Important Dates:
Linking for Bankruptcy Court will be available March 8, 2021
Linking for District Court will be available March 15, 2021
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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.
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Public filers must wait until the court is live on NextGen before they can link accounts.
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CM/ECF login and password is required to complete the linking process.
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Traditional CM/ECF account logins are still required for non-NextGen courts.
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Until all courts are live on NextGen, filers who practice in multiple courts may have to use multiple logins.
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Log in name for CM/ECF cannot be the same login name for PACER.
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Example: John Smith and John P Smith will link. John Smith and John Smith will not link.
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Once linked the old login and password will never be needed again.