Due to a nationwide technical issue on July 3, 2025, the Ninth Circuit's case management systems are unavailable. This effects both CM/ECF and ACMS. The Administrative Office of the Courts is actively working on the issue. For all emergency filings needed to be docketed under Ninth Circuit Rule 27-3: litigants may email the PDF to EFilerHelp@ca9.uscourts.gov and the court will manually file the document. For all non-emergency filings: litigants should check back after 3pm PDT today. If the case management systems are still unavailable after 3pm PDT on July 3, 2025, the court will sua sponte extend the deadlines for filings due today under Fed. R. App. P. 26(a)(3).

Proposed miscellaneous non-substantive revisions to Circuit Rules have been posted here and circulated for public comment. Any comments are due by August 15, 2025.

For anyone interested in receiving notices regarding activity in any Ninth Circuit case, please follow the instructions at this link.

How to File Documents: Click here for information about the different ways that unrepresented litigants can file documents with the court.

Contacting the Court. For questions about opening a new case in the court of appeals or general questions about the court, please email Questions@ca9.uscourts.gov. When filing an emergency motion, email Emergency@ca9.uscourts.gov. For questions about a pending motion, email Motions@ca9.uscourts.gov. Court staff will respond during business hours, from 8:30am to 5:00pm. Please include your case number in all emails. For more information, see https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/staff-attorneys/motions/.