Electronic Filing in Massachusetts

[bridie43]

Hi,

I'm very confused. I have all of my paperwork organized and planned on printing out the forms today and filling them in. Then I went to the US Bankruptcy site and started reading the Massachusetts rules and it appears that after Dec 1, 2009 everyone has to file electronically. That's fine but when I went to see how it looks like only lawyers can do this.

Do I have this right? After all this work I now have to end up hiring a lawyer to file the paperwork electronically? I'm getting this information from http://www.mab.uscourts.gov/pdfdocuments/LR_12-09.pdf

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated since time is of the essence. I got a court order to appear mid December for a Capital One card that I had. It's small claims court and I need to file before that court date so that I can be free of this mess.


Thanks so much!

[aljohnson007]

Call the Clerk and ask. I did and found out that you only need to bring one copy of your filing plus the mailing matrix on CD. I believe all districts now require attorneys to file electronically but it doesn't apply to pro se filers.

[bridie43]

Ok I'm a spaceshot I guess. I just answered my own questions. In appendix 8, rule 1 states that if you are filing pro se you can file by paper. Thanks hopefully someone else will benefit from this

[bridie43]

Call the Clerk and ask. I did and found out that you only need to bring one copy of your filing plus the mailing matrix on CD. I believe all districts now require attorneys to file electronically but it doesn't apply to pro se filers.

Thanks! Yes it looks like the matrix definitely needs to be electronic.