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Transcript of CM/ECF 4.2 A TTORNEY U PDATE Presented by: Lisa Huppertz, CM/ECF Coordinator Neal Stork, Case...
CM/ECF 4.2 ATTORNEY
UPDATE
Presented by:
Lisa Huppertz, CM/ECF Coordinator
Neal Stork, Case Administration Supervisor
Judy Smith, Case Administrator/Work Leader
Renee, Surette,, Case Administrator/Work Leader
• County Codes• Adversary Case Opening• Revised Claim Form• Notice of Electronic Claims Form• Rule 3002.1• Password Security• Reports – Cases Reports• Query – Name Query• Query – Document Views• Filing Agents for Attorneys• E-Mail Enhancements• Sealed & Restricted Functionality• Internet Credit Card Payments• PDF/a Requirements
AND IT’S GREAT!
COUNTY CODES
COUNTY CODES 4.2 installation loads all US county codes into CM/ECF. All counties for resident’s state will appear for
selection. OUTSIDE U.S. is required when country is not USA
COUNTY CODES OUTSIDE HOME STATE code will NOT appear in
the list of codes. You must select the county of current residence
associated with the mailing address on the Voluntary Petition.
DIVISIONAL ASSIGNMENT
After selecting the correct county for your out-of-state debtor(s), the e-filing attorney must select the desired division of the case.
ADVERSARY CASE OPENING
ADVERSARY CASE OPENING Attorneys for plaintiff will no longer have to
add themselves when opening an adversary.
ADVERSARY CASE OPENING Plaintiff’s attorney will not be able to add an
attorney for defendant.
ADVERSARY CASE OPENING Option for Notices of Removal
◦ If Attorney selects Complaint “N”, New “Counsel for” field appears to select plaintiff or
defendant representation.
◦ If defendant’s attorney is filing, then plaintiff’s and defendant’s screen will both show Attorney button.
REVISED CLAIM FORM
REVISED CLAIM FORM Proof of Claim screen will match the B10 claim
form revised April 2010
REVISED PROOF OF CLAIM Only three amounts collected. No edit checks between these fields.
REVISED PROOF OF CLAIM Existing Claims will be converted “Unknown” and “Unsecured” will appear if
those records already exist
NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC
CLAIMS FILINGS
NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC CLAIMS FILING
RULE 3002.1MORTGAGE
MODIFICATION
RULE 3002.1 MORTGAGE MODIFICATION
o Rule 3002.1 applies to claims secured by security interest in debtor's principal residence only.
o It is effective December 1, 2011.o To comply with the new Rule, the following claim
supplements must be filed:o Notice of Mortgage Payment Changeso Notice of Postpetition Fees, Expenses, and Chargeso Response to Notice of Final Cure Payment
o These entries will appear on the Claims Register, not on the Docket sheet.
RULE 3002.1 MORTGAGE MODIFICATION
o Notice of Mortgage Payment Changeso Allows the claim holder to inform appropriate parties
when a change in payment occurso Notice of Postpetition Fees, Expenses, and
Chargeso Includes the claim holder’s record of fees incurred by
the case that the holder asserts are recoverable against the debtor
o Response to Notice of Final Cure Paymento Allows the trustee or debtor to inform parties that the
debtor has completed all payments under the plan
RULE 3002.1 MORTGAGE MODIFICATION
o No document number is associated with any of these events so the word “doc” appears as the hyperlink on the Claims Register.
PASSWORD SECURITY
PASSWORD SECURITY New password security requirements
Minimum of 8 characters Mix of Upper & lower case alpha characters At least one number or special character Will get this message until password is updated
Users can cancel this message and proceed
PASSWORD SECURITY If users change to stronger passwords before
4.2 implementation that password can still be re-used -- Just re-enter the same data.
All passwords will be rejected at first 4.2 login, even if they meet the new requirements.
Account will be locked out for 5 minutes after 5 invalid login attempts.
Lockout times will be increased for each 5 subsequent attempts.
REPORTS & QUERIES
REPORTS
External users now are limited to a date range of 31 days
All users can filter report by attorney name or Bar ID
Users can now sort by chapter New option to narrow results to pro se debtors “Enter” Key functions as “Submit” in
Reports, Query, and Utilities
CASES REPORT
QUERY Search by one character (A) Example:
Sammy A◦ After CM/ECF displays this dialog box◦ Search will return only records with last name of “A”
(not Anderson, Adkins….)◦ Otherwise at least 2 characters are required.
QUERY Query by Name looks different! PACER charges based on the number of lines.
54 lines equal one page.
