For information about creating accounts, hardware and software requirements, costs and billing, and a general overview of CM/ECF, see the Electronic filing overview.

Getting started

• Logging in to the CM/ECF system
• Startup page
• Docketing
• Reports
• PACER advanced search
• PACER nature-of-suit codes
• Utilities
• Logout
• Help

Filing a document

• Entering the case number and selecting the filing type
• Selecting the filing party
• Attaching the PDF document
• Selecting/providing additional docketing information
• Reviewing and confirming the docketing event

Document-specific filing requirements

• Briefs and appendices
• Correspondence and forms
• Motions
• Petitions for rehearing/rehearing en banc
• Stipulations
• Documents filed by non-parties
• Sealed documents

Reference

• Avoiding common filing mistakes
• Documents filed by email
• Electronic filing events glossary
• How to generate a service list
• How to view restricted documents
• List of reliefs
• PACER advanced search
• PACER nature-of-suit codes
• Filing multiple attachments to a single docketing event
• Working with PDFs

Reviewing an event once docketed

• Accessing PACER through CM/ECF
• Accessing PACER outside CM/ECF

Notices of docket activity

Terminating a CM/ECF session

Last modified at 10/7/2011