D.R.I. LR Gen 303

(a) Civil Case Opening Documents.

(1) Complaints and Notices of Removal. Absent an exemption under LR Gen 302,

complaints or notices of removal, together with the civil cover sheet and a

summons for each defendant to be served, shall be filed electronically, and the

required filing fee shall be paid at the time of filing. The Clerk’s Office will issue

a summons for each defendant to be served to the filer.

(2) Other Civil Case Initiating Documents. Civil case initiating documents not

mentioned in (a)(1), or to be filed under seal, shall be filed conventionally,

together with the civil cover sheet, a summons for each defendant to be served,

and the required filing fee. The Clerk’s Office will issue a summons for each

defendant to be served to the filer.

(b) Miscellaneous Case Opening Documents. Absent an exemption under LR Gen 302,

miscellaneous case opening documents shall be filed electronically, and the required

filing fee shall be paid at the time of filing.

(c) Other Documents to be Conventionally Filed. The following documents must be

conventionally filed:

(1) Consent to Proceed Before a Magistrate Judge;

(2) All pleadings and documents filed by prisoner pro se litigants and non-prisoner

pro se litigants not granted permission to file documents electronically;

(3) The charging document in a criminal case, such as the complaint, indictment and

information;

(4) Affidavits for search and arrest warrants and related papers.

(d) Format of Electronically Filed Documents. Documents must be formatted for

electronic filing by converting the original word processing document into PDF, resulting

in what is referred to as a “native PDF” or “text PDF.” PDF images created by scanning

paper documents should be avoided unless the filer does not possess a word processing

file version of the document (e.g., Exhibits).

Unless otherwise required by statute, rule, or court order, documents that require an

original signature(s) other than that of the Filing User must be submitted in a scanned

PDF format, and the Filing User must maintain the document with the original signature.

Effective 12/1/19: §(d) amended. Effective 12/1/18: §(c)(1)-(2) and (7)-(8) deleted, and (3)-(6) redesignated as (1)-

(4). Effective 12/1/17: §(b) amended; §(c)(3) and (10) deleted; and §(c)(4)-(8) and (10) redesignated as (c)(3)-(8).

Effective 12/1/16 §(c)(1) deleted, and §§(c)(2)-(11) redesignated as (c)(1)-(10). Effective 12/1/15: §(c) deleted;

§§(d)(1), (d)(1)(D), (d)(2), (d)(2)(A), (d)(2)(G), and (d)(3) deleted, §(d)(1)(A)-(C), (E), (F), (d)(2)(B)-(F) and (H)

redesignated as (c)(1)-(11); new §(d) added. Effective 12/15/14: §(a) amended; §(a)(2) redesignated as (b); §(b)

redesignated as §(c); §§(c)(1)(B) and (c)(2)(B) amended; §(c)(4) deleted; and §(c) redesignated as §(d). Effective

1/3/11: Rule added.