CM/ECF info page for the US Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Kentucky

Beginning Monday, March 10, 2008, our Court will implement the Reduced Paper Module (RPM) within CM/ECF. This feature will eliminate the mailing of paper notices through the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC) to registered CM/ECF e-mail recipients. This eliminates the need for registered users to sort through duplicate paper and electronic notices. Under RPM, debtors, creditors, and other parties not registered as CM/ECF users continue to receive paper notices through the BNC.

As previously mentioned in our Summer 2007 Newsletter, it is up to the attorney to ensure that they receive e-mail notices in a timely manner. An attorney can run the “Activity in My Cases” Report to verify what e-mails they should have received. The Clerk’s office cannot re-send any lost e-mails. However, the Clerk’s office will make every effort to ensure that e-mail delivery failures due to isolated circumstances beyond the recipient’s control are delivered when the problem is identified.

CM/ECF Release 3.1.6 was installed November 25, 2007. See
http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/documents/cmecf/relnotes/bankruptcy_3.16.pdf
for a summary of changes. All attorneys using Case Upload should check with your petition preparation software vendor immediately for the latest updates to ensure compatibility with CM/ECF Release 3.1.6. Without these updates, your Case Upload files may be rejected with CM/ECF Release 3.1.6.

At its September 2007 meeting, the Judicial Conference approved proposed amendments to Bankruptcy Official Forms 1, 3A, 3B, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 16A, 18, 19, 21, 23, and 24. The amendments will be effective on December 1, 2007. Copies of the amended forms are available at http://www.uscourts.gov/bankform/index.html#amendbk

NOTE: Beginning January 2008 hearing dates will be:
LONDON: First Wednesday after the 3rd Tuesday
LEXINGTON / FRANKFORT: First Thursday after the 3rd Tuesday.
No other divisions are affected, and hearing times remain the same.

Beginning in June 2007 all Frankfort motion day hearings will be heard at Lexington (2nd floor courtroom) beginning at 10:00 a.m. See Standing Order effective June 1. Full calendar.

+CM is NOT Vista-ready

Microsoft has released a new version of its windows software called Vista. Since it is such a major change to previous Windows versions there may be compatibility issues that need to be resolved. Compatibility with CM/ECF has NOT been thoroughly tested and therefore we cannot support your use of it at this time. Also note that much of the software on your current computers may not run either. One notable item is your petition preparation software. Thorough testing on non-production machines is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.

+Announcing Changes to On-Line Payment System

ATTENTION all users of the on-line payment system (Pay.Gov). If you use a credit card to pay filing fees to the Court through CM/ECF, please read the following important information. Effective Thursday, February 1, 2007, Pay.Gov will be updating their software. In addition to requiring users to insert their credit card account number, type of card and expiration date, the new software will prompt payers to provide their "security code". [The security code is usually a 3-digit numerical code located on the reverse side of your credit card, following your account number.] The population of the security code field is mandatory as of February 1, 2007. Please notify the appropriate personnel on your staff of this change.

+Browser Issues

Please note that CM Version 3.1 is designed to work with Netscape 7.2 and Internet Explorer 6, and may not function correctly with other versions of these browsers. (Pay.gov, the agency that processes credit card payments for the Judiciary, requires the use of Internet Explorer.) For those users who prefer to use Netscape to file documents in CM/ECF, you will need to choose the “Continue Filing / Pay Later” option for any accrued fees. Within 24 hours of accumulating the fee, the filer, or their designee, will need to login to CM/ECF using Internet Explorer (IE) to pay the required fee by selecting the Utilities Menu and choosing the Internet Payments Due option.