GENERAL

INFO.

The legal mind thinks of an attachment as any supporting document(s) stapled or attached to the back of the main pleading.  These types of legal attachments will be referred to in this documentation as “supporting documentation”.

Although CM/ECF is a national software package, the “attachment” feature may be used differently depending upon the court in which you are filing.  Some courts use the “attachment” feature to attach legal “supporting documentation”.  Other courts use the “attachment” feature in a technical manner similar to attaching a computer file to your e-mail.  In the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, we will use the CM/ECF “attachment” feature in a technical manner like a computer file attachment.

As a creditor, you will use the “attachment” feature in only one situation -   when the Proof of Claim together with any supporting documentation is more than 50 pages in length or larger than 4 Mb in size.

All attached documents are referenced in the docket text separately.  The .pdf images of all attachments will be accessible by separate hyperlinks accessed through the document number in the “Notice of Electronic Filing”.  They will also be accessible from a docket report through separate attachment number hyperlinks within the docket text.

STEP 1

First complete the steps for browsing for and selecting the correct .pdf image of the document you are filing.   In our example, this would be a Proof of Claim. 

After browsing for and selecting the .pdf image of the first 50 pages of the Proof of Claim, click in the “Attachments”, “Yes”, radio button to change the selection from “No” to “Yes”.

STEP 2

Click the  button.

STEP 3

The “Select one or more attachments” screen displays next.  Now you will need to browse for and attach the .pdf image of the rest of your Proof of Claim (or at least the next 50 pages).  See separate instructions for “Browsing For and Selecting the Correct PDF Document”.

Use the  button next to the  “Type” field to choose “Continuation of Main Document” once the information about the .pdf image is in the “Filename” field.

Next type any further description that you wish to appear in docket text in the “Description” field.  Since the words “Continuation of Main Document” will already appear in docket text, just type any further descriptive text.  In our example, we typed “Documentation Supporting Claim” (don’t add quote marks).

Your screen should look similar to the above example (the “Description” will vary depending upon what you are attaching).

STEP 4

There is one more step required before going on to the next screen. 

Click the  button to insert the information regarding the attachment into the “Add to List” box.  The previous example shows the “list box” when empty.  The example below shows the “list box” when information has been added to the box.

NOTE:  You must click on the  button with your mouse.  If you attempt to “Tab” down to this button, the button will disappear. 

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If the only thing being attached is one attachment, the user would move on to Step 5 next. 

If more attachments are being added because the original pleading is larger than 100 pages, it is possible to add multiple attachments at this time by returning to the top of the “Select one or more attachments” screen and repeating the process set out in Step 3 and Step 4.  This process can be repeated as many times as necessary to include all attachments.  For example, if your Proof of Claim with supporting documentation were 200 pages long, it would be necessary to break the pleading into 4 .pdf images.  The first 50 pages would be the  “main document” .pdf image.  The other 3.pdf images would be added as 3 attachments.

STEP 5

Scroll down and click the  button, since, in this example, we are only adding one attachment.

Continue through any further screens necessary to complete your filing.