U.S. Courts press release: “Nationwide implementation of the federal judiciary’s Case Management and Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system is nearly completed in thedistrict and bankruptcy courts. CM/ECF not only replaces the courts’ old electronic docketing and case management systems, but also provides courts the option to have case file documents in electronic format, and to accept filings over the Internet. CM/ECF systems are now in use in 98% of the federal courts: 91 district courts, 93 bankruptcy courts, the Court of International Trade, and the Court of Federal Claims. Most of these courts are accepting electronic filings. Almost 27 million cases are on CM/ECF systems, and more than 250,000 attorneys and others have filed documents over the Internet. Under current plans, most of the courts that are not yet using CM/ECF will begin usage by the end of 2006. Each court goes through an implementation process that takes about 10 months.”
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