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This is a Restricted Government Website for official court business only. All activities of CM/ECF subscribers or users of this system for any purpose, and all access attempts, may be recorded and monitored by persons authorized by the federal judiciary for improper use, protection of system security, performance of maintenance and for appropriate management by the judiciary of its systems. By subscribing to CM/ECF, users expressly consent to system monitoring and to official access to data reviewed and created by them on the system. If evidence of unlawful activity is discovered, including unauthorized access attempts, it may be reported to law enforcement officials.



CHANGE OF LIMITED FILER FILING EVENTS

Effective April 15, 2013 the Event List for Limited Filers is changing. This list restricts the limited filers to only those events which are in line with their filing privileges. The full list of limited filer events will be located in CM/ECF under Bankruptcy Events. If you should have any questions or concerns, please contact the Help Desk/Training Team.


REMINDER OF REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN EMAIL ADDRESSES IN CM/ECF

The Court’s CM/ECF system sends emails regarding case activity to primary and any additional email addresses that registered attorney users have entered in their CM/ECF user accounts. Often the Court receives returned or “bounced-back” emails primarily as a result of email addresses being entered incorrectly or email accounts being full or closed.

Please be advised that the Court’s Local Rule 1001-2(h) states “Registration as an Electronic User constitutes: (1) waiver of the right to receive notice by first-class mail and consent to receive notice electronically; and (2) waiver of the right to service by personal service or first-class mail and consent to electronic service, except with regard to summons and complaint under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7004…”

Further, the Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida implemented the Reduced Paper Module (RPM) which means that in most cases where an electronic filer is a party, only electronic notice will be sent. The court no longer sends redundant paper notices and orders with a few exceptions.

It is your responsibility to properly maintain your CM/ECF user account with up-to-date email addresses in order to receive all electronic notices timely. Additionally it is your responsibility to monitor case activity.

To update email addresses, log into CM/ECF, select Utilities and Maintain Your ECF Account and then select “email”. You may update and add email addresses but may not delete your primary email address. For additional information on how to update your email address click here. Changes to your name, firm, or address information cannot be made through Maintain Your ECF Account under Utilities. You must contact the Court’s Help Desk for instruction and assistance to make these changes.

Disclaimer Hyperlinks to the text of cited authorities is allowed within documents filed in the CM/ECF system, the judiciary neither endorses the product or organization at the destination, nor does the court exercise any responsibility over the content at the destination. Any and all hyperlink references to sources outside of CM/ECF are extraneous to any filed document and are not part of the Court’s record. The court accepts no responsibility for the availability or functionality of any hyperlink.


ELIMINATION OF BNC NOTICE OF MEETING OF CREDITORS TO DEBTORS’ ATTORNEYS

On December 5, 2011, the court began operations under Bankruptcy CM/ECF Release 4.2. Release 4.2 will support an additional noticing-related improvement provided by the court’s Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) contractor.

Previously, you received the notice of 341 meeting of creditors by Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) with the debtor's redacted Social Security Number (SSN), and by U.S. Mail through the BNC with the debtor’s full SSN. The improvement provided with CM/ECF Release 4.2 will allow the BNC to send you an email containing a secure hyperlink to the unredacted 341 notice in place of a paper notice. The BNC will send one summary email per day containing hyperlinks to one or more notices. Each hyperlink provides one free look to the full notice. You will no longer receive the paper 341 notice from the BNC.

A sample BNC email notification is provided at the following web page: http://ebn.uscourts.gov/documents/Attorney341Email.pdf

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10February2022
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