Filing Procedures when the Court Declares a CM/ECF System Outage/Unavailability

Outage/Unavailability of CM/ECF

In the event that the Clerk determines that CM/ECF is subject to a “technical failure” as defined in the Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies and Procedures, the Clerk’s Office will post a Notice of CM/ECF System Outage/Unavailability on this website’s homepage. Filing via E-mail will be permitted during the time stated in the Notice declaring the unavailability of the CM/ECF system and will end upon the court’s Notice of the resolution of the system outage.

Filing Via E-Mail

During the time periods identified in the Court's official Notices of a CM/ECF System Outage/Unavailability, users who have previously registered to file via CM/ECF may file their pleadings by way of email to the following address: intake-kywECF@kywd.uscourts.gov.  Any documents sent to this email address outside of the time period identified in the court's official Notices will not be considered filed by the court.  PDF documents filed via email must conform to all current requirements as outlined in the Local Rules and Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies and Procedures.

Documents filed via email will be considered filed upon the date of receipt by the Court. They will be docketed by court staff during business hours once the CM/ECF Outage/Unavailability has been resolved.