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ELECTRONIC FILING RESOURCES LAW LIBRARY SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA, MARICOPA COUNTY October 2005

ELECTRONIC FILING RESOURCES

Superior Court Law Library October 2005

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CONTENTS ELECTRONIC FILING IN STATE COURTS................................................................................ 4 ELECTRONIC FILING IN STATE COURTS: MANUALS & USER GUIDES............................................... 5 ELECTRONIC FILING IN STATE COURTS: REPORTS & STUDIES ..................................................... 5 ELECTRONIC FILING IN STATE COURTS: ARTICLES .................................................................. 6 ELECTRONIC FILING IN FEDERAL COURTS: BANKRUPTCY COURTS ............................................... 10 ELECTRONIC FILING IN FEDERAL COURTS: DISTRICT COURTS ................................................... 15 ELECTRONIC FILING IN FEDERAL COURTS: MANUALS & USER GUIDES.......................................... 20 ELECTRONIC FILING IN FEDERAL COURTS: REPORTS AND STUDIES ............................................. 20 ELECTRONIC FILING IN FEDERAL COURTS: ARTICLES ............................................................. 21 ELECTRONIC FILING: INTERNATIONAL ............................................................................... 23 ELECTRONIC FILING: GENERAL....................................................................................... 23 MANAGING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION & PROCESS ............................................................... 28 ARIZONA STATUTES.................................................................................................... 31 ARIZONA REGULATIONS ............................................................................................... 31 ARIZONA COURT RULES & CODES ................................................................................... 32 ARIZONA COURT ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS ........................................................................ 32 STATE STATUTES....................................................................................................... 33 STATE COURT RULES & ORDERS ..................................................................................... 33 FEDERAL STATUTES .................................................................................................... 33 FEDERAL COURT RULES & ORDERS .................................................................................. 33 COURT RULES: ARTICLES & REPORTS ............................................................................... 35 COURT STANDARDS.................................................................................................... 35 ELECTRONIC FILING TECHNICAL STANDARDS....................................................................... 36 SELECTED TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS................................................................................ 37 MODEL LAWS, GUIDELINES & AGREEMENTS ........................................................................ 38 DIGITAL SIGNATURES ................................................................................................. 39 DIGITAL SIGNATURES: STATE LEGISLATION & REGULATIONS ................................................... 40 AUTHENTICATION & SECURITY ....................................................................................... 41 PAYMENT SYSTEMS..................................................................................................... 41 ELECTRONIC FILING: ECONOMICS, COSTS & FUNDING........................................................... 41 ELECTRONIC FILING & SELF REPRESENTED LITIGANTS ............................................................ 42



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ELECTRONIC FILING & SELF REPRESENTED LITIGANTS: SELECTED STATUTES & RULES ...................... 43 ELECTRONIC FILING RESOURCES..................................................................................... 44



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ELECTRONIC FILING IN STATE COURTS Arizona. Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two. E-filer. [accessed October 7, 2005].

Available at http://www.apltwo.ct.state.az.us/. Arizona. Pima County Justice Courts. Online Filing of Small Claims. [accessed October 15,

2005]. Available at https://webcom.jp.pima.gov/eFiling/eFilingHome.asp. California. Electronic Filing Projects in California Superior Courts. [accessed October 7,

2005]. Available at http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/efiling/projects.htm. California. Superior Court of California. County of Orange. Complex Civil E-Filing.

[accessed October 15, 2005]. Available at https://efile1.occourts.org/. California. Superior Court of California. County of Sacramento. Small Claims Court.

[accessed October 15, 2005]. Available at http://www.apps-saccourt.com/scc/. California. Superior Court of California. County of Sacramento. Unlawful Detainer/EFiling.

[accessed October 15, 2005]. Available at http://www.saccourt.com/courtservices/. California. Superior Court of California. County of San Joaquin. [accessed October 15,

2005]. Available at http://www.apps-saccourt.com/scc/. Colorado. Colorado Judicial Branch. IIS Projects Colorado Courts. [accessed October 7,

2005]. Available at http://www.courts.state.co.us/iis/projects/efile/iisefile.htm. Connecticut. State of Connecticut Judicial Branch. E-filing. [accessed October 7, 2005].

