The United States District Court, District of Colorado welcomes you to electronic case filing. Electronic case filing has two components, an electronic document filing component known as Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF), and an electronic document viewing component known as Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER). Both components may be accessed from the same login screen. Using CM/ECF for electronic filing has been mandatory in our court for civil cases since June 20, 2005 and for criminal cases since December 5, 2005. CM/ECF allows registered users to file electronically and receive email notice of filed documents. With exceptions for periodic maintenance, CM/ECF is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. PACER allows registered users access to case and docket information online from federal appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts.
To view electronic documents, a user must register and receive a login from the PACER Service Center. To file documents electronically using CM/ECF, a registered PACER user must also register with the court as a CM/ECF user. A PACER user does not have to register as an CM/ECF user to take advantage of conveniently viewing documents electronically, but will not be able to electronically file with a PACER login.
Please note that the District of Colorado's U.S. District Court and U.S. Bankruptcy Court require separate CM/ECF logins. A CM/ECF login and password for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court will not work in the U.S. District Court.
Log in page to File Documents Electronically
Archived CM/ECF Electronic Documents