Summit County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Written deposition transcript

Attorneys must electronically file written deposition transcripts intended for use in a trial, hearing, or motion, and omit or redact personal information before filing.

All written deposition transcripts that are to be used in trial or hearing or in support of any motion, including attachments and/or exhibits, shall be electronically filed by the attorney of record through the Clerk’s electronic filing system. Pursuant to Sup. R. 45(D), the attorney of record shall omit or redact all personal and private information from the written deposition transcript prior to filing the deposition.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Pleadings and other papers

Pleadings and papers in general civil and criminal cases must be filed electronically via the Internet; electronic filing is permitted in other civil cases.

Except as provided in this rule, in conformity with Ohio Revised Code, Civ.R. 5(E) and Crim.R. 12(B), pleadings and other papers in all general civil cases and criminal cases shall be filed with the Clerk of Courts electronically via the Internet. Pleadings and other papers in other civil cases may be filed with the Clerk of Courts electronically via the Internet.

CRITICAL

Declared vexatious litigators may not e-file and may file on paper only after obtaining the assigned judge's permission.

Individuals who have been declared vexatious litigators, as defined below, will not be permitted to file documents electronically. The e-filing System will not provide an individual who has been declared a vexatious litigator with a user id and password to access the system. A vexatious litigator may only file in paper format, provided he/she has first obtained permission from the assigned Judge to file in that case. The Clerk's office will accept the filings from the vexatious litigators in paper format, as needed.

WARNING

Self-represented parties who are not registered e-filing users may file on paper in person or by U.S. Mail.

Pro se parties who are not registered users of the Court’s eFile system may file documents in paper form with the Clerk in person or by U.S. Mail.

WARNING

The praecipe for transcript must also be filed with the Clerk.

Said praecipe shall be filed with the Clerk.

WARNING

Applies to

Exhibits attachments or other documents

Exhibits, attachments, and other materials that cannot be comprehensibly viewed as PDFs must be filed physically with the Clerk.

Exhibits, attachments, or other documents that may not be comprehensibly viewed in a .pdf shall be filed in their physical form with the Clerk.

INFO

Applies to

Pleadings and other papers

In other civil cases, parties may file pleadings and other papers with the Clerk of Courts electronically via the Internet.

Pleadings and other papers in other civil cases may be filed with the Clerk of Courts electronically via the Internet.