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LOCAL COURT RULES - Western District of Oklahoma

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process issued out <strong>of</strong> this Court. A party requesting that a person be authorized to serve civil<br />

process should prepare a written request, stating the name <strong>of</strong> the person desired to be<br />

appointed and an order for the Clerk or Chief Deputy Clerk to sign designating such person<br />

as the one authorized to serve process in any given case.<br />

III. SERVING AND FILING PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS.<br />

LCvR5.1 Filing by Electronic Means.<br />

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(e), the Clerk will accept papers filed, signed, or verified<br />

by electronic means that are consistent with technical standards, if any, that the Judicial<br />

Conference <strong>of</strong> the United States establishes. Any paper filed by electronic means pursuant<br />

to these rules constitutes a written paper for the purposes <strong>of</strong> applying these rules and the<br />

Federal Rules <strong>of</strong> Civil Procedure. Papers filed by electronic means shall be governed by the<br />

Court’s Electronic Case Filing Policies and Procedures Manual (ECF Policy Manual) and<br />

orders <strong>of</strong> the Court. Electronic case filing is mandatory except as specifically exempted in<br />

the ECF Policy Manual.<br />

LCvR5.2 Format <strong>of</strong> Papers Presented for Filing.<br />

(a) All papers presented to the Clerk for filing by electronic means or in paper<br />

form shall be double-spaced, if typewritten, using only one side <strong>of</strong> the paper and a paper size<br />

<strong>of</strong> 8 1/2 inches wide by 11 inches long. All papers shall be clearly legible.<br />

(b) Anything that must be filed in paper rather than electronic format (as set forth<br />

in the ECF Policy Manual) shall be stapled or otherwise semi-permanently fastened without<br />

the use <strong>of</strong> paper clips, binder clips, or rubber bands. Unless otherwise stated in these local<br />

rules, all papers presented to the Clerk for filing in paper form shall consist <strong>of</strong> an original and<br />

one copy.<br />

(c) Certain papers filed by electronic means must be accompanied by a paper<br />

copy (courtesy copy) within the time provided, and as more fully set out, in the ECF Policy<br />

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