KATHLEEN M. TAFOYA, Magistrate Judge.
This matter is before the court on a number of materials that Plaintiff has conventionally submitted in this case. Specifically, on April 16, 2012, Plaintiff filed her "Response to Order to Show Cause" (Doc. No. 31, filed Apr. 16, 2012), which includes two conventional submissions entitled "Conventional Submission — Exhibit #1 Hubbard Digest" (Doc. No. 32) and "Sealed and Confidential Submission #2 — Testimony and Affidavit" (Doc. No. 33). Additionally, on May 8, 2012, Plaintiff submitted her first "Motion Seeking Leave to File Sealed Documents" (Doc. No. 41), which includes a "Conventional Submission of a Sealed Motion on Compact Disc" (Doc. No. 41-1).
Plaintiff has registered as a participant in the court's Electronic Case Filing System (ECF) pursuant to D.C.COLO. ECF Procedures (Civil) 3.2B. Pursuant to D.C.COLO. ECF Procedures (Civil) 1.1A, "all documents filed in civil cases shall be filed electronically in a portable document format (PDF) using the [ECF] system." The only applicable exception to this requirement is for "[m]aterials that cannot be converted to electronic form (e.g. videotape, audiotape, etc.), which instead must "be filed by delivering them directly to the clerks's office and following Section 5.8 of these procedures. Id. at 1.2A (emphasis added). The court has reviewed the compact discs submitted conventionally by Plaintiff and finds that each of the electronic documents contained therein could have been filed electronically in PDF format. Thus, Plaintiff was required to submit these documents via ECF and was not permitted to file them conventionally.
Additionally, Plaintiff's conventional submission of these materials further violates ECF Procedures (Civil) 5.8F.3, which provides as follows:
On April 20, 2012, Defendant filed a "Notice of Plaintiff's Failure to Serve Exhibits with Response to Order to Show Cause" indicating that it was not served with the conventionally submitted materials attached to Plaintiff's Response to Order to Show Cause. (See Doc. No. 34.) Similarly, on May 8, 2012, Defendant filed a "Notice of Plaintiff's Failure to Serve Exhibits with her `Motion Seeking Leave to File Sealed Documents'" indicating that Plaintiff failed to serve Plaintiff with a copy of the conventionally submitted compact disc attached to her first "Motion Seeking Leave to File Sealed Documents." (See Doc. No. 49.) Finally, Plaintiff's Second "Conventional Submission of a Sealed Motion on Compact Disc" (Doc. No. 46) does not include a certificate of service indicating that the conventionally submitted compact disc was served on Defendant.
Accordingly, the court finds that each of Plaintiff's conventional submissions are properly stricken for failure to comply with D.COLO. ECF Procedures (Civil) 1.1 and 5.8F.3. Nevertheless, as to the conventionally submitted materials attached to Plaintiff's Response to Order to Show Cause, given the implications that the Order to Show Cause may have on Plaintiff's case, the finds it proper to permit Plaintiff an opportunity to properly re-file these materials.
Therefore, for the foregoing reasons, it is
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