Available at http://www.jud.state.ct.us/external/super/E-Services/efile/default.htm. Delaware. Delaware State Courts. eLitigation. [accessed October 15, 2005]. Available at

http://courts.delaware.gov/Courts/Superior%20Court/eLitigation/?index.htm. Georgia. Chatham County Courts. E-Filing [accessed October 7, 2005]. Available at

http://www.e-filing.com/. Iowa. Iowa Courts Online. [accessed October 7, 2005]. Available at

http://www.judicial.state.ia.us/online_records/. Kansas. Third Judicial District Court. Shawnee County Kansas. Electronic Filing. [accessed

October 7, 2005]. Available at http://www.shawneecourt.org/efile/mainefil.htm. Michigan. Washtenaw County Trial Court. Electronic Filing. [accessed October 7, 2005].

Available at http://courts.ewashtenaw.org/efile.htm. New Jersey. New Jersey Judiciary. Judiciary Electronic Filing System. [accessed October 7,

2005]. Available at http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/jefis/index.htm. New York. New York State Unified Court System. ECourts. [accessed October 7, 2005].

Available at http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ecourts/.



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North Carolina. North Carolina Appellate Courts. North Carolina Supreme Court and Court

of Appeals Electronic Filing Site and Document Library. [accessed October 7, 2005]. Available at http://www.ncappellatecourts.org/nc_main_1.nsf.

Ohio. CourtNET (participating municipal courts in Ohio) [accessed October 15, 2005].

Available at http://www.docketfile.com/. Ohio. Hamilton County Courthouse. Electronic Filing. [accessed October 7, 2005].

Available at http://www.courtclerk.org/efiling.htm. Pennsylvania. Allegheny County Prothonotary System Electronic Filing and Retrieval

System. [accessed October 15, 2005]. Available at http://prothonotary.county.allegheny.pa.us/allegheny/welcome.htm.

Texas. Texas Online (participating county courts). EFiling. [accessed October 15,2005].

Available at http://www.texasonline.com/app.jsp?language=eng&pageId=info.

ELECTRONIC FILING IN STATE COURTS: MANUALS & USER GUIDES Electronic Data Interchange with the AOPC. Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania

Courts, 1996 - . [accessed October 15, 2005]. Available at http://www.courts.state.pa.us/index/PublicAccess/edi.htm

ELECTRONIC FILING IN STATE COURTS: REPORTS & STUDIES Cameron, Christie Speir. Electronic Filing in the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Raleigh,

NC: Supreme Court of North Carolina, 2001. Electronic Filing in Arizona: An Analysis of Issues; Recommendations for Implementation.

Phoenix: State Bar of Arizona, 1996. Ketcher, Elizabeth and Robin Gibson. Electronic Filing: Research & Design Team Report to

the Missouri Court Automation Committee, 1997. Lippman, Jonathan. Report on the New York Unified Court System Filing by Electronic

Means and Filing by Facsimile Transmission Pilot Programs Pursuant to Chapter 367 of the Laws of 1999. Albany, NY: State of New York Unified Court System, 2002.

McMurray, Louis. Los Angeles County Electronic Filing: Increasing Public Access to the

Courts. Court Executive Development Program, 2001. [accessed September 30, 2005]. Available at http://www.ncsconline.org/WC/Publications/ICM_ElFile01CEDP23.pdf .

Messing, John H. Preliminary Feasibility Study of the Pima County Consolidated Justice

Courts on the Electronic Filing of Court Documents Over the Internet, 1996.



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Winchel, Vincent. Enabling Secure Federal and State Electronic Court Filing in Georgia by Constructing an Interoperable Public Key Infrastructure: Draft v. 0.1 (updated March 25, 1999). Georgia State University, 1999. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/gsuecp/CourtFilings/CourtPKI/FederalStateCourtPKIProposal.htm.

