S.D. Ind. L.R. 5-10

(a) When Completed. A document or other item that is not required to be filed

electronically is deemed filed:

(1) upon delivery in person, by courier, or via U.S. Mail or other mail delivery

service to the clerk’s office during business hours;

(2) when the courtroom deputy clerk accepts it, if the document or item is

filed in open court; or

(3) upon completion of any other manner of filing that the court authorizes.

(b) Return of File-Stamped Copies. To receive a file-stamped copy of a

document filed directly with the clerk, a party must include with the original

document an additional copy and a self-addressed envelope. The envelope must be

big enough to hold the copy and have enough postage on it to send the copy via

regular first-class mail.

(c) Form of Orders. A party must include a suitable form of order with any

document that requires the judge or the clerk to enter a routine or uncontested

order.

(d) Form of Notices. If a party files a document directly with the clerk that

requires the clerk to give others notice, the party must provide the clerk with

sufficient copies of the notice and the names and addresses of each person who is to

receive the notice.

(e) Faxed Document. The clerk may not file a faxed document without court

authorization. The court may not authorize the clerk to file faxed documents

without finding that compelling circumstances justify it. A party must submit a copy

of the document that otherwise complies with this rule to replace the faxed copy

within seven days after faxing the document.

(f) Notice by Publication. The clerk must send notices required to be published

to the party originating the notice. The party must deliver the notice to the

appropriate newspapers for publication.

(g) Signature. The court will strike any document filed directly with the clerk

that is not signed by an attorney of record or the pro se litigant filing it, but the court

may do so only after giving the attorney or pro se litigant notice of the omission and

reasonable time to correct it. Rubber-stamp or facsimile signatures are not original

signatures and the court will deem documents containing them to be unsigned for

purposes of Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 and 26(g) and this rule.