Attorney Resources -- Case Management

CM/ECF Resources

Email: ksd_cmecf_helpdesk@ksd.uscourts.gov

To register & create account:  Attorney, Pro Se

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Administrative Procedures:  Civil,  Criminal

User’s Guide

Online Tutorial: Learn to file or brush up on your skills.

Online Training: Practice filing in this simulated database (login and password required)

Quick Tips

• Filing Sealed Documents: Civil, Criminal
• Creating a Security Envelope
• Creating a Password-Protected Document

ADR/Mediation

Local Rule 16.3 governs mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution in this district

Hyperlinking

CM/ECF now permits documents to include hyperlinks with cross-document references and legal citations.

Documents that include hyperlinks must also include a standard citation to the hyperlinked material. The hyperlink is a convenience for accessing authority, not a citation replacement.

The CM/ECF application will not verify the validity of URLs included as hyperlinks within documents filed in CM/ECF. To preserve the record, counsel are directed to include “screen shots” or other evidence of the URL as it existed at the time of its use.

Hyperlink functionality has been tested and works properly with Microsoft Word 2002 or higher. Hyperlinks added to documents created in other word processing programs may not function properly once the documents are converted to PDF format.The judiciary does not endorse a particular web site or commercial legal research source. The court does not exercise any responsibility over the content at its destination.

Hyperlinking Instruction guides: West BriefTools (Westlaw), Shepard’s Brief Suite (Lexis/Nexis)

Instruction Guide for Cross-Document References

Westlaw and LexisNexis offer free programs that you can download to quickly and easily add hyperlinks to any citations : Westlaw BriefTools and LexisNexis Shepard’s Brief Suite.

The Clerk’s office appreciates your feedback about hyperlinking.  Email us at ksd_mdl_feedback@ksd.uscourts.gov.