Emergency Filing Procedures When the Electronic Case Filing
System is Not Available
To adequately serve the needs of the members of the bar and
provide a means for filing documents when the Electronic Case
Filing (ECF) System is inaccessible due to court technical
difficulties, the Clerk's Office of the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for
the Southern District of Mississippi has instituted emergency
filing procedures for its divisions as outlined below:
During Regular Business Hours
The registered user shall contact the appropriate location of
the Bankruptcy Clerk's office by telephone and speak with a
supervisor or in the supervisor's absence, the case administrator
assigned to the case.
Jackson 601-608-4600
Gulfport 228-563-1790
The registered user should state why an immediate filing is
necessary. Suitable arrangements will be made for the Clerk's
Office to accept the filing. Such a filing is effective upon
receipt and will be electronically entered and docketed when ECF is
accessible unless otherwise ordered by the Court.
After the Close of Business
If a registered user cannot access ECF to effect a filing and
the filing is time sensitive and will be made untimely as a result
of a technological failure of ECF, the registered user should
call
601-608-4603
The supervisory staff member assigned to monitor the emergency
phone line will make arrangements with the registered user to
accept the filing. Such a filing is effective upon receipt by the
assigned supervisory staff and will be electronically entered and
docketed when ECF is accessible unless otherwise ordered by the
Court. If the Court determines that the failure to electronically
file was caused by an error of the registered user, or a misuse or
abuse of the emergency filing procedures, the Court may strike the
document and issue sanctions, which may include additional
mandatory training.
