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E-Filling accounts are provided only to those attorneys who have completed the District
Court's instructor-led CM/ECF training or on-line CM/ECF training. Attorneys who
are already registered as an e-filer in another district or bankruptcy court, or
who have received training in e-filing from their firm may register as e-filers
without completing one of the District Court training programs.
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 CM/ECF FEATURE TRAINING VIDEO
Double click the video to view in Full Screen mode.
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Maintenace Alert
Please take notice that the PACER/ECF system will be unavailable between 7:00 A.M.
and 7:30 A.M. on Fridays for routine system maintenance.
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Computer Requirements
Click
HERE for a description of computer hardware and software requirements.
Register for an e-filing account with the District Court
Click here , if you are a member of the
Court's General Bar.
For members of the Court's general bar, e-filing accounts are provided to attorneys
who have completed the District Court's training program, who are already registered
as an e-filer in another district or bankruptcy court, or who have received training
in e-filing from their firm. If you meet one or more of these criteria, you may
pick up a registration form at the Clerk's Office or receive a form via e-mail by
calling 312-435-5358, 312-435-5359, or 312-435-5853.
For information on training programs provided by the Court,
click
here.
Help Desk staff are available to assist you with filing questions Monday - Friday
from 8:15 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. The Help Desk is not staffed on weekends or federal holidays.
CM/ECF is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with the exception of 7:00 through
7:30 a.m. on Fridays, which is reserved for routine system maintenance. The system
may be down temporarily on other occasions, if an unplanned need for maintenance
arises.
Acess PACER Account
Click
HERE to access the U.S. Party/Case
PACER
Get a PACER Account
You need both a CM/ECF account and a PACER account. The PACER account gives you
the ability to read case dockets and view electronic images of documents. Your CM/ECF
account allows you to electronically file a document with the Court. To get a PACER
account you may call the center toll free at 1-800-676-6856 or go to the PACER Service
Center's website at http://www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/register.html and complete
the online form.
Billing
Billable pages are calculated in two ways in CM/ECF. A formula is used to determine
the number of pages for an HTML formatted report. Any information extracted from
the CM/ECF database, such as the data used to create a docket sheet, is billed using
a formula based on the number of bytes extracted. For a PDF document, the actual
number of pages is counted to determine the number of billable pages. For report
data retrieved from the CM/ECF system that is printed, the print job will not always
match the number of pages billed. The number of pages printed is dependent on individual
printer and browser settings. All users are charged equally for the same information
regardless of the browser settings or printer configurations. A transaction receipt
and the Review Billing History option are provided under Utilities for reviewing
charges. Also, Review Transaction History is available on the PACER Service Center
site in Account Information for reviewing transactions from all courts. The transactions
are updated on the PACER Web Site by the middle of each month. CM/ECF