Ninth Circuit’s Case Filing System Used as Model for Judiciary

The federal judiciary’s administrative office is using the Ninth Circuit’s modernized case management system as a “model” and “testing ground” for its own project to update its own electronic filing program, the appeals court’s chief judge said.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the largest federal appeals court, is “actively engaged” with the Administrative Office of the US Courts in the office’s efforts to update its case filing system, known as CM/ECF, Chief Judge Mary Murguia said Monday at the appeals court’s conference in Sacramento.

She added that the appeals court is working to completely sunset the ...