Follow the instructions below to link your e-file and PACER accounts:

1. Make sure that you are logged out of PACER completely and close your browser.
2. Open your browser and go to https://ecf.wvsd.uscourts.gov.
3. Click on the Southern District of West Virginia - Document Filing System hyperlink. At the login screen, enter your upgraded PACER account information.
4. Click utilities, then click NextGen Release 1.1 Menu Items, then click Link a CM/ECF Account to my PACER Account.
5. Enter your old WVSD CM/ECF login and password to link your accounts.
6. You should receive a pop-up message indicating your linking process was successful.
7. Click on Query, Reports, or Utilities at the top of the page. The links to e-file in Civil and Criminal cases should appear on the top of the page.

From this point forward, use your upgraded PACER account credentials to log in to file and/or view case information in any NextGen CM/ECF court. If the linking process failed, please try again.

NOTE: If you are linking for someone else, be sure you know whose accounts you are linking because this process cannot be undone once you click Submit.