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E.D. Tenn. L.R. 5.2
Filing and Service by Electronic Means
(a) Electronic Filing. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5(d)(3) and Federal Rule
of Criminal Procedure 49 (b)(2)(A), the Clerk’s Office will accept documents filed, signed, or
verified by electronic means that are consistent with technical standards, if any, that the Judicial
Conference of the United States establishes. A document filed by electronic means constitutes a
written paper for the purposes of applying these rules and the Federal Rules of Civil and Criminal
Procedure.
(b) Use of Case Management/Electronic Case Files system. All attorneys practicing in the
Eastern District of Tennessee must register as Electronic Filing Users and file their pleadings
electronically through the Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) system, or show
the presiding judge good cause to f ile and serve documents in the traditional manner. The Court
may also order that all cases of a particular type or description be filed electronically.
(c) Filing by Facsimile. Documents may not be filed by facsimile transmission except with
permission of the Court, in which case an original shall be promptly substituted.
(d) Electronic Service. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5(b)(2)(E) and Federal
Rule of Criminal Procedure 49(b)(2)(A), the Notice of Electronic Filing generated by the Court's
Electronic Case Filing System (CM/ECF) shall constitute service of the electronically filed
document on persons who are registered with the Court’s Electronic Case Filing System
(CM/ECF).
(e) Electronic Case Filing Rules and Procedures. All civil, criminal and miscellaneous
cases are governed by the Court’s Electronic Filing Rules and Procedures.2
2 To assist CM/ECF users, the Clerk’s Office provides a User Guide which can be found on
the Court’s website, www.tned.uscourts.gov.
Provenance
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- www.tned.uscourts.gov
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- 2026-09-18
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- fed-district-2026-09-19
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