Helpful Hints for Using CM/ECF in the Eastern District of North Carolina

• Do not use all caps or all lowercase when typing information in CM/ECF.
  
• When filing a petition for joint debtors, please note that the role type is debtor for the first debtor you put in and joint debtor for the second debtor.
  
• The Social Security Statement should not be submitted as an attachment to the petition.
  
• The mailing matrix must be submitted as a text document. You should also include a PDF version of the matrix as part of the petition or as an attachment to the petition.
  
• When putting on a petition and the debtor has a mailing and street address, insert only the mailing address.
  
• It is no longer necessary to add the bankruptcy administrator to the mailing matrix. Court staff spends a great deal of time deleting the bankruptcy administrator's name and address when the matrix is imported into CM/ECF. The bankruptcy administrator is already in the system to receive notices so adding her to the matrix is duplicative.
  
• At the "search for a party" screen, insert the debtor's last name. If the name you are looking for is shown in the "party search results" screen exactly as it appears on the petition, single click on the name so that the window with the complete address record will open. If the address is the same as the address for the debtor in the case you are filing, click "select name from list". If the address is different, select "create new party" to create the party record. Please remember to run the Judge/Trustee Assignment program after uploading creditors.