CM/ECF Information and Help Desk, Western District of Texas

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Policies & Procedures

Privacy Policy

In accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002, and in order to promote electronic access to case files while also protecting personal privacy, rules providing protection for case file records took effect on December 1, 2007.

Parties should either exclude sensitive information in any documents filed with the court, or partially redact such sensitive information where inclusion is necessary and relevant to the case. All filers are encouraged to reference the Amended Privacy Policy and Public Access to Electronic Files, which details the rules of this court regarding redaction of personal identifiers.

Training

CM/ECF Version 5.1 Updates for Attorneys New!
CM/ECF Best Practices Forum December 9, 2011
CM/ECF Attorney Presentation November 17, 2010
Opening a Civil Case and Filing a Complaint
Finding CM/ECF Events
Electronic Filing in U.S. District Court: Tips for Effective Advocacy
(Federal Bar Association "Open Doors to Federal Court", July 25, 2008)
Electronic Filing in U.S. District Court: Tips for Effective Advocacy
PowerPoint Training File (Federal Bar Association "Open Doors to Federal Court", July 25, 2008)
Attorney User's Manual
Computer-Based Training Course
"CM/ECF: The Attorney's Perspective"

The links below are self-running executable files of Adobe Captivate movies. Click on the link and select "Save" from the "File Download" window. A window will open to allow you to save the file to a location on your local hard drive. Please remember where you save the file!. Since these files are rather large, it may take a while for the download to complete. When complete, go to the folder where you saved the file and uncompress, or "unzip" the file. Double-click on the .exe file to play the movie.

Attaching Your Pleadings and Attachments
Civil Events Overview
Criminal Events Overview
Filing a Joint Motion
Party Filer Screen and Document Attachments (Version 4 and later) Computer Training Video Posted on February 12, 2010

General

Please note that you may e-file at any time, but CM/ECF support (ECF Support Desk) is only offered Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CST, excluding court holidays. No after hours support is available. When relevant, please include the Case Number and the Judge's initials in the Subject: line of all emails to the court.

All admitted attorneys are required to register to file electronically and are required to update their email addresses, mailing address, and phone number online by logging into CM/ECF. In order to receive your Notices of Electronic Filing on your cases, you must ensure that your email addresses are up-to-date at all times.

Attorneys and other recipients the attorney has designated to receive e-mail notices are sent e-mail using the bcc (blind carbon copy) address field. The e-mail will be addressed to "cmecf_notices@txwd.uscourts.gov” and the e-mail will be from "txw_usdc_notice@txwd.uscourts.gov”. Attorneys must ensure these addresses are not blocked or marked as spam. Attorneys are also responsible for ensuring their e-mail box does not become full and cause e-mail notices to be rejected.

Please note that some of the files available are VERY large and may take several minutes to download to your computer, depending upon your internet connection.

Western District of Texas

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