Southern District of New York Electronic Filing Rules

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A pro se party may file the specified pretrial documents but is not required to do so and need not email them.

The pro se party may file such documents, but is not required to do so and need not submit them by e-mail.

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Presiding judges may grant e-filing privileges to pro se litigants; if not, electronic submissions are accepted per court website requirements.

InA judge presiding over a case wheremay grant electronic filing privileges to a pro se partylitigant. If a pro se litigant has not obtained electronic filing privileges in a case, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York will accept electronic submissions from pro se parties without electronic filing privileges pursuant tothat litigant based on certain requirements that will be set forth on each Court’s public website.

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Exhibits

Trial exhibits are not required to be filed electronically on ECF.

Exhibits need not be filed electronically on ECF.

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Discovery letter motion

Counsel should select the “Letter-Motion” option when filing on ECF.

Counsel should select the “Letter-Motion” option when filing on ECF.

CRITICALCivil cases

Parties must file all proposed stipulations and orders on ECF using appropriate ECF filing event per SDNY rules.

In accordance with the S.D.N.Y. Local Rules and the S.D.N.Y. Electronic Case Filing Rules and Instructions, parties should file on ECF all proposed stipulations and orders that they wish the Court to sign, using the appropriate ECF filing event. See SDNY ECF Rules & Instructions §§ 13.17–19 & App’x A.