For e-filing assistance, please call our Help Desk at 312-582-8727 or 312-435-5671.
Our help desk staff can assist you if you have lost your e-filing account login or password, or need assistance using CM/ECF to file a document.
If you do not remember your login name and/or password to your personal CM/ECF account, you can email: ECF_Passwordresets_ILND@ILND.USCOURTS.GOV. Please provide your ARDC number as confirmation of your identity. The email must come from the attorney only.
Click here for instructions on filing online as a pro se (self-represented) litigant.
More E-Filing Resources
- Filing Sealed Documents in Civil Cases
- Filing Sealed Documents in Criminal Cases
- Filing L.R. 3.2 Notification of Affiliates
- Submitting Digital Media Exhibits
CM/ECF NextGen
The Northern District of Illinois has implemented the Federal Judiciary's Next Generation (NextGen) Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system. It is critically important that each NextGen user must have their own individual PACER account. Specifically, this means that a firm with one shared PACER login account must register each user with their own unique individual PACER account and password. If you currently share a PACER login within your firm, you must register for your own PACER login. To register for your own PACER account, visit this website.
If you have a PACER account that was created prior to August 2014 (Legacy PACER Account) and have not been upgraded (PACER id is only 6 characters long), you must upgrade your legacy PACER account. Please click here for instructions to upgrade your PACER account.
If you need assistance with your PACER account, you can contact the PACER service center at 1-800-676-6856 (8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central Standard Time), Monday-Friday or email: pacer@psc.uscourts.gov.