasonable request by the Court or counsel for the Government. 47