CM/ECF 4.2 A TTORNEY U PDATE Presented by: Lisa Huppertz, CM/ECF Coordinator Neal Stork, Case...

CM/ECF 4.2 ATTORNEY

UPDATE

Presented by:

Lisa Huppertz, CM/ECF Coordinator

Neal Stork, Case Administration Supervisor

Judy Smith, Case Administrator/Work Leader

Renee, Surette,, Case Administrator/Work Leader

• County Codes• Adversary Case Opening• Revised Claim Form• Notice of Electronic Claims Form• Rule 3002.1• Password Security• Reports – Cases Reports• Query – Name Query• Query – Document Views• Filing Agents for Attorneys• E-Mail Enhancements• Sealed & Restricted Functionality• Internet Credit Card Payments• PDF/a Requirements

AND IT’S GREAT!

COUNTY CODES

COUNTY CODES 4.2 installation loads all US county codes into CM/ECF. All counties for resident’s state will appear for

selection. OUTSIDE U.S. is required when country is not USA

COUNTY CODES OUTSIDE HOME STATE code will NOT appear in

the list of codes. You must select the county of current residence

associated with the mailing address on the Voluntary Petition.

DIVISIONAL ASSIGNMENT

After selecting the correct county for your out-of-state debtor(s), the e-filing attorney must select the desired division of the case.

ADVERSARY CASE OPENING

ADVERSARY CASE OPENING Attorneys for plaintiff will no longer have to

add themselves when opening an adversary.

ADVERSARY CASE OPENING Plaintiff’s attorney will not be able to add an

attorney for defendant.

ADVERSARY CASE OPENING Option for Notices of Removal

◦ If Attorney selects Complaint “N”, New “Counsel for” field appears to select plaintiff or

defendant representation.

◦ If defendant’s attorney is filing, then plaintiff’s and defendant’s screen will both show Attorney button.

REVISED CLAIM FORM

REVISED CLAIM FORM Proof of Claim screen will match the B10 claim

form revised April 2010

REVISED PROOF OF CLAIM Only three amounts collected. No edit checks between these fields.

REVISED PROOF OF CLAIM Existing Claims will be converted “Unknown” and “Unsecured” will appear if

those records already exist

NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC

CLAIMS FILINGS

NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC CLAIMS FILING

RULE 3002.1MORTGAGE

MODIFICATION

RULE 3002.1 MORTGAGE MODIFICATION

o Rule 3002.1 applies to claims secured by security interest in debtor's principal residence only.

o It is effective December 1, 2011.o To comply with the new Rule, the following claim

supplements must be filed:o Notice of Mortgage Payment Changeso Notice of Postpetition Fees, Expenses, and Chargeso Response to Notice of Final Cure Payment

o These entries will appear on the Claims Register, not on the Docket sheet.

RULE 3002.1 MORTGAGE MODIFICATION

o Notice of Mortgage Payment Changeso Allows the claim holder to inform appropriate parties

when a change in payment occurso Notice of Postpetition Fees, Expenses, and

Chargeso Includes the claim holder’s record of fees incurred by

the case that the holder asserts are recoverable against the debtor

o Response to Notice of Final Cure Paymento Allows the trustee or debtor to inform parties that the

debtor has completed all payments under the plan

RULE 3002.1 MORTGAGE MODIFICATION

o No document number is associated with any of these events so the word “doc” appears as the hyperlink on the Claims Register.

PASSWORD SECURITY

PASSWORD SECURITY New password security requirements

Minimum of 8 characters Mix of Upper & lower case alpha characters At least one number or special character Will get this message until password is updated

Users can cancel this message and proceed

PASSWORD SECURITY If users change to stronger passwords before

4.2 implementation that password can still be re-used -- Just re-enter the same data.

All passwords will be rejected at first 4.2 login, even if they meet the new requirements.

Account will be locked out for 5 minutes after 5 invalid login attempts.

Lockout times will be increased for each 5 subsequent attempts.

REPORTS & QUERIES

REPORTS

External users now are limited to a date range of 31 days

All users can filter report by attorney name or Bar ID

Users can now sort by chapter New option to narrow results to pro se debtors “Enter” Key functions as “Submit” in

Reports, Query, and Utilities

CASES REPORT

QUERY Search by one character (A) Example:

Sammy A◦ After CM/ECF displays this dialog box◦ Search will return only records with last name of “A”

(not Anderson, Adkins….)◦ Otherwise at least 2 characters are required.

QUERY Query by Name looks different! PACER charges based on the number of lines.

54 lines equal one page.

