What is a Notice of Docket Activity?
A Notice of Docket Activity is an email notice which is generated when a docket transaction requires that notice be sent to attorneys, case participants or court personnel. Notices of Docket Activity can be generated when a party or attorney files a document with the clerk’s office or when the court enters an order or takes other public actions in a case. If you are a CM/ECF participant, your receipt of the Notice of Docket Activity is service of that document or order, and registration for the CM/ECF system constitutes consent to receive service through the Notice of Docket Activity. Generally, a Notice of Docket Activity contains a hyperlink back to court’s docket sheet and the document in question. When parties receive a Notice of Docket Activity they can click on the document and get their one “free look” at the document. In the district court and bankruptcy court systems the Notice of Docket Activity is often called the Notice of Electronic Filing.
A Notice of Docket Activity is a notice that is generated automatically by the CM/ECF System at the time a document is filed electronically. The notice sets forth the time of filing, the name of the party filing the document, the text of the docket entry created by the filing, a hyperlink to the PDF document filed, and the name of the participants required to receive notice of the filing.
A Notice of Docket Activity (NDA) is an email notice generated from an appellate court when a docketing transaction requires that notice be sent to attorneys, case participants or court personnel. An NDA can be generated when a party or attorney files a document with the clerk’s office or when the court enters an order or takes other public actions in a case. If you are a CM/ECF participant, typically your receipt of the NDA is service of that document or order, and registration for the CM/ECF system constitutes consent to receive service through the Notice of Docket Activity. In the district court and bankruptcy court systems the NDA is referred to as the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF).
