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ECF EssentialsAttorney Admissions Renewal Now Online:
The U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the District of Columbia require members of the Bar to renew their membership every three years to remain active. There are now two options for renewal of membership online using ECF and Pay.gov (credit card) or by the standard method of mailing the renewal form and fee (check). When notified that it is time to renew, attorneys are encouraged to complete the renewal process online using ECF and Pay.gov as outlined further on our website:
http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/dcd/sites/dcd/files/atty-renewal_pay.gov_letter.pdf
Attorneys who elect to complete the renewal process by mail should send their renewal form and check to the following address:
U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the District of Columbia
P.O. Box 79399
Baltimore, MD 21279-0399
Please note, this is not a notice that all attorneys should renew their membership to our Bar right now. Attorneys will be notified when it is time to renew. The Clerks Office just wishes to advise attorneys of the new online renewal option for future use.
Large Additional Attachments:
In an effort to eliminate as much paper as possible, the Clerks Office encourages even the most voluminous of exhibits to be filed electronically via ECF. To that end, the event Large Additional Attachment(s) (found under Other Documents on both the Civil and Criminal docketing menus) was created. If the exhibits, attachments, declarations, etc., of any document are too large or numerous for one docket entry, they can be broken down and filed in ECF as additional docket entries by using the Large Additional Attachment(s) event. A Notice or Praecipe must accompany these large exhibits and include the case caption, case number, and attorneys signature (typed or handwritten). The event allows for 10 attachments (5 MB each) to be uploaded within a 20-minute window before the system will time out. As many docket entries can be made as needed to get !
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bits uploaded to the docket, but be sure to select the original docket entry (i.e. Motion for Summary Judgment) to which the attachments relate when asked to do so. Also, please note that the Large Additional Attachment(s) event should only be used when filing numerous and voluminous exhibits. Use the event Errata (also found under Other Documents) when one or more smaller exhibits were inadvertently omitted from the original document.
Appeal Fees in Consolidated Cases:
According to the District Clerks Manual, Chapter/Section 13.03(f), if an appeal is for more than one case and the cases are consolidated, only one docketing fee and one filing fee are paid ($455.00 total). To avoid paying the appeal fee multiple times, make only one docket entry for the Notice of Appeal in the lead case (if asked to spread text to the member case(s), do so, but do not file individual Notices of Appeal in each individual member case).
Criminal Notices of Appearance:
When filing a Notice of Appearance in a criminal case, defense counsel should designate whether they are retained or CJA appointed. For sealed cases, submit an original and one copy of the Notice of Appearance in paper with a certificate of service and a PDF version on disk.
Submission of Sealed Documents:
This is a reminder that sealed documents must be filed with the Clerks Office between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sealed documents must not be left in the overnight drop box, nor emailed to the Clerks Office ECF email box.
For more ECF filing pointers and to view previous e-newsletter topics, visit our website at: http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/dcd/ECFCR
Topics for June submitted by: Joe Burgess and Linda Pugh
Written and edited by: Nicole Wilkens