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Frequently Asked Questions
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How do I add a Mediator to a Case?
1. Docket the event ( Selection of Mediator)
2, On the screen, Search for a party screen, then add the party to with the role type of Mediator.
3. Update the party from pro se No to pro se not allowed to electronically file.
4. Add contact information, such as office name, address, city, state, zip, phone/ fax and email address.
5. Check off Show this address on the docket sheet.
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How do I add parties to case I am opening?
See pages (8 and the Appendix) of the attorney case opening manual for that information.
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How do I file a fully briefed/bundled motion?Select the motion event, select yourself( the attorney) making the filing. Attach all of the pdfs, add or select all appropriate descriptions for the attachments.IE.
Plaintiffs Affidavit in OppositionDefendants Memorandum in Support
Select "Fully Briefed" from the motion pretext dropdown list, then add "on "behalf of all parties" in the docket text window.Your entry will look something like this...Fully Briefed Motion for Summary Judgment filed on behalf of all parties by....(Attorney Name)(Attachments: #1 Plaintiffs Affidavit in Opposition, #2 Defendants Memorandum in Support) -
How do I file a sealed answer to a complaint that is not sealed?
- Docket the Answer to Complaint event attach ( with a redacted pdf(s))
- Docket the Sealed Answer as (1 - Sealed Docket Entry and Document - to be used......and Unredacted Document).
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How do I go about requesting a refund of fees paid electronically on CM/ECF?
For refunds or duplicate payments please do ONE of the following:
File a Refund Motion on your firm’s letterhead requesting a refund and include both payment confirmations
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Mail a letter on your firm’s letterhead requesting a refund and include both payment confirmations. Send the request to: U.S. District Court, EDNY, 225 Cadman Plaza E, Brooklyn NY 11201, Attention: Intake/Refunds.Should you need further assistance, please contact the Financial Department at (718) 613-2580.
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How do I go about requesting attorney admission date?
Please contact the Attorney Admission Department at (718) 613-2285 or (631) 712-6030.
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How do I go about requesting attorney admission information?
Please contact the Attorney Admission Department at (718) 613-2285 or (631) 712-6030.
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How do I know which fee status to select?
There are seven choices in this drop-down menu. However, only four of them will be used by attorneys during the electronic case-opening process.
If you plan to pay filing fees online with a credit card through pay.gov at the time of filing, select “pd (Fee Paid)”;
if you are filing an action on behalf of the United States, select “none (no fee required)”;
if you are filing an action in which the fee is waived by statute, select “wv (Fee Waived)”;
if you are filing a motion to proceed informa pauperis, select “IFP Pending”.
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How do I know which office code to select?The “Office” drop-down menu provides choices to past and present divisions of the Eastern District.• Brooklyn• Central Islip
[DO NOT select Hauppauge or Uniondale]The appropriate division for your case is determined by the Court’s Division of Business Rule. (Local Rule 50.1). You may not choose a division based on your personal preference; you must select the division based on your answers to Division of Business questions on Page 2 of the Civil Cover Sheet.• If you answered (1) “yes” to questions 1 or 2(a) OR (2) “no” to question 2(b) and defendant resides in Nassau or Suffolk County, then select Central Islip from the drop-down menu.• For all other cases - select Brooklyn.Once you have made your selections for “Office” and “Case Type”; click “Next”. -
How do I obtain a Disciplinary History Certificate for an attorney?
Please contact the court at (718) 613-2285 or (631) 712-6030
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How do I obtain copies of documents that are not available on Pacer?
Please contact the Records Management at (718) 613-2265 or (718) 613-2645.
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How do I obtain Immigration and Naturalization records and related information?
Contact the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website:http://uscis.gov official website of the Department of Homeland Security, or contact Immigration Information 1800-375-5283 for any Immigration related question.
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How do I obtain information (such as party names, attorneys, case number, judge assigned to the case and the status) for a case?Computer AccessElectronic case summaries and docket information may be viewed through the court's Electronic Case Filing (ECF) system. A PACER account is required. Visit the PACER website to register (www.pacer.gov).In PersonIn the Clerk's Office of the Brooklyn and Central Islip courthouses, public terminals are available at which members of the public may look up case information and view and print case documents. These are available during the hours the Clerk's Office is open.
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How do I remove an attorney from a case?
Local rule 1.4. provides in pertinent part that an" attorney who has appeared as attorney of record for a party may be relieved or displaced only by an order of the Court . . . ." Accordingly, court approval is needed to substitute one attorney for another attorney who has appeared, even if from the same law firm (because individual attorneys, not law firms, appear as counsel of record). In many instances where one attorney at a firm is being removed while one or more other attorneys at the same firm continue to represent a party, a simply letter motion to the magistrate judge explaining why the attorney should be removed (e.g., has left the firm) is sufficient.
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How do I split a large pdf into less than 40mb parts for CMECF Filing?
Open Adobe -Go to Tools- Organize Pages- select the file (make sure you know where you saved it) then click SPLIT.
Since 40mb is the CMECF limit per pdf. Set the file size to 39mb.Update Split by (Number of Pages) to Split by (File Size) Set the criteria by size of 39Mb
Click SPLIT.
Once completed, go to the location where you saved the original file, you will now see the multiple parts for filing.