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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 civilprocess should prepare a written request, stating the name <strong>of</strong> the person desired to beappointed and an order for the Clerk or Chief Deputy Clerk to sign designating such personas the one authorized to serve process in any given case.III.SERVING AND FILING PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS.LCvR5.1 Filing by Electronic Means.Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(e), the Clerk will accept papers filed, signed, or verifiedby electronic means that are consistent with technical standards, if any, that the JudicialConference <strong>of</strong> the United States establishes. Any paper filed by electronic means pursuantto these rules constitutes a written paper for the purposes <strong>of</strong> applying these rules and theFederal Rules <strong>of</strong> Civil Procedure. Papers filed by electronic means shall be governed by theCourt’s Electronic Case Filing Policies and Procedures Manual (ECF Policy Manual) andorders <strong>of</strong> the Court. Electronic case filing is mandatory except as specifically exempted inthe ECF Policy Manual.LCvR5.2(a)Format <strong>of</strong> Papers Presented for Filing.All papers presented to the Clerk for filing by electronic means or in paperform shall be double-spaced, if typewritten, using only one side <strong>of</strong> the paper and a paper size<strong>of</strong> 8 1/2 inches wide by 11 inches long. All papers shall be clearly legible. All pleadings,motions, and briefs shall be formatted in accordance with LCvR 7.1(c), (d) & (e).(b)Anything that must be filed in paper rather than electronic format (as set forthin the ECF Policy Manual) shall be stapled or otherwise semi-permanently fastened withoutthe use <strong>of</strong> paper clips, binder clips, or rubber bands. Unless otherwise stated in these localrules, all papers presented to the Clerk for filing in paper form shall consist <strong>of</strong> an original andone copy.(c)Certain papers filed by electronic means must be accompanied by a paper copy(courtesy copy) within the time provided, and as more fully set out, in the ECF Policy-5-

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