D. Ariz. LRCiv 5.5

(a) Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual.

The Clerk of Court is authorized to develop, publish and implement an Electronic Case

Filing Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual for the District of Arizona

(Administrative Manual).

(b) Filing of Documents Electronically. The Court will accept for filing

documents submitted, signed or verified by electronic means consistent with these rules

and the Administrative Manual.

(c) Scope of Electronic Filing. All cases filed in this Court will be maintained

in the Electronic Case Filing (ECF) System in accordance with these rules and the

Administrative Manual. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or as provided by the

Administrative Manual, electronic filing is mandatory for attorneys.

(d) Registered User Eligibility. Attorneys admitted to the bar of this Court

and attorneys and certified students permitted to practice in this Court under Local Rule

83.1(b) are eligible to become Registered Users of the ECF system. Unless the Court

orders otherwise, parties appearing without an attorney shall not file documents

electronically.

(e) Registration. Applicants shall register to file electronically in a form

prescribed by the Clerk of Court.

(f) Password Security. Registered Users shall protect the security of their

passwords and shall immediately notify

the Clerk of Court if they learn that their password has been compromised.

(g) Signatures. The log-in and password required to submit documents to the

ECF System constitute the Registered User’s signature on all electronic documents filed

with the Court for purposes of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Documents signed by an attorney shall be filed using that attorney’s ECF log-in and

password and shall not be filed using a log-in and password belonging to another

attorney. No person shall knowingly permit or cause to permit a Registered User’s

password to be used by anyone other than an authorized agent of the Registered User.

(h) Request for Electronic Notice by Nonparties. A Registered User may

subscribe to receive Notices of Electronic Filing in an unsealed case in which the

Registered User is not a party or counsel of record by filing a text-only Notice of Request

for E-Notice event on the electronic docket. The subscriber must notify any

unrepresented parties in the case of the subscription by letter. United States Attorney

Victim Witness Personnel who are authorized subscription rights by the Court are exempt

from the notice requirements of this rule. The Court may sanction any Registered User

who subscribes to receive Notices of Electronic Filing without notifying the Court and

the parties by filing and serving a Notice of Request for E-Notice.