Wyo. R. Elec. Filing & Serv. 2

(a) The following definitions shall apply:

(1) “Business Day” means Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m.

Mountain Time, excluding official state holiday closures and other court

closures.

(2) “Case Management System” means an electronic system that houses

court records and manages the coordination of court processes and resources

from filing to disposition.

(3) “Document” means any filing with, or entry by, the court or any other

paper or record associated with a case that is eServed on another party.

(4) “Electronically File” or “eFile” means uploading a document directly to

the electronic filing system to file that document in the court’s Case

Management System.

(5) “Electronically Serve” or “eServe” means uploading a document directly to the electronic filing system to electronically serve that document on

parties to a case,

(6) “Electronic Filing System” or “EFS” means the web-based user inter-

face system provided by the Wyoming Judicial Branch for registered users to

electronically submit documents and serve parties in court matters.

(7) “Filer” or “Registered User” means an individual who has registered to

use the EFS pursuant to Rule 4 and has obtained a unique username and

password to eFile and eServe documents in court matters via the EFS.

(8) “In Camera” means a confidentiality designation for an eFiled document limiting access to the document to the filer and the judge assigned to

the case.

(9) “Notice of Electronic Filing” or “NEF” means a courtesy notice gener-

ated by the EFS and delivered to the registered user’s email that a document

has been submitted or accepted through the EFS.

(10) “Online Inbox” means a registered user’s online inbox accessible via

the EFS.

(11) “.pdf” means Portable Document Format, a proprietary file format

developed by Adobe Systems, Inc.

(12) “Public” means a designation for an eFiled document providing full

access to the document to those with access to the case in the EFS.

(13) “Technical error” means a malfunction of the EFS or Wyoming

Judicial Branch hardware, software, or telecommunications facility that

prevents a registered user from eFiling or eServing a document. Technical

error does not mean failure of a registered user’s equipment, software,

hardware, telecommunications facility, internet service, or any other failure

attributed to the registered user.

(14) “Traditional filing” means submitting a filing to the clerk’s office in

paper or other tangible form.