The United Stated Bankruptcy Court – Eastern District of Missouri has converted to CM/ECF NextGen. As such, parties must have an individual PACER account to electronically file documents in this Court. More information regarding access to CM/ECF NextGen for this Court can be obtained here.

Pro Hac Vice

You must be admitted to practice in the Bankruptcy Court to receive a CM/ECF login and password, to file documents. The Court's Motion for Pro Hac Vice can be found in the Forms section of the Court's web site, under any of the Chapters. The motion must be filed in the Bankruptcy Court. The cost to file this motion is $150.00. You may pay by phone via credit card by contacting the Financial Specialist (314) 244-4902 or by sending a check made payable to "Clerk, U.S. District Court" in the amount of $150.00.

Training

A PACER login and password are required to file and receive electronic notice through the CM/ECF System. Each registered participant is allowed one PACER login. Attorneys already filing electronically in any other federal Court may request a login and password through PACER to gain access to file documents in this Court. Attorneys who are not already filing electronically in any other federal Court must complete CM/ECF training and/or qualifying exercises before requesting a login and password through PACER.

A PACER CM/ECF on-line tutorial is available here.

In order to receive CM/ECF access to file documents electronically via PACER, you must read and acknowledge the appropriate user agreement for this Court. To view the Court's user agreements, click here.