ECF Certification Instructions

To file court documents electronically with the U.S. Courts - District of Idaho, you will need to complete the following steps;

Step 1. Register for a PACER account at the PACER Service Center to establish billing information. NOTE: If you only need to query court case documents you can stop here. Your PACER account will provide you access to the Court's database for accessing records.

Step 2. Click here to register for a Court Electronic Case Filing (ECF) account. (You must be registered for your ECF account before you sign up for a class or complete the on-line certification test)

Step 3. Review the following documents;

a. Electronic Case Filing Overview
b. Electronic Case Filing Procedures
c. Local Bankruptcy Rule 5003.1 and/or Local District Rule 5.1
d. General Order #187 - Provisions Relating to Electronic Case Filing.

Step 4. Select ONE of the following training options;

NOTE: If you indicated on the registration form completed in Step 2 that you are an existing filer with another district court and have completed their training requirements, you will not be required to complete training requirements for this district. You are required to review the local rules, procedures and general order identified in Step 3

Option 1. Attend a court sponsored hands-ontraining class.

View Class Schedules and sign up for class on-line here. NOTE: Your official ECF login and password will be provided at the class.

Option 2. Complete an on-line test.

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the appropriate on-line tutorial.

Bankruptcy Court ECF Tutorial
District Court ECF Tutorial

The test is a 25-question multiple-choice test taken from the required reading documents and on-line tutorials.
The test will be graded after submission and the results immediately displayed to you. The attorney's official court ECF login and password will be emailed upon successful completion of the test. If you do not pass the test you can re-take it at any time.

Bankruptcy Court ECF Test
District Court ECF Test

ECF Filing 'Hands On' Practice

If you would like to test your newly acquired skills, or you would like to try out a new feature, you are encouraged to login to our training database to practice. These login/passwords will provide access to either the Bankruptcy or District training databases.

Logins:  atty1         atty4             Password: train           
             atty2          atty5   
             atty3          atty6                 

Bankruptcy ECF Training Database       Training Cases:   BK 06-20001 or 06-10
                                                                                            Adv  04-6069 or 04-7010
District ECF Training Database             Training Cases:    CV 05-1004 or 07-19
                                                                                             CR 06-10001 or 06-106

Contact Information

Registration/Account Questions:

Maria Richardson
Email: maria_richardson@id.uscourts.gov
Phone: 208-334-9342

CM/ECF Training Certification

Suzi Butler, Training Specialist
Email: suzi_butler@id.uscourts.gov
Phone: 208-334-9208

 

ECF Home

Overview

Reference Materials