Wisconsin Court System Electronic Filing Committee. Wisconsin Court System Electronic

Filing Committee Report. Madison, WI: The Committee, 2002.

ELECTRONIC FILING IN STATE COURTS: ARTICLES Aarons, Anthony. “County Supervisors Award Court Contract to Ameritech.” 210 Los

Angeles Daily Journal 2 (November 2, 1994). Aarons, Anthony. “Online Deliveries: California Leads the Way in Electronic Filing of Court

Docs.” 19 California Lawyer 24 (January 1999). Aarons, Anthony. “Short Circuit: Three States are Pioneering Electronic Court Filing - and

Saving Trees. The Results in Idaho, Utah and Delaware are Promising.” 107 Los Angeles Daily Journal S8, col. 2 (October 24, 1994).

Adkins, Denise. “Pilot Electronic Filing of Debt Collection Complaints.” 18 Utah Bar Journal

53 (March-April 2005). Anderson, Cerisse. “New Rules for Fax and Electronic Filing of Court Papers Announced.”

222 New York Law Journal 1 (October 19, 1999). Bacarisse, Charles. “E-Filing in State Courts: Fast, Cheap, and Under Control.” 68 Texas Bar

Journal 574 (2005). Caher, John. “Court of Appeals Gets First Electronic Brief: CD-ROM Filing Raises 18-B Issue

in Criminal Case.” 224 New York Law Journal 1 (August 1, 2000). Campbell, Rachel. “Kansas Adopts E-Filing; Popularity of E-filing Sparks Nationwide Trend.”

13 Law Office Computing 28 (August/September 2003). Carpinello, George F. “Public Access to Court Records in New York: The Experience Under

Uniform Rule 216.1 and the Rule’s Future in a World of Electronic Filing.” 66 Albany Law Review 1089 (2003).

Cohen, Ruth Bryna. “E-Filing Planned for Philadelphia County: Municipal Court’s Pilot

Program Has Proved Successful.” 23 Pennsylvania Law Weekly 10 (June 19, 2000). “Colorado State Courts to Extend Filing Initiative to County Courts.” 5 e-Filing Report 26

(July/August 2005). “Colorado Statewide Electronic Filing.” 29 Colorado Lawyer 19 (November 2000).



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Cotter, B. Paul and John H. Messing. “Electronic Court Filing in the Pima County Small Claims Court--Technical Parameters, Adopted Solutions, and Some of the Legal Issues Involved.” 38 Jurimetrics 397 (Spring 1998).

Dixon, Herbert. “A Cultural Evolution: The Success Story of Electronic Filing in Washington,

D.C.” 5 e-Filing Report 1 (July/August 2005). E-Filing in the Court of Appeals. Phoenix, AZ: State Bar of Arizona, 2002. Egar, David J. Electronic Filing (Snake River Basin Adjudication District Court, Idaho). Paper

presented at the Fourth National Court Technology Conference (CTC4), October 1994. Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts, 1994. Available at http://www.ncsconline.org/d_tech/ctc/showarticle.asp?id=114.

“Electronic Filing of Notices of Appeal with the Appellate Division.” 162 New Jersey Law

Journal 82 (November 13, 2000). Espinosa, Honorable Philip G. “Appeals in Cyberspace; E-Filing at the Court of Appeals.” 38

Arizona Attorney 22 (April 2002). Evans, James. “JusticeLINK: Maryland’s Electronic Court Test.” Government Technology

(July 1995). Evans, W. Yvonne. “The National E-Filing Prototype System: How the Future Works Today in

Northern Georgia.” 40 Judges Journal 12 (Summer 2001). Ford, Chris. “Docket Science.” 112 Los Angeles Daily Journal S14 (October 11, 1999). Ford, Chris. “O.C. Courts Reach Deal for Internet Filing; Electronic Pleadings, Case Updates

Included.” 112 Los Angeles Daily Journal 1 (March 17, 1999). Gerchick, Cari. “E-filing Now a Reality in Maricopa County.” 23 Maricopa Lawyer 14

