Local Rules of the United States District Court EASTERN DISTRICT ...

Alternatively, one counsel may obtain the original signatures from all counsel who arefiling the document, scan the signature page(s) only and file the signature page(s) as anattachment to the document with an explanatory statement on the signature page of thefiled document.(f) Non-Attorney's Electronic Signature. Documents that are required tobe signed by a person who is not the attorney of record in a particular action (verifiedpleadings, affidavits, papers authorized to be filed electronically by persons in pro per,etc.), may be submitted in electronic format bearing a "/s/" and the person's name onthe signature line along with a statement that counsel has a signed original, e.g., "/s/John Doe (original signature retained by attorney Mary Roe)." It is counsel's duty tomaintain this original signature for one year after the exhaustion of all appeals. Thisprocedure may also be followed when a hybrid electronic/paper document is filed, i.e.,the conventionally served document may also contain an annotated signature in lieu ofthe original.(g) Misuse of Non-Attorney's Electronic Signature. A non-filing signatory,party, or attorney who disputes the authenticity of an electronically-filed document with anon-attorney signature must file an objection and request that the document be strickenwithin twenty-one (21) days of receiving the Notice of Electronic Filing or a copy of thedocument, whichever first occurs, unless good cause exists for a later contest of thesignature by a person exercising due diligence.(h) Electronic Signatures on Certain Documents in Criminal Actions.Several documents in criminal actions require the signature of a non-attorney, such as agrand jury foreperson, a defendant, a third-party custodian, a United States Marshal, anofficer from Pretrial Services or Probation, or some other federal officer or agent. Unlessthe procedure in L.R. 131(f) is followed, the Clerk will scan these documents, uploadthem to the CM/ECF system, and except as otherwise provided by administrativeprocedures, discard the paper documents. The electronically-filed document as it ismaintained on the Court's servers shall constitute the official version of that record.18