U. S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ELECTRONIC CASE FILING APPLICATION
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. Attorneys who are not yet members of the Fourth Circuit bar may complete ECF registration. Once they are admitted to the bar, filing privileges will be added to their ECF account. In addition, you must demonstrate your grasp of the Court's ECF procedures by correctly answering 8 of the following 10 questions. Answers to most questions can be found in Local Rule 25(a) & 25(c). Detailed electronic filing instructions are available in the CM/ECF Attorney Manual, and our Attorney ECF On-line Training. You may consult outside resources and complete this form multiple times as needed.
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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 must be submitted to the Court in both paper and electronic form?
	a. Formal briefs.
	b. Formal appendices.
	c. Motions
	d. a and b.
3. Sealed briefs are filed by
	a. Using the ECF event - SEALED BRIEF to file a sealed electronic version of the brief with sealed material highlighted (with four paper copies and paper service).
	b. Using ECF event - BRIEF to file a public electronic version of the brief with sealed material redacted (with eight paper copies or six if court-appointed).
	c. Filing a certificate of confidentiality for the sealed version of the brief.
	d. All of the above.
4. Service of documents filed electronically is accomplished by
	a. Serving the document conventionally on case participants not registered for electronic service (as reflected in the Attorney Service Preference Report or the Notice of Docket Activity).
	b. Serving the document through CM/ECF on case participants registered for electronic service.
	c. Filing a certificate of service with the document that identifies participants served through CM/ECF and participants, addresses, and method of service for participants served conventionally.
	d. All of the above.
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. Recognize that you have passed the point of no return.
	b. Contact the clerk’s office and inform them of the mistake.
	c. Follow the clerk's office instructions.
	d. All of the above.
7. Electronically filed documents may contain hyperlinks
	a. To documents filed on appeal or as part of the record in the lower court.
	b. To statutes, rules, regulations, and opinions.
	c. To non-record reference material.
	d. a and b.
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