(January 2004). Graves Jr., James E. “Technological Changes in Hinds County.” 40 Judges Journal 22

(Summer 2001). Gregorits, Angela. “Arizona’s Pima County Court is First to Accept Pleadings, Filing Fees

Online.” 3 Electronic Information Policy & Law Report 145 (February 4, 1998). Gunnarsson, Helen W. “E-Filing Comes to DuPage County.” 93 Illinois Bar Journal 10

(January 2005). Harvey, Tyrone and John Stracquatanio. JEFIS - Statewide Judiciary Electronic Filing System

(Special Civil Part). Paper presented at the Seventh National Court Technology Conference (CTC7), 2001. Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts, 2001. Available at http://www.ncsconline.org/d_tech/ctc/showarticle.asp?id=7.

Heckelman, David. “Panel ‘Likely’ to Back Electronic Filing of Court Papers.” 139 Chicago

Daily Law Bulletin 1, col.2 (November 4, 1993).



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Hettinger, Nikki. “Filing in Courthouses Goes Online.” 5 Georgia Bar Journal 56 (February 2000).

Hicks, Juanita. “Electronic Filing in Fulton County: A Foundation and Forecast.” 7 Georgia

Bar Journal 34 (December 2001). James, Suzanne H. “Electronic Filing.” 8 Court Technology Bulletin 1 (May/June 1996).

Available at http://www.ncsconline.org/D_Tech/archive/bulletin/V08N03.HTM. Jacobius, Arleen. “Two More Courts Add Electronic Filing.” (Prince George’s County,

Maryland; Los Angeles County, California) 81 ABA Journal 20 (September 1995). Joyce, Michael and Darris McCord. “Clark County E-Filing and Wiznet.” 5 e-Filing Report 7

(June 2005). Katzenstein, Robert J. “CLAD: Delaware’s Paperless Docket.” 20 Litigation 37 (Winter

1994). Kolker, Carlyn. “D.C. Court Requires All Electronic Filing.” 225 New York Law Journal 5 (May

22, 2001). Kolker, Carlyn. “D.C. Goes Electric.” 23 National Law Journal A20 (May 21, 2001). Kornowski, Joseph. “Electronic Filing in Los Angeles Superior Court.” 18 Los Angeles

Lawyer 85 (September 1995). Levin, Denise. “In Norwalk, All Eyes Are on the ‘Electronic Guinea Pigs’ - Courts Taking the

First Steps to Put Their Cases Online.” 111 Los Angeles Daily Journal S14 (September 22, 1998).

“LexisNexis Courtlink Withdraws from Texas E-Filing Project, Sues Bearingpoint.” 5 e-Filing

Report 16 (February 2005). Lippman, Jonathan. “E-Filing Program Must be Retained: Our Experience Justifies

Expansion.” 225 New York Law Journal S-1 (May 1, 2001). Loomis, Tamara. “Electronic Filing: Commercial Division Slow to Get Online. 227 New York

Law Journal 5 (January 24, 2002). Loomis, Tamara. “Electronic Filing; Manhattan’s Commercial Division Goes On-Line.” 224

New York Law Journal 5 (December 14, 2000). Lovell, Sandy. “Court Hits the Web Running.” 161 New Jersey Law Journal 5 (August 14,

2000). Manson, Patricia. “Fall Deadline Set for Filing Electronically.” 151 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

1 (June 3, 2005). “News – Trial Run – Fort Bend County, Texas, Courts are Testing an Electronic Document-

Filing System Provided by Microsoft and Consulting Firm BearingPoint for No Up-Front Cost.” 935 Information Week 32 (2003).



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Parker, Deborah Leonard. “Electronic Filing in North Carolina: Using the Internet Instead of

the Interstate.” 2 Journal of Appellate Practice and Process 351 (2000). Ricker, Dave. “Superior Court to Pilot E-Filing for Probate Cases.” 23 The Writ 1 (June

2004). Rogers, Kathleen and Shayne Boyd. “King County, WA, Develops Electronic Court Records

and E-Filing Projects. 4 e-Filing Report 8 (April 2004). [accessed October 12, 2005]. Available at http://159.87.239.100/courtserv/COSC/111904/efiling.pdf.

