ELECTRONIC FILING REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION FORM
You must be either a member of the Fourth Circuit bar or a pro se litigant with a case pending in the Fourth Circuit to be approved as a Fourth Circuit ECF filer. In addition, you must complete the Court's on-line Policies and Procedures Training and correctly answer 8 of the 10 review questions below. You may consult outside resources and complete this form multiple times as needed. Review all possible answers before making a selection since some questions have multiple correct answers, requiring selection of (d) (combining (a), (b), and (c)).
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1. Your login and password
	a. Serve as your signature for all purposes in connection with proceedings before the Court.
	b. May be used by authorized agents, as you designate.
	c. Should be safeguarded from unauthorized use.
	d. All of the above
2. What documents are submitted to the Court in paper rather than electronic form?
	a. Appendices.
	b. CJA and assigned counsel vouchers.
	c. Petitions for permission to appeal.
	d. All of the above.
3. Sealed documents are
	a. Filed without a certificate of confidentiality or motion to seal.
	b. Filed in paper form only
	c. Filed via email.
	d. Filed via ECF using the SEALED BRIEF or SEALED DOCUMENT event. A certificate of confidentiality or motion to seal must be filed separately. The sealed document must be marked “SEALED” and placed in an envelope with a copy of the certificate of confidentiality or motion to seal and served conventionally on all parties to the appeal.
4. An electronic document is deemed filed
	a. When the Court approves the filing.
	b. When the filing user begins the entry.
	c. When all non-filing users receive their copies via U.S. mail.
	d. At the date and time stated in the Notice of Docket Activity (NDA).
5. If you attach the wrong document and realize your mistake BEFORE committing the transaction, you should
	a. Abort the transaction and start the filing process again OR use the back button to return to the previous screen, remove the incorrect file and upload the correct document.
	b. Commit the transaction and call the clerk's office to inform them of the mistake
	c. Commit the transaction and make a second entry with correct document attached
	d. None of the above.
6. If you attach the wrong document and realize the mistake AFTER you commit the transaction, you should
	a. Use the back button to return to the previous screen
	b. Contact the clerk’s office and inform them of the mistake.
	c. Abort the entry and start over.
	d. Remove the incorrect file and upload the correct document.
7. Electronically filed documents may contain hyperlinks
	a. To documents filed in the lower court that are part of the record on appeal.
	b. To statutes, rules, regulations, and opinions.
	c. In addition to standard citations.
	d. All of the above.
8. If you need to file a brief with a motion for extension of filing time (file out of time), you must
	a. File the motion with the event MOTION FILED and the relief EXTEND FILING TIME.
	b. File the brief with the event BRIEF FILED.
	c. File the motion and brief together in paper form only.
	d. a and b.
9. In immigration and social security cases
	a. Remote public access to all case documents is available via PACER.
	b. Remote public access is limited to Court orders and opinions.
	c. Remote electronic access to all other case documents is available only to parties and attorneys participating in the case who are registered filing users.
	d. b and c.
10. Personal data identifiers
	a. Must be included with each ECF filing.
	b. Will be redacted by the clerk’s office.
	c. Must be redacted in whole or part by filers prior to electronic filing.
	d. None of the above.
I consent to electronic service of case filings through CM/ECF. I acknowledge that my Appellate ECF Filer login and password constitute my signature on all documents filed using that login and password. I agree to protect the security of my login and password and to contact the PACER Service Center and the clerk immediately if I learn that my password has been compromised.
	I consent