You must FIRST file a Notice of Change of Address and Contact Information in ALL open cases pursuant to Local Rule 11.1(g) and CM/ECF Administrative Procedures 3D, compliance which is mandated pursuant to SDFL LR 5.1. After filing the necessary documents, the attorney must then return to PACER and submit their changes. Even if your information is correct in PACER, you must still submit a change request in PACER and select the Southern District of Florida to ensure your information is updated with our Court. Changes to address and noticing information will NOT be processed unless the proper documents have been filed in ALL of the attorneys open cases first. Please note that filing a new case, filing a notice of appearance, or filing documents with your current contact information is not a mechanism for updating the information on file with the Clerk of Court.
If an attorney is no longer representing a party and/or the attorney is not terminated from a case, the attorney must FIRST file the necessary document in the case pursuant to Local Rule 11.1(d)(3). After filing the necessary document, the attorney must then return to PACER and submit their address and contact information change. Changes to address and contact information will NOT be processed unless the proper documents have been filed in ALL of the attorney’s open cases first.
Changes to your contact information, primary email address and name must be updated through your PACER account after the proper documents have been filed in all open cases. Updates to secondary email addresses must be made in CM/ECF NextGen.
For assistance with your PACER login, please contact PACER at 800-676-6856.
Pursuant to Local Rule 11.1(g) Responsibility to Maintain Current Contact Information: Each member of the Bar of the Southern District, any attorney appearing pro hac vice, and any party appearing pro se shall maintain current contact information with the Clerk of Court. Each attorney shall update contact information including e-mail address within seven (7) days of a change. The failure to comply shall not constitute grounds for relief from deadlines imposed by Rule or by the Court. All Court Orders and Notices will be deemed to be appropriately served if directed either electronically or by conventional mail consistent with information on file with the Clerk of Court.
Attorneys appearing pro hac vice must file a notice of change of mailing address or contact information through their local counsel, in each pending case, whenever such a change occurs (Administrative Order 2005-38).
If court notices sent via U.S. mail are returned as undeliverable TWICE in a case, notices will no longer be sent to that party until a current mailing address is provided.
To Update Your Contact Information:
- You must FIRST file a Notice of Change of Address and Contact Information in ALL open cases pursuant to Local Rule 11.1(g). If an attorney is no longer representing a party and/or the attorney is not terminated from a case, the attorney must file the necessary document in the case pursuant to Local Rule 11.1(d)(3).
- Go to Pacer.gov and log in to your PACER account.
Click Manage My Account at the top of the screen. - Click Maintenance tab
- Click Update Address Information
- Enter Reason for Update
- Apply update to (select one):
- All Cases (see Note below); Closed Cases; Open Cases; None
- We recommend that you do not select the option to apply update to All Cases if you are changing law firm/agency and have previously represented a party in a case or your representation has been terminated in a case. By selecting All Cases, your prior firm/agency information will be changed in open, closed and terminated cases.
- Apply updates to Selected Courts:
- PACER Billing; select appropriate Court(s)
- Click Submit
NOTE: if you select the option to update All Cases in PACER, your contact information will be updated in both open and closed cases, as well as cases in which you have been terminated. This means your prior law firm or government agency association in all cases (open, closed and terminated) will be updated to your new law firm/agency information. If you do not want your change to apply to closed cases, or cases in which you have been terminated, you must select the option to update ONLY the cases you want updated. We recommend that you do not select the option to update All Cases if you are changing law firm or agency and have previously represented a party in a case or have been terminated from a case.
Go to www.flsd.uscourts.gov
- Click on CM/ECF Login link
- Enter PACER username and password; acknowledge redaction agreement
- Click Continue
To Update Your Primary Email Address:
- You must FIRST file a Notice of Change of Contact Information in ALL open cases pursuant to Local Rule 11.1(g). If an attorney is no longer representing a party and/or the attorney is not terminated from a case, the attorney must file the necessary document in the case pursuant to Local Rule 11.1(d)(3).
- Go to Pacer.gov and log in to your PACER account.
Click Manage My Account at the top of the screen. - Click Maintenance tab
- Click Update E-Filer Email Noticing and Frequency
- Complete
- Apply updates to Selected Courts
- Submit
To Add, Update or Remove A Secondary Email Address:
- Click on CM/ECF Login link
- Enter PACER username and password; acknowledge redaction agreement
- Click Continue
- Click Utilities
- Click Maintain Your Account
- Click Email Information
To add secondary email address:
- Click Add new email address
- Type the email address in the configuration options field.
- Choose any case-specific options
- Click Return to Person Information Screen
- Click Submit
To update secondary email address:
- Click on the email address you want to update
- Type the new email address in the configuration options field.
- Choose any case-specific options
- Return to Person Information Screen
- Click Submit
To remove secondary email address:
- Click on the email address you want to remove
- Delete the email address in box under configurations options (right side of screen)
- Click Return to Person Information Screen
- Click Submit