Linking

Important Dates:

Linking for Bankruptcy Court will be available March 8, 2021

Linking for District Court will be available March 15, 2021

  • After upgrading a PACER accounts, public filers must link their upgraded PACER accounts to their CurrentGen CM/ECF account the first time they access the NextGen court.
  • Public filers must wait until the court is live on NextGen before they can link accounts.
  • CM/ECF login and password is required to complete the linking process.
  • Traditional CM/ECF account logins are still required for non-NextGen courts.
  • Until all courts are live on NextGen, filers who practice in multiple courts may have to use multiple logins.
  • Log in name for CM/ECF cannot be the same login name for PACER.
    • Example:  John Smith and John P Smith will link. John Smith and John Smith will not link.
  • Once linked the old login and password will never be needed again.