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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

DALLAS DIVISION

ROBERT N. GOLDSTEIN, et al., §

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Plaintiffs, §

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v. § Civil Action No. 3:04-CV-0677-B

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TOMMY HABEEB, §

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Defendant.

ORDER REGARDING MANDATORY ENROLLMENT 

IN THE ELECTRONIC CASE FILING SYSTEM IN CIVIL CASES PENDING BEFORE

JUDGE BOYLE

In an effort to increase the efficiency and convenience of case administration for litigants and

the court, Judge Boyle has initiated a project in which ALL civil cases pending in her court (except

those involving prisoner and pro se litigants) will be required to enroll in the Electronic Case Filing

(“CM/ECF”) System by March 31st, 2005. 

As described on the U.S. Courts’ internet website:

CM/ECF is the federal courts' case management and electronic case

files system. It provides courts enhanced and updated docket

management. It allows courts to maintain case documents in

electronic form. And it gives each court the option of permitting case

documents — pleadings, motions, petitions — to be filed with the

court over the Internet. (U. S. Courts website at

http://www.uscourts.gov/cmecf/cmecf.html).

Attorneys practicing in courts offering this electronic filing capability are able to file

documents directly with the court over the Internet at any time from any location. For more

information on the benefits to attorneys using the CM/ECF system, go to the U.S. Courts’ internet

website at http://www.uscourts.gov/cmecf/cmecf.html and click on “Video: The Attorneys’

 

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Perspective.” Information regarding the operation of the CM/ECF system in the Northern District

of Texas is available on the website for the U.S. Courts for the Northern District of Texas at:

http://www.txnd.uscourts.gov/filing/ecf.html.

ACCORDINGLY, for the foregoing reasons, this case is deemed appropriate for enrollment

in the Court’s CM/ECF system.

As an CM/ECF case, the electronic record will be the official record in this case. This case

will be governed, unless otherwise ordered, by Miscellaneous Order 61, the CM/ECF Civil and

Criminal Administrative Procedures Manual, and the CM/ECF User Guide. 

In order to facilitate the transition of this case to the CM/ECF system, all counsel of record

in this case shall: 

1. Review Miscellaneous Order Number 61.

2. Review the CM/ECF Civil and Criminal Administrative Procedures Manual.

3. Complete the online attorney tutorial for ECF training.

4. Review the CM/ECF User Guide.

5. Complete the Attorney/User Registration Form and forward it to the Clerk’s Office

no later than March 31st, 2005. If counsel has completed and forwarded a

registration form to the Clerk’s Office previously, or has been assigned a login and

password in the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas no further

action is required.

6. Ensure that applicants requesting Pro Hac Vice admission as co-counsel in this case

complete steps 1 through 5 of this order.

Upon receipt of the completed registration forms, the Court will enter an Order designating

 

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 If the Court initially grants an attorney permission to file documents conventionally, the Court 1

may withdraw that permission at any time during the pendency of a case and require the attorney to re-file

documents electronically using ECF. An attorney who is granted permission to file documents

conventionally will nevertheless be required to include with traditionally filed papers a disk or CD-ROM

containing a portable document format (“PDF”) copy of all papers filed with the Court.

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this case as an CM/ECF case. No documents shall be electronically filed prior to the entry of the

Order designating this case as an ECF case. Questions should be directed to Autumn Yarnell at

(214) 753-2160 or the Help Desk at 1-(866)-243-2866.

Please Note: The designation of this case as a CM/ECF case and the accompanying

requirements are mandatory. Failure to comply within the time frame is sanctionable conduct. Any

requests seeking leave to be excluded from this designation must be in written motion form and are

subject to referral to a U. S. Magistrate Judge for hearing.

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SO ORDERED.

March 10, 2005

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JANE J. BOYLE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

 

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