No. You must obtain a separate login and password for each court in which you file documents.

Log into CM/ECF using your CM/ECF login and password. To change account information (ex.: firm name (office), address, phone number, etc.): From the menu bar, select Utilities. From the Utilities screen, select Maintain Your ECF Account. On the Maintain Account Screen, make the appropriate changes, and click Submit. On the Person/Search Open and/or Closed Cases screen, select appropriately, and click Submit. On the Update Cases screen, select appropriately and click Submit. A confirmation of the update displays. To change e-mail information: From the menu bar, select Utilities. From the Utilities screen, select Maintain Your ECF Account. From the account screen, click the Email information button. On the Email information screen, make the appropriate changes, and click Return to Account screen. On the Maintain User Account screen, click Submit. On the following screen, click Submit. A confirmation of the update displays. To change your password: From the menu bar, select Utilities. From the Utilities screen, select Change Your Password. On the Change Your Password Screen, key your new password, re-enter your new password and click Submit. A confirmation of the change displays.

To become a registered user of the CM/ECF system, you must first complete the appropriate registration form. For attorneys who are admitted to practice in the Eastern District of Virginia, the appropriate form is the Full Participant Registration form. For attorneys who practice outside of the Eastern District of Virginia, and creditors who file large volumes of proofs of claim, the appropriate form is the Limited Participant Registration form or the Limited Participant Registration Form [Case Specific]. The forms are located on our website on the Getting Started with CM/ECF page, accessed through the ECF Helpdesk link. Upon completion, the form is mailed to the appropriate address, as shown on the form. Full participants may be required to obtain CM/ECF training prior to issuance of a login and password for the system.;

The CM/ECF login and password, assigned by the Court, allows you access to file cases and documents in the CM/ECF system, through the CM/ECF links, Bankruptcy and Adversary. In order to retrieve information from the system, you must also have a PACER login and password, which is assigned by the PACER Service Center. When you log into CM/ECF initially with your PACER login and password, you will only have access to the Query, Reports, Utilities and Logout menu options. If you have logged in incorrectly, and wish to file documents, select Logout, clear your cache, and log into the system again, using your CM/ECF login and password.

On October 20, 2008, the president signed into law the National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Act of 2008 (Act). The Act provides a temporary exclusion from the bankruptcy means test for Reservists and members of the National Guard called for no less than 90 days to active duty or homeland defense activity after September 11, 2001. Click here for more detailed information regarding the Act.