Cases and Documents Excluded from Electronic Filing

In accordance with General Order No. 10-07, the following documents may not be filed electronically:

• Documents filed by pro se litigants
• Documents filed under seal or in camera (as well as applications and proposed orders to seal or file in camera)
• Documents filed in criminal duty matters before a case is assigned to a district judge, including applications for:
  • pen registers
  • search warrants
  • seizure warrants
  • arrest warrants
  • wiretaps
  • cell site information
  • tracking services
• Bond-related documents

The following documents may not be filed electronically, but must also be submitted in PDF format after they have been filed with the Clerk in paper format:

• Initial papers commencing any action or adding claims to any action, including:
  • Complaints
  • Indictments
  • Informations
  • Notices of removal
  • Third-party complaints
  • Counterclaims
  • Crossclaims
  • Complaints in intervention
  • Consolidated complaints
  • Joinders in complaints
  • Interpleaders
  • Claims
  • Verified claims
  • Abstracts of judgments
  • Registrations of judgments
• Amendments to any of the documents listed above (INCLUDING AMENDED COMPLAINTS)
• Any first appearance document filed by a third party or non-party to the case
• Documents filed simultaneously with civil case initiating documents that request emergency relief

The following documents may, but are not required to be, filed electronically:

• Records for bankruptcy appeals, habeas corpus proceedings, and administrative review cases (such as Social Security appeals and ERISA and IDEA cases).