QUERY New query option “View Document”

QUERY – VIEW DOCUMENT Immediate access to document Document number required PACER customers

Can skip generating docket report Charged normal fees per page

FILING AGENTS FOR

ATTORNEYS

FILING AGENTS FOR ATTORNEYS

Can docket on behalf of attorney(s) NEF and docket text will only show the name of

the attorney Will NOT receive email on their own UNLESS… Email address is designated by attorney record

under “Secondary email address” Must be given same permissions as their attorney Can be assigned to more than one attorney Attorney can have more than one filing agent

FILING AGENT Attorney name will always appear on docket

reports rather than the name of the filing agent.

FILING AGENTS When Filing Agents are agents for two or more

attorneys, they must select filer prior to filing documents.

The agent will then be allowed to change users as needed without having to logout.

FILING AGENTSSYSTEM TRANSACTION REPORTS

Filing agent's name will appear on the Systems Transaction Report

Systems Transaction Log has new options to select activity by filing agents. This report is NOT available to e-filers but is a useful tool to the Systems Dept. to troubleshoot errors or questions.

FILING AGENTS FOR ATTORNEYS

How does the Court plan to implement Filing Agents? All new e-filing Attorneys who require more than one

login after 4.2 is implemented will be required to utilize Filing Agents immediately.

Existing Attorneys that have multiple logins will be transitioned to Filing Agents over a period of time that is still to be determined. Attorneys will be notified of the transition deadline so that they

can set up their filing agents at which time they will be reduced to the primary Attorney’s login record and must begin utilizing the Filing Agent logins as the supplemental logins.

There is an Electronic Learning Module available at www.scb.uscourts.gov under the CM/ECF 4.2 Training Materials web page to train you on using Filing Agents.

E-MAIL NOTIFICATION

OPTIONS

E-MAIL NOTIFICATION OPTIONS

NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING (NEF) MESSAGE

NEF OVERRIDE

Court may designate events to override option not to receive bankruptcy case NEFs

Possible examples of override events include: Order on Motion to Approve Compromise under Rule 9019 Motion to Dismiss Case Address Change Motion to Convert Appeals SSN Updates

CERTIFICATES OF NOTICE

CERTIFICATES OF NOTICE

Certificate of Notice from BNC will now include all parties notified by NEFs as well as form recipients

CERTIFICATES OF NOTICE

Email information will be appended at the end of the certificate from BNC.

The BNC will soon be offering the option to make the Certificate of Notice be the 1st Page instead of the last page of the document served. This is court-configurable and will be tested to determine if it is a desirable feature.

SEALED & RESTRICTED

FUNCTIONALITY

SEALED & RESTRICTED FUNCTIONALITY

What can be restricted in CM/ECF?CaseDocket entryDocumentAttachment to PDFPreviously filed document

SEALED & RESTRICTED FUNCTIONALITY

Electronic Cases can be “Sealed” Docket entries and information will not be on

reports Forms will not be produced for sealed cases and

sealed entries Notices of Electronic Filing will have generic text

on restricted events and documents.

SEALED & RESTRICTED FUNCTIONALITY

Restricted Docket entries will be clearly labeled to avoid confusion.

Documents previously restricted to Court Users only will now be available electronically to the filing party.Additionally, the B21 SSN Form will be

available to the Trustee.

INTERNET CREDIT CARD

PAYMENTS

INTERNET CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS No More Separate Pop-up Windows! New Fee Payment Selection Screen

DIRECT DEBIT THROUGH ACH

Direct Debit through ACH transfers will NOT be enabled at the time our Court upgrades to 4.2.

Other Courts have experienced technical issues with ACH payments and reconciliations so we are going to delay turning this feature on.

PDF/A

PDF/A REQUIREMENTS PDF/a is a new security standard for documents CM/ECF 4.2 will require all documents filed to be

in PDF/a format Except creditor lists which must still be in .txt format

PDF/a format 1a is preferred but 1b is acceptable

PDF/a documents generally have a larger file size. If this becomes a problem, the court may consider increasing the maximum allowable file size of documents

See the new 4.2 web page for extensive PDF/a information and guidelines.

HELP!

WHERE DO I GET HELP?

o The CM/ECF Help Desko 803.253.3624o cmecf_helpdesk@scb.uscourts.gov

o www.scb.uscourts.gov – Under “CM/ECF Filing System”, check out the new “CM/ECF 4.2 Training Materials” web pages

o “What’s New” web alertso And don’t forget the Participants’ Guides on the

Court’s web site (www.scb.uscourts.gov). They will continually be updated as events and procedures evolve.