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splybtulsa Author

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Electronic filing in Federal Court

I file documents in Federal Court electronically, as required. Each court has its own secure filing sight, each run on a different server, but all pretty much identical. After logging in, the sites walk you through to a point where you are required to "choose" the main document that you want to file. When you hit the "Choose" button, a finder window opens and you navigate to the pdf of your choice - it MUST be in pdf format - and you simply single-click on it. The finder window closes and VOILA, there in the upload box is the document you chose.

After unconsciously upgrading to Safari 6.0, though, I am unable to select the proper pdf to upload to the particular court site because, in the finder window, all pdfs, indeed ALL documents of any sort, are greyed out. They are not selectable. It seems I am unable to "downgrade" to my previpous version of Safari - grrrrrr - so I'm dead in the water. This is a serious issue, as the bulk of my practice requires that I be able to file documents electronically in Federal Court.

Anybody?

Jay Dunham

Safari 6.0-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Aug 15, 2012 4:59 AM

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splybtulsa Author

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Aug 24, 2012 2:10 PM in response to Jackaggie

IDK, but:

I believe it has something to do with JavaScript, and;

It might be fixed with the first ML update - as may the RSS problems with Mail 6.0.

Sorry I can't be more helpful.

mje777

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Aug 29, 2012 6:39 AM in response to splybtulsa

Firefox still works as well. When Pacer asks you to select a file, the file selection window has a dropdown box at the bottom which is set to something like "All Images". Change this to "All Files". The PDF you are after will still be gray, but just click on it anyway and it will allow you to attach it.

Aug 31, 2012 12:43 PM in response to splybtulsa

I just ran in to this issue. I have been uploading to CM/ECF with no problem since I bought my Mac with Lion last year and using Chrome. Today I found grey "ghost" images that woud not upload.

The solution I found was to open finder and click on the .pdf file I wanted to upload and then drag it and drop it on the "choose file" button on the CM/ECF page. It worked fine.

My question is, why did this happen? Why would it go from working to not working?

splybtulsa Author

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Aug 31, 2012 2:05 PM in response to scutarius

I'll try that in Safari and Firefox though, as I said, Opera works like it's supposed to.

As to why it happened, between the last time the CM/ECF page worked properly and the subsequent malfunction, did you update Chrome or did you upgrade from Lion to Mountain Lion? If so, look there.

splybtulsa Author

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Aug 31, 2012 2:07 PM in response to mje777

BTW, mje77, I appreciate your input, but no such dropdown box is on my Firefox screen. Nor on my Safari screen.

Aug 31, 2012 2:20 PM in response to splybtulsa

Thanks. Honestly, I never heard about Opera before today.

And I did not upgrade to Mountain Lion, but it is possible I accepted an update to Safari.

Either way, it seems like updates and upgrades should not result in causing things to be worse.

Aug 31, 2012 2:57 PM in response to scutarius

You can use finder to drag and drop or I have found that you can also drag and drop from the drop down screen. It just will not allow you to click and it automatically move over.

Apr 17, 2013 3:41 PM in response to Jackaggie

Jackaggie: That was it! Drag / drop worked. Thank you so much! (although I will continue to try to avoid federal court)

Electronic filing in Federal Court