4.2 All electronically filed documents must be in PDF form and must conform to all technical and format requirements established by the Court and, if any, the Judicial Conference of the United States. Whenever possible, documents must be in Text-Searchable PDF and not created by scanning.
4.3 The maximum size of a document that may be filed electronically is 50 MB (megabytes). If a document exceeds 50 MB, it must be filed in separate volumes, each not to exceed 50 MB.
4.4 The electronic filing of a Certificate of Interested Persons (CIP) in the ECF system does not relieve an ECF Filer who is an attorney of the requirement to also complete and keep updated the web-based CIP on the Court’s website. To complete the web-based CIP, counsel must obtain from the clerk an Eleventh Circuit EDF number that is independent of PACER and ECF passwords.
4.5 The following documents are exempted from the electronic filing requirement and are to be filed in paper format:
(2) A document filed under seal or requested to be filed under seal;
(3) A voucher and associated documents pertaining to a claim for reimbursement of expenses under Addendum Five; and
(4) Any documents pertaining to a request for authorization, a claim for compensation, or a claim for reimbursement of expenses under the Criminal Justice Act that are not otherwise appropriate for submission through the eVoucher system.
