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| Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., Chief Judge | Vanessa L. Armstrong, Clerk of Court |
Important Notice Re: ECF Version 4 ModificationsOn February 8, 2010, the CM/ECF filing system for the Western District of Kentucky will convert to Version 4.0.
Prior to this date the CM/ECF filing system will be unavailable on the following dates:
Friday 2/5/2010, starting at 7:00pm EST to Monday 2/8/2010, at 8:00am EST for the upgrade process.
Below are a few highlights of the new features within ECF Version 4.0. Docket Report - Will allow the user to run a combined docket report of criminal defendants in a multi-defendant case. Query - The query screen has been modified to allow for more refined searching. Redaction Message (Previously added in an earlier version) - Text added to remind user of the need to redact certain information. Adding Documents and Attachments - The process of adding a main document and attachments during docketing has been streamlined to one screen. Document and Attachment Numbering - The main document was modified to include the main document number, and the attachments are numbered beginning with 1. Also, the file size and the total size of all documents for an entry are displayed on the document selection screen. General Announcement Emails - You may opt out not to receive general announcement emails from the court. However, the court can force the email announcement if it believes the information is vital. New Docketing Interface - The new user interface permits the use to see all case participants during the process of selecting parties and attorneys. If a new participant is added during the docketing process, then icon controls will be available for the new participant only. Parties that are added to civil cases during docketing will have control icons to add aliases or corporate parents, etc., for that party. Processing a Large Civil Case - When a civil case has a large number of participants, e.g., over 100, the participants are sorted in alphabetical order by last name and are grouped into chapters. Each chapter of 10 is displayed in the participant tree as a hyperlink. If the user clicks a chapter hyperlink, the participants in the chapter are listed in the tree. Email Information Screen - The email screen in Mainain Your Email has been modified to provide more streamlined functionality. I would like to encourage all users and staff to test the above features in our training database https://ecf-train.kywd.uscourts.gov, and to watch the below demonstration prior to 2/8/2010. To login to our Training environment simply choose an id (train1 through train20). The password will be the same as the login. As an example, login with ID train10 and with the password, train10. While filing you will need to use one of these following case numbers:
Please direct all ECF questions to our helpdesk at 1-866-822-8305.
Thank you,
New Features for ECF Version 4.0 DEMO: CM/ECF 4.0 - Filing Documents and Attachments Flash Required |
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