Utah District Court
CMECF Updates
E-filing Local Rules Approved
On Friday, January 28, 2005, the district judges approved the e-filing amendments for the local rules.
Adopted Amendments to Local Rules re: Electronic Filing
Updated Official CM/ECF Web Page / Pilot Filing
The information on the court's official
CM/ECF Information web page has been updated and redesigned.
The Pilot Filing project was introduced at the Court Technology Committee meeting today. MIS staff from selected law firms will be trained in CM/ECF on Wednesday February 2, 2005, and will thereafter train attorneys and staff in their respective firms. Attorneys will select cases in which they will file in a test CM/ECF database during February and March. The official file will still be the paper file. This project is designed to give user feedback on the draft users guide, administrative procedures and general operation of the system.
Spring Schedule for CM/ECF
In a series of internal court meetings over the first two weeks in January, the following events have been projected for Winter/Spring 2005:
January 2005 - Internal Court Basic Skills Training (on subjects similar to that listed in
Basic Skills paper)
February - April 2005 - Pilot filing exercise with selected attorneys (attorneys will docket under CM/ECF in a test database while continuing to file paper in the official file)
February - April 2005 - Internal Court CM/ECF Training (training court staff on CM/ECF system)
May/June 2005 - CM ECF "Go-Live" date (internal court filing system converted from paper to electronic)
Attorney Training and Attorney Electronic Filing will follow the conversion of the court's internal record to CM/ECF.
CM/ECF Test Conversions
The court has completed three test conversions of "legacy" data from the existing case management system (ICMS) to the new CM/ECF case management system. These conversions have shown minor issues in conversion of data (which have been resolved), but have demonstrated that the existing dockets and associated image files will be accessible in CM/ECF when that new system is implemented