The District Court of the Virgin Islands has implemented the Federal Judiciary's Case Management and Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system for Civil Cases.
Civil CM/ECF is live as of June 18, 2007 and Criminal CM/ECF is live as of December 14, 2007.
Criminal and Civil cases should be viewed at the courts CM/ECF website at https://ecf.vid.uscourts.gov .
To view case information on the the new District Court Civil CM/ECF website, you must be registered with the PACER Service Center.
To file on-line you must be registered with the District Court of the Virgin Islands (see registration form.)
To see available training materials please go to the ECF Training Area.
DC CM/ECF User Manual - revised 5/12/08, PDF (2.5MB)
DC ECF Events Listing.
Electronic Availability of Transcripts of Court Proceedings.
- Judicial Conference Policy with Regard to the Electronic Availability of Transcripts of Court Proceedings (PDF)
- New Transcript Policy, Revised 5/31/08 (PDF)
- Transcript Redaction Request - Sample Form (PDF)
- Notice Of Intent To Request Redaction - Sample Form (PDF)
DC CM/ECF 10 Most Common Docketing Errors See PDF
DC CM/ECF and Sealed Items.
In CM/ECF, courts can seal a criminal defendant, a docket entry, or a document. Sealed items can be viewed only by certain users. The attachment, CM/ECF Sealed Functionality in Criminal Cases is designed to help Filing Users understand the operation of sealed documents and sealed cases in our ECF system.
LINKS TO CM/ECF
DC CM/ECF Civil/Criminal Live Application (https://ecf.vid.uscourts.gov)
DC CM/ECF Civil/Criminal Training Application (https://ecf-train.vid.uscourts.gov)
Date |
Notice |
| 12/13/07 | ORDER that, effective December 14, 2007, all criminal cases are assigned to the Electronic Filing System; and that Local Rule of Civil Procedure 5.4 shall apply to all criminal matters. See Order (PDF) |
| 12/10/07 | Memo from the Clerk regarding Criminal CM/ECF (Case Management/Electronic Case Filing) Conversion - District Court. See Memo |
| 11/20/07 | Memo from the Clerk regarding District Court Criminal CM/ECF Conversion. See Memo (PDF) |
| 7/16/07 | ECF Polices of Judge Raymond Finch. See Memorandum (PDF) |
| 6/18/07 | Attorney Civil Events List (PDF) |
| 5/16/07 | Memo from the Clerk on CM/ECF (Case Management / Electronic Case Filing) Registration for District Court. See PDF |
| 5/15/07 | DC CM/ECF Update See PDF |
See the U.S Courts CM/ECF website for more information on CM/ECF