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Excluded Cases / Documents

In accordance with General Order 08-02, the following documents and cases are excluded from electronic filing:

  • Actions and documents filed by pro se litigants,
  • Under seal and in camera documents,
  • Initial papers commencing a civil or criminal action, (including third-party complaints, counter claims and cross-claims),
  • Records for bankruptcy appeals, habeas corpus proceedings and administrative review cases,
  • Applications for pen registers, search warrants, seizure warrants, arrest warrants, wiretaps, cellsite information, tracking services and other such precharging documents,
  • Bond related documents,
  • Limited criminal duty documents, and
  • The following specific cases:
    • No cases have been specifically excluded by the Court at this time.

Other civil documents that are excluded from electronic filing include:

  • Amended complaint
  • Intervenor complaint
  • Consolidated complaint
  • Corrected complaint
  • Joinder in complaint
  • Interpleader
  • Claim
  • Verified Claim
  • Any first appearance document filed by a third-party or non-party to the case
  • Abstract of judgment
  • Registration of judgment
  • Bond-related documents
  • Amendments to any of the documents listed above, including third-party complaints, counterclaims and cross-claims

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