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ACMS Upgrade 2023

Appellate Case Management System Upgrade

The Supreme Court and Court of Appeals (Appellate Courts) implemented an upgraded Appellate Case Management System (ACMS) on December 11, 2023, at 8:00 AM. This webpage contains important information about the implementation and new system.

The upgraded ACMS includes a new combined eFiling and remote public access system, through which attorneys, their staff, self-represented litigants, parties, and OJCIN Online Subscribers can electronically file and serve documents, and access appellate case registers and documents (depending on permissions) remotely. 

Access 

There are multiple levels of access with the new system. The previous system only provided eFiling access to attorneys and remote case and document access to OJCIN Online Subscribers. The new system provides the following levels of access (note: an account can be associated with one or more of these access levels):

  1. Anonymous User Access: Without registering or logging into the system anyone can view the register of actions of any public case available through our system. This level of access does not provide access to eFile or documents.
  2. Registered User Access: Once you complete self-registration, you are provided with registered user access. This level of access provides access to the register of actions of any public case available through our system and the ability to eFile. This level of access does not provide access to documents.
  3. Attorney Access: An attorney that has registered and Requested Attorney Access through the system is provided access to the register of actions of any public case available through the system, access to all their cases where they are the attorney of record (including documents), and the ability to eFile and be eServed.
  4. Self-Represented Litigant Access: A self-represented litigant that has registered and Requested Case Access through the system is provided access to the register of action of any public cases available through the system, access to all their cases in which the party record is linked (including documents), and the ability to eFile and be eServed.
  5. OJCIN Online Subscriber: OJCIN Online Subscribers have the level of access dictated within their OJCIN Online user agreement. This level of access has not changed.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is Request Case Access?

Request Case Access is a feature that allows self-represented litigants and parties the ability to link their user account with their case record in the case management system. This level of access will provide the party with access to documents in their case. This is not for non-parties to gain access to documents, that service is only provided through OJCIN Online. The court can ONLY link a portal account to an actual party on the case.

What is Request Attorney Access?

Request Attorney Access allows an attorney to link their user account with their attorney record in the case management system. This level of access will provide the attorney will access to all cases and documents in which they are the attorney of record. It also allows them to be eServed through the system.

I can’t see documents on cases where I am not the attorney of record and I used to have this access, what do I do?

This level of access continues to be provided through an OJCIN Online account. If you have questions about your OJCIN Online account or access, you can contact OJCIN Online Business Support at 1-800-858-9658 or send an email to ojcin.online@ojd.state.or.us. 

How can I view the status of my eFilings?

Under My Work, navigate to My Filings. This screen provides a list of all your eFilings and their current status. These statuses are:
  1. Draft: You have not yet submitted this filing to the court.
  2. Submitted: You submitted this filing to the court, and it is waiting to be received. 
  3. Received: The court received this filing, and it is in the queue for the court to process.
  4. Accepted: The court accepted your filing.
  5. Rejected: The court rejected your filing. Please read the comments provided by the court clerk on the reason why. The main reasons a filing will be rejected is if it is filed in the wrong court or into the wrong case.

How long does it take for the court to accept my filing?

This answer varies based on multiple factors including, the court’s general workload, the workload and type of the specific filing you’ve submitted (a routine motion vs a notice of appeal), and our specific process for that filing.

I filed my notice of appeal X days ago, why has the court not accepted it yet?

Processing a notice of appeal is one of our most time-consuming processes. In the old system we would post the notice of appeal (usually within a day or two) and then screen it (usually weeks later). To speed up the overall process we are now posting and screening at the same time. While on the surface this may look like the court is taking more time to process the notice of appeal, our processing times have decreased significantly.

New Court Notification Email 

Beginning Saturday, December 9, 2023, the Appellate Courts will use the following email address to distribute notices and orders: Oregon_Appellate_Courts@thomsonreuters.com (Thomson Reuters is our vendor). Please take the necessary steps within your email program(s) to ensure that email notifications from this email address are not diverted to spam or junk mail folders.