U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filing

Prisoners at participating facilities must use the electronic filing program for civil filings and court correspondence.

“All prisoners at participating facilities are required to use the E-Filing Program to file documents with the Court and to send any correspondence”

Filing

Self-represented litigants submitting electronically must use the court web portal and upload PDF documents.

“Documents must be submitted through the Court's Electronic Document Submission website”

Filing

The court disregards emailed filings to its insd.uscourts.gov addresses.

“Any emailed filings sent to any @insd.uscourts.gov email address will be disregarded.”

Filing

The clerk rejects filings contaminated or reasonably believed contaminated with bodily fluid or other biohazard.

“Court staff will reject materials of any kind that are submitted for filing but which are or are reasonably believed to be contaminated”

Sealing

Serve sealed documents separately because CM/ECF service does not complete service.

“service cannot be accomplished through CM/ECF. Instead, parties will serve sealed documents conventionally”

Sealing

File two paper copies of a presumed highly sensitive document with the clerk and include a certificate of service.

“A party filing an HSD that is presumed highly sensitive must submit two (2) paper copies of the HSD to the clerk's office, along with the certificate of service”