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Friday, July 25, 2008

Ind. Courts - Electronic e-filing in criminal cases tested in White County; Lake County to do civil e-filing

A press release Wednesday from Doxpop LLC announces:

Doxpop LLC, CSI, and Proslink Inc. in cooperation with Judge Robert Mrzlack, Clerk Bruce Lambert and Prosecutor Robert Guy of White County, Indiana have successfully tested the first phase of a criminal electronic filing (e-filing) system that eliminates hours of redundant data entry and speeds processing of cases.
More from the 3-page release:
The e-filing System is being phased in with extensive testing at each level. Defendant information, including name, address and other identifying information; the initial CCS entry/order identifying the charges, probable cause finding and bond amount or court appearance date; and the Prosecutor's Appearance are all transferred automatically, while the formal “filing” of the case is still done in parallel on paper. The following features are planned for subsequent releases:
  • e-filing will become the primary method of filing. Paper filing will be eliminated.
  • Defense attorneys and other parties will be able to receive filed documents electronically.
  • The Court and Attorneys on both sides of the case will file documents subsequent to the initial (such as motions and orders) electronically.
  • In the final phase, e-filing will be expanded to Civil actions.
On July 18th, the White County Superior Court formally submitted a request to Pilot an e-filing System in White County. Ray Ontko, President of Doxpop said “This administrative step will allow White County to move from the testing phase to a formal pilot project with oversight from the Division of State Court Administration. Since Lake County, Indiana has already broken ground with a previous request for civil e-filing, we expected that processing of Judge Mrzlack's request will proceed swiftly.”
Indeed, Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, in his State of the Judiciary speech this year, noted "Lake County will soon become Indiana’s first county to begin electronic filing.

Here is the link to what looks to be the Lake County Courts' online dockets. The ILB has had difficulty finding additional information.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 25, 2008 08:14 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts