Outage/Unavailability of CM/ECF

If CM/ECF is unable to accept filings due to an unscheduled outage that lasts for more than two hours during business hours or any time after 5pm, the Court will make the determination as to whether the outage will constitute a technical failure on the part of the Court. Notice of regularly scheduled system outages will be posted on the Court’s website. Users are responsible for monitoring the website to ensure awareness of regularly scheduled weekend downtime for maintenance and other scheduled outages. 

If the Court declares the CM/ECF filing system to be unavailable, the Clerk’s Office will post a Notice of CM/ECF System Outage/Unavailability on this website’s homepage and send an e-mail to registered users to alert users to the outage. The Clerk's Office will also post a Notice when access to CM/ECF has been restored.

Filing via E-mail

Filing via email will commence on the date and time stated in the Court’s Notice declaring the unavailability of the CM/ECF system and will end upon the Court’s Notice of the resolution of the system outage. Any documents sent to this email address outside of the time period identified in the Court's official Notices will not be considered filed by the Court.

During the time periods identified in the Court's official Notices of a CM/ECF System Outage/Unavailability only users that have previously registered may file their pleadings via email to the following address: filing@waed.uscourts.gov.
*Pursuant to General Order 2025-13, all non-public documents are to be filed in paper format at the clerk's offices of the Eastern District of Washington. 

PDF documents filed via email must conform to all current requirements as outlined in the Local Rules and ECF Administrative Procedures.

Documents filed via email will be considered filed upon the date of receipt by the Court. They will be docketed by court staff during business hours once the CM/ECF Outage/Unavailability has been resolved.