MISC. No.: 5-05-mp-50007 (District-wide).United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.
October 14, 2005
ORDER
JOHN THOMAS, Bankruptcy Judge
AND NOW, this Court having issued Administrative Order filed to Misc. No. 5-04-mp-50003 on February 27, 2004 providing for the implementation of electronic case filing in this Court;
AND that Order having adopted the Administrative Procedures for Filing, Signing and Verifying Pleadings and Papers by Electronic Means;
AND this Court having issued Administrative Order filed to Misc. No. 5:04-mp-50010 which adopted Local Rules district wide governing the above Orders and their amendments thereto;
AND it now becomes necessary to amend the Local Rules by reason of this Court’s requirement, effective April 1, 2006, that all attorneys become “Filing Users” (i.e., hold a court-issued log-in to the Electronic Filing System and file documents ONLY through the Electronic Filing System);
NOW, therefore, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. Attorneys appearing in this Court shall file all papers electronically as of APRIL 1, 2006, and shall register in the Court’s CM/ECF system for that purpose by MARCH 1, 2006.
2. Attorneys who will not be able to file electronically by April 1, 2006, or who are thereafter unable to do so, may apply for an extension or waiver. Such requests shall be made by letter, addressed to the Clerk, showing good cause to file and serve pleadings in the traditional manner, and setting forth why the attorney is unable to comply, what steps have been taken to comply, and how long compliance will take. Requests will be determined by the Chief Judge or his designee.
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3. Counsel appearing pro hac vice shall, within ten (10) days of the order so admitting, register for electronic filing or comply with the show cause procedure described above, unless local counsel is a Filing User and will be responsible for filing all pleadings with the Court.
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