Eastern District of Virginia Electronic Filing Rules

Applies to

Sealed document

Sealed documents must be filed electronically in CM/ECF but are not accessible electronically to litigants.

Sealed documents should once again be filed electronically in CM/ECF under the E-Filing procedures in place prior to July 29, 2025, as amended by any future updates to those procedures. Although electronic filing of sealed documents will resume, litigants will no longer be able to access or view such sealed documents by electronic means.

Required

Always

Applies to

All

CJA panel attorneys must comply with electronic filing and eVoucher requirements.

CJA panel attorneys must comply with the requirements of electronic filing and eVoucher.

Applies to

Hsd

Highly Sensitive Documents must be filed outside the Court's electronic filing system.

ACCORDINGLY, THE COURT FINDS that, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5(d) (3) (A) and Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 49(b) (3) (A), good cause exists to require all parties to file certain highly sensitive documents outside of the Court’s electronic filing system.

Applies to

HSD

HSD must not be filed electronically.

a copy of the proposed HSD shall NoT be filed electronically.

Applies to

Proposed hsd

Proposed HSDs must not be filed electronically.

except that a copy of the proposed HSD shall NOT be filed electronically.

Applies to

Retroactive worksheet

Retroactive worksheets must be filed as sealed ECF.

Those worksheets shall be filed as a sealed ECF sent to the counsel of record at the time of sentencing.

Funding requests must be submitted via eVoucher system using AUTH or BUDGETAUTH forms; submissions are ex parte and confidential.

Requests for authorization of funds for investigative, expert, and other services must be submitted using the court’s eVoucher system by filing an AUTH or BUDGETAUTH as applicable and/or as instructed by the Case Budgeting Attorney. Requests submitted through the eVoucher system are ex parte and will not be disclosed except with the consent of counsel for the defendant or as required by law or court order.

Applies to

Highly sensitive document

The HSD itself must not be filed electronically; a blank placeholder is attached to the motion on CM/ECF to reserve the docket number.

The motion to seal and to treat a document as an HSD via CM/ECF shall go forward under existing procedures, except that a copy of the proposed HSD shall NOT be filed electronically. Instead, a blank placeholder document shall be attached to the motion in place of the proposed HSD to reserve the docket number.

Applies to

Highly sensitive document

All parties must file HSDs outside the Court's electronic filing system.

good cause exists to require all parties to file certain highly sensitive documents outside of the Court's electronic filing system.

CJA panel attorneys are required to comply with electronic filing and eVoucher requirements.

CJA panel attorneys must comply with the requirements of electronic filing and eVoucher.

Proposed HSDs must not be filed electronically; they are submitted physically to the Clerk's Office.

except that a copy of the proposed HSD shall NOT be filed electronically.

Applies to

Sealed document

Sealed documents must be filed electronically in CM/ECF using prior E-Filing procedures.

Sealed documents should once again be filed electronically in CM/ECF under the E-Filing procedures in place prior to July 29, 2025, as amended by any future updates to those procedures.

Applies to

Sealed document

Sealed documents must be filed electronically in CM/ECF, but litigants cannot access them electronically.

Sealed documents should once again be filed electronically in CM/ECF under the E-Filing procedures in place prior to July 29, 2025, as amended by any future updates to those procedures. Although electronic filing of sealed documents will resume, litigants will no longer be able to access or view such sealed documents by electronic means.

Applies to

Highly sensitive documents

Highly sensitive documents must be filed outside the Court's electronic filing system.

require all parties to file certain highly sensitive documents outside of the Court’s electronic filing system.

Applies to

Highly sensitive document

The proposed HSD must not be filed electronically; a blank placeholder is attached to the motion instead.

a copy of the proposed HSD shall NOT be filed electronically. Instead, a blank placeholder document shall be attached to the motion in place of the proposed HSD to reserve the docket number.

Applies to

Proposed hsd

Proposed HSDs must not be filed electronically.

a copy of the proposed HSD shall NOT be filed electronically.

Required

Always

Applies to

Compensation claim

Compensation claims must be submitted via eVoucher system on the appropriate CJA form.

Claims for compensation must be submitted on the appropriate CJA form through the court's eVoucher system.

Applies to

Memorandum

Memorandum containing highly sensitive information may be delivered in printed form, not filed via CM/ECF.

If the memorandum in support of the motion contains highly sensitive information necessary to explain the basis for classification as an HSD, the memorandum may be served on any opposing party and delivered (but not filed via CM/ECF) in printed form to the presiding judge.