N.D. W. Va. LR Gen P 5.01

(a) Electronic Filing: Absent good cause, counsel shall file electronically using

the Case Management/Electronic Case Files (“CM/ECF”) system in this Court.

Electronic filing of a document in CM/ECF, together with the transmission of a Notice of

Electronic Filing (“NEF”), constitutes filing of the document for purposes of the Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and constitutes

entry of the document on the docket kept by the Clerk’s Office under Fed. R. Civ. P. 58

and 79 and Fed. R. Crim. P. 49 and 55. Emailing a document to the Clerk’s Office or to

the assigned judge shall not constitute “filing.”

(b) Working Copy to the Judge: For documents electronically filed within the

page limits set by these Local Rules, no paper copies are necessary. Counsel shall

obtain permission prior to filing any document in excess of the page limits set by these

Rules and shall provide paper copies of all such documents. Paper copies shall be

provided to the assigned district judge and magistrate judge within three (3) days of

electronic filing, but not less than two (2) days before any hearing on such filing. Any

attachments in support of the filing must be submitted therewith.

(c) Filing in Paper: When filing in paper form—except as otherwise permitted or

required by the Federal Rules, these Local Rules or court order—filers shall provide the

original and two (2) copies of all filings to the Clerk’s Office. The receiving Clerk’s

Office shall then forward the filing to the appropriate Clerk’s Office, if necessary. Within

twenty-one (21) days of the removal of an action from state court, counsel shall file the

certified state court record in CM/ECF.

Filing and Service by Fax Transmission or Electronic Filing via CM/ECF