Rooney, John Flynn. “High Court Panel Looks to Electronic Future.” 144 Chicago Daily Law

Bulletin 1 (March 24, 1998). Russell, Thomas B. “Beam Me Up, Your Honor (Sending Legal Documents via Modem).” 49

Washington State Bar News 42 (September 1995). Sandal, Inger. “Pima County Justice Goes Online: Ever-Expanding Consolidated Web Site

Honored as One of the Nation’s 10 Best.” Arizona Daily Star B1 (July 21, 2000). Schechter, Michael R. “Electronic Filing in Minnesota.” 57 Bench & Bar of Minnesota 31

(March 2000). Sherfey, Paul. “Paperless in Washington State.” 40 Judges Journal 25 (Summer 2001). Sherfey, Paul, Barbara Miner and Catherine Krause. “Plans for Electronic Filing in King

County.” 57 Washington State Bar News 26 (September 2003). Silbermann, Jacqueline W. “New York County Filing Project for Tax Certiorari Cases Records

30-Fold Rise in Electronic Filings.” 76 New York State Bar Association Journal 30 (February 2004).

Smith, Larry C. “Electronic Filing in the Colorado Courts.” 29 Colorado Lawyer 37 (April

2000). Spencer, Gary. “OCA Proposes Method to File by Fax, E-Mail.” 219 New York Law Journal 1

(March 9, 1998). “Statewide Expansion of Electronic Filing in the Special Civil Part.” 161 New Jersey Law

Journal 2 (August 14, 2000). Teppler, Steven W. “Observations on Electronic Service of Process in the South Carolina

Court System.” 5 e-Filing Report 1 (May 2005). Toutant, Charles. “Computer Concerns and Caution Mark Upcoming Special Civil Part E-

Filing.” 161 New Jersey Law Journal 7 (July 17, 2000). West, William L. “Electronic Filing: The Colorado Experience.” 40 Judges Journal 21

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Whiting, Brent. “Peoria Adopts Online Filing of Crime Reports.” Arizona Republic B4 (December 24, 2002).

Wilson, Grace. “Electronic Filing Project Exceeds Expectations.” 67 Journal of the Kansas Bar

Association 4 (September 1998). Winters, Roger. “Electronic Filing: King County Update.” 5 e-Filing Report 1 (March 2005). Woods, Winton. “Court of Appeals, Division 2, E-files Its Way into the Future.” 23 Maricopa

Lawyer 5 (June 2003). [accessed October 14, 2005]. Available at http://www.maricopabar.org/maricopa-lawyer/mljune2003.pdf.

Yoshinaga, Rolen. “Status of Utah’s Electronic Filing Project.” 11 Utah Bar Journal 18

(November 1998). Yoshinaga, Rolen, Eric Leeson and David Nuffer. “Is Electronic Court Filing in Your Future?”

10 Utah Bar Journal 15 (April 1997). Zieske, William F. “The Electronic Courthouse in Illinois: Filing, Service, Access, and

Privacy.” 91 Illinois Bar Journal 396 (2003).

ELECTRONIC FILING IN FEDERAL COURTS: BANKRUPTCY COURTS Alabama Middle Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.almb.uscourts.gov/cmecf/index.htm. Alabama Northern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.alnb.uscourts.gov. Alabama Southern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.alsb.uscourts.gov/EFiling.htm. Alaska Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.akb.uscourts.gov/. Arizona Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.azb.uscourts.gov/. Arkansas Eastern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.arb.uscourts.gov/ECF/ecf.htm. Arkansas Western Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.arb.uscourts.gov/ECF/ecf.htm. California Central Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

https://ecf.cacb.uscourts.gov/ California Eastern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://207.41.18.73/caed/staticOther/page_1581.htm.



