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Failure to Whitelist Court NEF EMails Not Justified

By David Nuffer

A judge in Colorado has sanctioned lawyers for failure to appear at a settlement conference. Their excuse was that they did not receive notice through CM/ECF -- but that was because their IT staff failed to whitelist the email domain from which Notices of Electronic Filing are sent. The judge held that this was not "substantially justified" and imposed attorney's fee and expense sanctions.
This event was described in a Computerworld article. As one blogger says, "The business process of the law firm was not understood by the admin." The essential facts are contained in the judge's order to show cause in Pace v. United Servs. Auto Ass'n, Case No. 05-cv-01562-LTB-MJW, D. Co., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49425, dated July 9, 2007. That case cite is from a blog account of the event, where the judge's order is posted.

Full post as published by Utah District Court Blog on July 30, 2007 (boomark / email).