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

• When amending a motion or application, use Amended Motion/Application or Amendment to Motion/Application under Motions. The only exceptions would be Amended Objection to Claim and Amendment to Objection to Claim found under Claim Actions.
  
• If you have a motion which pertains to multiple creditors, please note that you will need to file a separate motion for each creditor. For example, if you have a Motion to Avoid Lien of Sears and Beneficial Finance, you will need to file two motions. One to avoid the lien of Sears and one to avoid the lien of Beneficial Finance.
  
• If a multi-part motion is being filed, hold down the "Ctrl" key and click on multiple motions. (For example, for a Motion To Modify Plan which contains an Application for Additional Attorney Fees, hold down the Ctrl key and select both Modify Plan and Additional Fees (Ch. 13) from the picklist.)
  
• Be sure to add the co-debtor as a party to the case when docketing motions relating to a co-debtor.
  
• Application For Compensation - When filing an application for compensation requesting allowance of fees and expenses for a party other than the filer, the “from”, “to”, “Fee Request”, and “expense request” fields should be left blank. An amount of 0.00 should not be inserted in the fee and expense fields in lieu of leaving blank.
  
• Disbursement (Attorney Fees - Chapter 13) - Motion for disbursement of funds. This should be used when the debtor’s attorney requests funds held by the chapter 13 trustee to be turned over to him/her as payment of attorney fees in a case that was dismissed prior to confirmation.