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Next Generation CM/ECF (“NextGen”) is Coming - Action Required!

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Important Notice from the U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico

--Action is Required--

The U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico will be upgrading its CM/ECF software to the Next Generation of CM/ECF (“NextGen”) and anticipates going live on April 20, 2020. This requires filers to take the following steps to prepare for NextGen in order to continue to electronically file:

  1. FILERS WILL NEED TO OBTAIN THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL UPGRADED PACER ACCOUNTS.
    • PACER Accounts created after August 11, 2014, are already upgraded accounts.
    • Each filer must have a unique individual PACER account. To obtain a new PACER account or upgrade an existing PACER account, please visit www.pacer.gov (select ‘Register’ to obtain a new PACER account; select ‘Manage My Account’ to upgrade an existing account).
    • SHARED PACER ACCOUNTS WILL NOT WORK WITH NEXTGEN.;
  2. FILERS WILL NEED TO KNOW THEIR CURRENT CM/ECF LOGIN AND PASSWORD.  
    • ​​​​​​​If you do not know your password, please use the password reset feature from the CM/ECF login page (click here to begin).

For more information, please visit www.pacer.gov/nextgen and our NextGen Information Page

Any questions may be emailed to the NMD CM/ECF Helpdesk at cmecf@nmd.uscourts.gov.