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California Northern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.canb.uscourts.gov. California Southern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.casb.uscourts.gov/html/frontcounter.htm. Colorado Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

https://ecf.cob.uscourts.gov/. Connecticut Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

https://ecf.ctb.uscourts.gov/. Delaware Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.deb.uscourts.gov. District Of Columbia Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.dcb.uscourts.gov/cm_ecf.htm. Florida Middle Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.flmb.uscourts.gov/cmecf.htm. Florida Northern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.flnb.uscourts.gov/CMECF/index.htm. Georgia Northern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.ganb.uscourts.gov. Georgia Southern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.gas.uscourts.gov/usbc/ECFinfo.htm. Guam Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://ecf.gub.uscourts.gov. Hawaii Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.hib.uscourts.gov/cmecf/index_cmecf.htm. Idaho Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.id.uscourts.gov/cm_ecf/index.html. Illinois Central Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.ilcb.uscourts.gov/CMECF/cmecf.htm. Illinois Northern Bankruptcy – Chicago. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.ilnb.uscourts.gov/cmEcf/index.html. Illinois Southern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.ilsb.uscourts.gov/cmecf.shtm. Indiana Northern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.innb.uscourts.gov/cmecf.htm.



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Indiana Southern Bankruptcy. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.insb.uscourts.gov/cmecf.asp. Iowa Northern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.ianb.uscourts.gov/ecf/index.asp. Iowa Southern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.iasb.uscourts.gov. Kansas Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.ksb.uscourts.gov. Kentucky Eastern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.kyeb.uscourts.gov/kyeb/CMECF/cmecf.htm#attention. Kentucky Western Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.kywb.uscourts.gov/fpweb/cm_ecf/cmecf.htm. Louisiana Eastern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.laeb.uscourts.gov. Louisiana Middle Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.lamb.uscourts.gov/cmecf.htm. Louisiana Western Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.lawb.uscourts.gov. Maine Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.meb.uscourts.gov/. Maryland Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.mdb.uscourts.gov. Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.mab.uscourts.gov/CMECFSignUp/ecf_default.htm. Michigan Eastern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.mieb.uscourts.gov/cmecfInfo/index.html. Michigan Western Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.miwb.uscourts.gov/content/cmecf/. Mississippi Northern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.msnb.uscourts.gov/cmecf/Default.htm. Mississippi Southern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.mssb.uscourts.gov/CM-ECF/Index.htm. Missouri Eastern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.moeb.uscourts.gov.



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Missouri Western Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.mow.uscourts.gov/cmecf.htm. Montana Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.mtb.uscourts.gov. Nevada Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.nvb.uscourts.gov/. New Hampshire Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.nhb.uscourts.gov/CMECF_Home_Page/cmecf_home_page.html. New Jersey Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://racer.njb.uscourts.gov/ecf/. New York Eastern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.nyeb.uscourts.gov/cm_ecf.htm. New York Northern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.nynb.uscourts.gov/cmecf.htm. New York Southern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov. New York Western Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.nywb.uscourts.gov/ecf/index.html. North Carolina Eastern Bankruptcy. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.nceb.uscourts.gov/cmecf/home.htm. North Carolina Middle Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.ncmb.uscourts.gov. North Carolina Western Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.ncwb.uscourts.gov/ecf/ecf.html. North Dakota Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.ndb.uscourts.gov. Ohio Northern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.ohnb.uscourts.gov. Ohio Southern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.ohsb.uscourts.gov. Oklahoma Eastern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://pacer.okeb.uscourts.gov/ecfhome.html. Oklahoma Northern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.oknb.uscourts.gov/cmecf/index.htm.



