CM/ECF User's Manual - District of Massachusetts

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Note: Use your ECF login and password if you are entering the system to file apleading or to maintain your account. If you only wish to enter ECF toquery the database for case information or to view a document, enter yourPACER login and password. You will be charged a fee to view ECF casedockets and documents of 7 cents per page up to a maximum of $2.10 perdocument.Verify that you have entered your ECF login and password correctly. If not, clickon the [Clear] button to erase the Login and Password entries and re-enter thecorrect information. After you enter the correct login and password information,click on the [Login] button to transmit your user information to the ECF system.$ If the ECF system does not recognize your login and password, it willdisplay the following error message on a new screen.Login failed either your login name or key is incorrect$ Click on the [Back] button in your browser and re-enter yourcorrect login and password.$ Once the Main Menu appears, choose from a list of hyperlinked optionson the top bar.Note: The date you last logged into the system appears at the bottom left corner of thisscreen. You should review this information each time you login for securityreasons. If you believe your last login date and time are incorrect, or suspect anunauthorized party is using your login and password, change your passwordimmediately. Please telephone the court’s Help Desk (see p. 3) as soon aspossible to advise them of the potential security breach.CM/ECF User’s Manual - October 200313District of Massachusetts
Selecting ECF FeaturesECF provides the following features that are accessible from the Blue menu bar at the topof the opening screen.Civil-Criminal-Query-Reports-Utilities-Logout-Select Civil to electronically file all civil case pleadings, motions, andother court documents.Select Criminal to electronically file all criminal case pleadings, motions,and other court documents.Query ECF by specific case number, party name, or nature of suit toretrieve documents that are relevant to the case. You must login toPACER before you can query ECF.Choose Reports to retrieve docket sheets and cases-filed reports. Youmust login to PACER before you can view an ECF report.View your personal ECF transaction log and maintain personal ECFaccount information in the Utilities area of ECF.Allows you to exit from ECF and prevents further filing with yourpassword until the next time you log in.Manipulating the ScreensEach screen has the following two buttons:• clears all characters entered in the box(es) on that screen.• or accepts the entry just made and displays the nextentry screen, if any.Correcting a Mistake:Use the button on the browser toolbar to go back and correct an entry made on aprevious screen. However, once the document is transmitted to the court, only the courtcan make changes or corrections.Signatures; Affidavits of ServiceDocuments which must contain original signatures or which require either verification oran unsworn declaration under any rule or statute, may be filed electronically withoriginally executed copies maintained by the filer. The pleadings or other documentselectronically filed shall indicate a signature, e.g., “s/Jane Doe.”In the case of a stipulation or other document to be signed by two or more persons, theCM/ECF User’s Manual - October 200314District of Massachusetts
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