QUERY New query option “View Document”
QUERY – VIEW DOCUMENT Immediate access to document Document number required PACER customers
Can skip generating docket report Charged normal fees per page
FILING AGENTS FOR
ATTORNEYS
FILING AGENTS FOR ATTORNEYS
Can docket on behalf of attorney(s) NEF and docket text will only show the name of
the attorney Will NOT receive email on their own UNLESS… Email address is designated by attorney record
under “Secondary email address” Must be given same permissions as their attorney Can be assigned to more than one attorney Attorney can have more than one filing agent
FILING AGENT Attorney name will always appear on docket
reports rather than the name of the filing agent.
FILING AGENTS When Filing Agents are agents for two or more
attorneys, they must select filer prior to filing documents.
The agent will then be allowed to change users as needed without having to logout.
FILING AGENTSSYSTEM TRANSACTION REPORTS
Filing agent's name will appear on the Systems Transaction Report
Systems Transaction Log has new options to select activity by filing agents. This report is NOT available to e-filers but is a useful tool to the Systems Dept. to troubleshoot errors or questions.
FILING AGENTS FOR ATTORNEYS
How does the Court plan to implement Filing Agents? All new e-filing Attorneys who require more than one
login after 4.2 is implemented will be required to utilize Filing Agents immediately.
Existing Attorneys that have multiple logins will be transitioned to Filing Agents over a period of time that is still to be determined. Attorneys will be notified of the transition deadline so that they
can set up their filing agents at which time they will be reduced to the primary Attorney’s login record and must begin utilizing the Filing Agent logins as the supplemental logins.
There is an Electronic Learning Module available at www.scb.uscourts.gov under the CM/ECF 4.2 Training Materials web page to train you on using Filing Agents.
E-MAIL NOTIFICATION
OPTIONS
E-MAIL NOTIFICATION OPTIONS
NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING (NEF) MESSAGE
NEF OVERRIDE
Court may designate events to override option not to receive bankruptcy case NEFs
Possible examples of override events include: Order on Motion to Approve Compromise under Rule 9019 Motion to Dismiss Case Address Change Motion to Convert Appeals SSN Updates
CERTIFICATES OF NOTICE
CERTIFICATES OF NOTICE
Certificate of Notice from BNC will now include all parties notified by NEFs as well as form recipients
CERTIFICATES OF NOTICE
Email information will be appended at the end of the certificate from BNC.
The BNC will soon be offering the option to make the Certificate of Notice be the 1st Page instead of the last page of the document served. This is court-configurable and will be tested to determine if it is a desirable feature.
SEALED & RESTRICTED
FUNCTIONALITY
SEALED & RESTRICTED FUNCTIONALITY
What can be restricted in CM/ECF?CaseDocket entryDocumentAttachment to PDFPreviously filed document
SEALED & RESTRICTED FUNCTIONALITY
Electronic Cases can be “Sealed” Docket entries and information will not be on
reports Forms will not be produced for sealed cases and
sealed entries Notices of Electronic Filing will have generic text
on restricted events and documents.
SEALED & RESTRICTED FUNCTIONALITY
Restricted Docket entries will be clearly labeled to avoid confusion.
Documents previously restricted to Court Users only will now be available electronically to the filing party.Additionally, the B21 SSN Form will be
available to the Trustee.
INTERNET CREDIT CARD
PAYMENTS
INTERNET CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS No More Separate Pop-up Windows! New Fee Payment Selection Screen
DIRECT DEBIT THROUGH ACH
Direct Debit through ACH transfers will NOT be enabled at the time our Court upgrades to 4.2.
Other Courts have experienced technical issues with ACH payments and reconciliations so we are going to delay turning this feature on.
PDF/A
PDF/A REQUIREMENTS PDF/a is a new security standard for documents CM/ECF 4.2 will require all documents filed to be
in PDF/a format Except creditor lists which must still be in .txt format
PDF/a format 1a is preferred but 1b is acceptable
PDF/a documents generally have a larger file size. If this becomes a problem, the court may consider increasing the maximum allowable file size of documents
See the new 4.2 web page for extensive PDF/a information and guidelines.
HELP!
WHERE DO I GET HELP?
o The CM/ECF Help Desko 803.253.3624o [email protected]
o www.scb.uscourts.gov – Under “CM/ECF Filing System”, check out the new “CM/ECF 4.2 Training Materials” web pages
o “What’s New” web alertso And don’t forget the Participants’ Guides on the
Court’s web site (www.scb.uscourts.gov). They will continually be updated as events and procedures evolve.