Instructions For Filing Conventionally - United States District Court printable pdf download

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

District of Minnesota

Richard D. Sletten, Clerk

Warren E. Burger Federal

U.S. Courthouse

Gerald W. Heaney Federal

Edward J. Devitt U.S. Courthouse

Building and U.S. Courthouse

300 South Fourth Street

Building and U.S. Courthouse

and Federal Building

316 North Robert Street

Suite 202

and Customhouse

118 South Mill Street

Suite 100

Minneapolis, MN 55415

515 West First Street

Suite 212

St. Paul, MN 55101

(612) 664-5000

Suite 417

Fergus Falls, MN 56537

(651) 848-1100

Duluth, MN 55802

(218) 739-5758

(218) 529-3500

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING CONVENTIONALLY

(see Section IX. in the Civil Electronic Case Filing Procedures Guide)

A party must seek leave of the court to file conventionally if leave is not

1. Leave of Court Required.

already so provided by these procedures.

2. Leave of Court Not Required. A party may conventionally file the following without seeking

leave of the court:

a. Physical objects.

b. Non-Graphical/Textual Computer File (audio, video, etc.).

3. Timeliness. Materials filed conventionally are due in the Clerk’s Office before 5:00 p.m. Central

Time on the due date.

4. Filing Conventionally. If leave to file material(s) conventionally is granted, or if filing materials

which do not require leave of the court to file conventionally:

a. The conventional filing placeholder (available on the “Court Forms” page of the court’s website

at ) must be filed in ECF in place of the material(s) being filed

conventionally, and is intended to show, in ECF, the existence of materials that reside in the

Clerk’s Office.

EXAMPLE: if filing an audio file conventionally, file the placeholder as if it is the audio file

- using the “Exhibit” event - but instead of attaching the audio file, attach the placeholder.

b. The Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) and the conventional filing placeholder must be attached

to the outside of the envelope of the conventionally filed material(s).

c. Mail or deliver the COURTESY COPIES (with a copy of the NEF and conventional filing

placeholder attached) pursuant to Section I.E. of the Electronic Case Filing Procedures Guide for

the District or Magistrate Judge handling the matter in a separate envelope.

d. Conventionally filed materials must be served conventionally, with a copy of the NEF, by the

filer on all parties who are entitled to service. The e-notice of the court’s receipt of these

materials does not constitute service.

Instructions For Filing Conventionally - United States District Court

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