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Oregon Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.orb.uscourts.gov. Pennsylvania Eastern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.paeb.uscourts.gov. Pennsylvania Middle Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.pamb.uscourts.gov. Pennsylvania Western Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.pawb.uscourts.gov/cm_ecf.htm. Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.prb.uscourts.gov/cmecfsite/Index.html. Rhode Island Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.rib.uscourts.gov/cmecf/cmecf2/cmecf2.htm. South Carolina Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.scb.uscourts.gov/cmecf/cmecf.htm. South Dakota Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.sdb.uscourts.gov/CaseInformation/CMECF.htm. Tennessee Eastern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.tneb.uscourts.gov/html/ecf.htm. Tennessee Middle Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.tnmb.uscourts.gov. Tennessee Western Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.tnwb.uscourts.gov. Texas Eastern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.txeb.uscourts.gov/cmecf/cmecf.asp. Texas Northern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.txnb.uscourts.gov/ecf/. Texas Southern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.txs.uscourts.gov. Texas Western Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.txwb.uscourts.gov/cmecf/user_training.htm. Utah Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.utb.uscourts.gov/cm_ecf/cmecfstart.htm. Vermont Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.vtb.uscourts.gov.



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Virginia Eastern Bankruptcy. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.vaeb.uscourts.gov/ecfnew/ecf.htm. Virginia Western Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.vawb.uscourts.gov/courtweb/enter1.html. Washington Eastern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.waeb.uscourts.gov. Washington Western Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www2.wawb.uscourts.gov/ecfhome/index.html. West Virginia Northern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.wvnb.uscourts.gov. West Virginia Southern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.wvsd.uscourts.gov/bankruptcy/cmecfinfo.htm. Wisconsin Eastern Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.wieb.uscourts.gov/cm_ecf4i/cm__ecf_index.htm. Wisconsin Western Bankruptcy Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at

http://www.wiw.uscourts.gov/bankruptcy/CM_ECF.htm.

ELECTRONIC FILING IN FEDERAL COURTS: DISTRICT COURTS

Alabama Middle District Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at http://www.almd.uscourts.gov/CMECF/ecf_index.htm.

Alabama Northern District Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at http://www.alnd.uscourts.gov/CM-ECF/CM-ECF%20Main%20Page.htm.

Alabama Southern District Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at http://www.alsd.uscourts.gov/cmecf/.

Arizona District Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at http://www.azd.uscourts.gov/azd/cm-ecf.nsf/main?openpage.

Arkansas Eastern District Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at http://www.are.uscourts.gov/ECF/index.cfm.

Arkansas Western District Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at http://www.arwd.uscourts.gov/cmecf.cfm.

California Central District Court. [accessed October 13, 2005]. Available at http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/CACD/CMECF.NSF/.



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Boston Bar Journal 14 (January-February 2005). Calkins, Hugh. “Something About Technology: Electronic Filing.” 18 Maine Bar Journal 184

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Edwards, Jim. “Federal Courts, Lawyers Gear Up for New Age of Electronic Service, Filing:

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“High-Tech Filing Comes to Bankruptcy Court…” 90 Illinois Bar Journal 286 (June 2002). Kruming, Martin. “The E Files: San Diego is Home to One of a Handful of Bankruptcy Courts

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Most of Tennessee’s Federal Courts.” 40 Tennessee Bar Journal 22 (February 2004). Serres, Christopher. “Bankruptcy Court Ready to Get Wired: Online Filing One Answer to

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Wipperfurth, Heike. “NY Bankruptcy Court’s New Chapter.” 17 Crain’s New York Business 3 (August 27 / September 2 2001).

Wise, Daniel. “Eastern District Enters Technology Age With Electronic Filing Plan.” 218 New

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Davis, Susan E. “The Filestine Prophecy: Electronic Filing of Documents is Coming to a Court

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Hillis, Bradley J. “A Critique of Existing Electronic Court Filing Projects.” 2 ILPN: Internet

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(September 2001). Jones, Ashby. “Another One Bites the Dust (CourtLink Corp. bought by LexisNexis).” 24

American Lawyer S14 (March 2002). Jones, Ashby. “Lexis-Nexis Buys Into an E-Filing Start-Up.” 226 New York Law Journal 5

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National Law Journal B14 (March 16, 1998). Leibowitz, Wendy R. “Here Come the Judges: Plugging in Courts is Slow, Steady Work.” 20

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Liebert, Tobe. “Electronic Filing: Is its Time Finally Here?” 18 GP Solo & Small Firm Lawyer 32 (September 2001).

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