E-Rule 11

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(a) Upon issuance of a notice, order, memorandum decision, opinion, entry of judgment, or mandate in a case assigned to CM/ECF, a Notice of Docket Activity is automatically generated and transmitted to Filing Users in the case. Electronic transmission of the Notice of Docket Activity constitutes the notice and service required by Rules 36(b) and 45(c) of the Court's Rules of Practice and Procedure. U.S. Vet. App. R. 36, 45.

(b) The Clerk will send a copy in paper form of any Court-issued documents to a party who is not a CM/ECF Filing User. See U.S. Vet. App. R. 45(c).

(c) Except as otherwise provided by the Court's Rules of Practice and Procedure or a Court order, all actions of the Court relating to cases filed and maintained in the CM/ECF system will be filed electronically in accordance with these Interim E-Rules, which will constitute entry on the docket maintained by the Clerk under Rule 45(b) of the Court's Rules of Practice and Procedure. U.S. Vet. App. R. 45.

(d) A judicial order or other Court-issued document filed electronically without the original signature of a judge or authorized Court personnel, but that includes an electronic signature, has the same force and effect as if the judge or authorized Court personnel had signed a paper copy of the order.


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