Certain versions of Adobe Acrobat and other PDF editing software are known to cause serious document image quality issues when a PDF file is electronically filed through CM/ECF. As a result, all PDF files must be flattened before filing through CM/ECF.
The Court has posted instructions on how to flatten files which may be found at http://go.usa.gov/Tdyk
Thank you,
United States Bankruptcy Court
Central District of California
Judge Clarkson has published a very nice policy statement on use of electronic devices in his courtroom. You can access the statement here. Be careful not to communicate with opposing counsel or witnesses however.
ATTENTION:
On Saturday, April 27, 2013, the pay.gov server was unexpectedly unavailable and users were directed to a contingency server. Typically, once the technical issues are resolved, the ECF Users are redirected back to the regular server within 24 hours. However, this did not occur, resulting in an inability for some ECF Users to make electronic payments via Pay.gov at this time.
Although this issue was not caused by the Court, we expect it to resolve itself in the next day or so, however, affected ECF Users are encouraged to contact their IT personnel or internet service provider for further assistance. In addition, you may contact the ECF Help Desk at: ECF_support@cacb.gov to obtain the current Pay.gov IP address.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.
Regards,
ECF Help Desk
(213) 894-2365
The Central District Bankruptcy Court Case Management Committee (chaired by Judge Bluebond) would like to pilot e-filing Fee Waiver Requests by a small group of attorneys on behalf of clients for whom they are performing services without charge. The Committee would begin with no more than 10 attorneys performing pro bono work who meet the following criteria:
-Registered CM/ECF users
-In good standing with the Bar
-Are on the 2012 Honor Roll of Pro Bono Volunteers http://www.cacb.uscourts.gov/sites/cacb/files/documents/news/HonorRoll2012.pdf
Please send me (Roksana@SRHLawFirm.com) an email if you are interested.
ATTENTION ALL ECF USERS RE: Court to Upgrade to CM/ECF 5.1 April 18 – 21, 2013
This is a reminder that the Court will be upgrading its CM/ECF system to the latest national version (CM/ECF 5.1), beginning at 3:00 PM on Thursday, April 18, 2013 through Sunday, April 21, 2013. As a result, the following electronic systems will not be available. Access is expected to be restored at or before 9:00 A.M. on Monday, April 22, 2013:
CM/ECF (Live and Training)
LOU
PACER
VCIS
NOTE: Users performing tasks in CM/ECF after 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, April 18, 2013, may lose uncompleted work.
Please refer to Public Notice 13-009, which is posted on the court’s website, for additional information.
If you have any questions regarding the upgrade to Release 5.1, please contact the ECF Help Desk at: ECF_support@cacb.uscourts.gov.
Best regards,
ECF Help Desk
(213-894-2365
ATTENTION ALL ECF USERS RE: Court to Upgrade to CM/ECF 5.1 April 18 – 21, 2013
This is a reminder that the Court will be upgrading its CM/ECF system to the latest national version (CM/ECF 5.1), beginning at 3:00 PM on Thursday, April 18, 2013 through Sunday, April 21, 2013. As a result, the following electronic systems will not be available. Access is expected to be restored at or before 9:00 A.M. on Monday, April 22, 2013:
CM/ECF (Live and Training)
LOU
PACER
VCIS
NOTE: Users performing tasks in CM/ECF after 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, April 18, 2013, may lose uncompleted work.
Please refer to Public Notice 13-009, which is posted on the court’s website, for additional information.
New Electronic Learning Modules (ELM), PowerPoint tutorials, PDFs and Summary of Changes materials of the new features are posted on the court’s website. To access the materials, click here: http://go.usa.gov/T4JG
If you have any questions regarding the upgrade to Release 5.1, please contact the ECF Help Desk at: ECF_support@cacb.uscourts.gov.
Best regards,
ECF Help Desk
(213-894-2365
ATTENTION ALL ECF USERS:
Pay.gov, the CM/ECF on-line credit card processing module, will be deploying an upgrade of its software (v5.3) on Saturday, April 13, 2013 between 3:00 PM and 11:00 PM (Pacific Time). During this maintenance period ECF users may experience interruptions of service.
Access to CM/ECF is NOT affected by this outage.
Regards,
ECF Help Desk
(213) 894-2365
TO ALL ECF USERS:
The Court will be performing network maintenance on Monday, April 8, and Tuesday, April 9, 2013 between 6:30 PM. and 8:00 PM. As a result, the following electronic systems will not be available:
CM/ECF Live System
CM/ECF training (not available to complete homework assignment)
LOU
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
ECF Help Desk
(213) 894-2365
Effective on May 1, 2013, a fee of $25.00 will be charged for each transfer of claim. See more at http://go.usa.gov/2e84
