San Francisco E-Order Procedure

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E-ORDERS PROCEDURES

Proposed orders will be accepted prior to hearings via the E-Order Program. When uploading an order in advance of a hearing, counsel should indicate the date of the future hearing.

A. Counsel submitting orders do not need to include any form of transmittal letter. A certificate of service of proposed orders in accordance with B.L.R. 9021-1 should be docketed separately. The certificate of service must be docketed in CM/ECF (Bankruptcy/Other/Certificate of Service/add to text “regarding proposed order,” and reference the original motion, complaint, objection, plan or other document to which the order relates) before the Order is uploaded. When the proposed order is uploaded in CM/ECF (Bankruptcy/Order Upload), it is important to reference the appropriate motion entry.

B. When counsel believe it is necessary to advise the court by letter about a matter pertaining to a submitted order (e.g., that opposing counsel has agreed to the form; that opposing counsel has disagreed as to the form and will submit an alternate form, etc.), that may be accomplished in one of two ways:

Counsel may docket as a separate document, the letter with certificate of service in CM/ECF
(Bankruptcy/Other/Document: include in the text “ Letter to Court regarding proposed order with certificate of service, etc.). The letter will become and remain a permanent part of the record in the case.
As an alternative, counsel may send the letter in PDF format as an attachment to an e-mail sent to the assigned judge’s e-order mailbox:
Carlson_Orders@canb.uscourts.gov
Montali_Orders@canb.uscourts.gov

C. Occasionally counsel desire expedited handling of orders in the case of bona-fide emergencies (e.g. sale of property; issuance of a temporary restraining order, etc.). When such an order has been uploaded into the ECF system, counsel may notify chambers, by telephone or via an e-mail to the assigned judge’s e-order mailbox, informing the assigned judge that the order has been uploaded. Do not send the uploaded order itself to the e-order mailbox and do not abuse this privilege.

The Subject line of the e-mail must begin with “SF Case (No. xx-xxxxx)” or “SF A.P. (No. xx-xxxx)”

D. Counsel may receive an e-mail referencing a “Defective Order,” with a message describing a deficiency regarding an uploaded order. When the deficiency has been corrected and a replacement order uploaded into the ECF system, a Reply with History e-mail must be sent to the assigned judge’s e-order mailbox, noting how the deficiency has been corrected.

The word “Defective” must appear in the Subject line of the reply e-mail.