{"id":2197,"date":"2026-11-13T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T20:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2026-08-31T23:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:13:13","slug":"split-pdf-for-court-efiling-size-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/split-pdf-for-court-efiling-size-limit","title":{"rendered":"Split a PDF for Court E-Filing: Size Caps and Sub-Volumes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have a 78 MB exhibit binder, a midnight filing deadline, and CM\/ECF just threw back <code>ERROR: This document cannot be loaded because it is over 35 MB. Submit the document in smaller parts, labeled correctly.<\/code> The court isn\u2019t asking you to compress the file into mush \u2014 it wants <strong>sub-volumes<\/strong>: the same pages, in two or three separate PDFs, each under the cap and each labelled so the clerk can put them back in order. Here\u2019s where to find your court\u2019s actual number, how to work out the page ranges, and why two halves of a PDF don\u2019t always weigh half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Quick answer:<\/strong> There is <strong>no single e-filing size limit<\/strong> \u2014 every court sets its own, and the published caps we verified range from <strong>10 MB to 100 MB per document<\/strong>. Look up yours on the <a href=\"https:\/\/pacer.uscourts.gov\/file-case\/court-cmecf-lookup\">PACER Court CM\/ECF Lookup<\/a> or your state portal\u2019s help pages before you do anything else. Then, if the file is genuinely over the cap: compress first, and only split if compression isn\u2019t enough. Splitting is done by <strong>page range<\/strong>, not by megabytes \u2014 you decide the ranges (<code>1-50, 51-100<\/code>) and the splitter copies those pages into new PDFs without re-rendering them, so text stays text and scans keep their original resolution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jump to a section<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#caps\">The cap is per document \u2014 and it is not the same in every court<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#compress\">Try compression before you split<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#ranges\">Working out the page ranges<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#math\">Two halves don\u2019t always weigh half<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#labels\">Labelling the sub-volumes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#tool\">Split a filing into sub-volumes on xconvert<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#faq\">FAQ<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"caps\">The cap is per document \u2014 and it is not the same in every court<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no federal e-filing size limit. PACER states it plainly: <em>\u201cEach court sets a limit on the size of PDF files submitted for electronic filing. If a document exceeds the limit, the recommendation is to break the document into separate, smaller documents.\u201d<\/em> PACER points filers at its <strong>Court CM\/ECF Lookup<\/strong> for the number in a specific court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spread is wide enough that guessing is dangerous. Caps we verified on the courts\u2019 own pages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Court \/ portal<\/th><th>Published per-document cap<\/th><th>What the court tells filers to do<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>U.S. Court of Appeals, 2d Circuit<\/td><td><strong>10 MB<\/strong> per document; max 10 attachments, each \u2264 10 MB<\/td><td>Divide an oversized appendix into smaller PDFs and paginate each part<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Superior Court of California, San Bernardino County<\/td><td><strong>25 MB<\/strong> per document, <strong>50 MB<\/strong> per submission<\/td><td>Upload in multiple sets and note the page range in the filing description<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>U.S. District Court, C.D. California<\/td><td><strong>35 MB<\/strong><\/td><td>\u201cAttachments that exceed 35 MB must be divided into sub-volumes\u201d (L.R. 5-4.3.1)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama<\/td><td><strong>35 MB<\/strong> (raised from 5 MB)<\/td><td>Court notice announcing the increase<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>U.S. District Court, S.D. Florida<\/td><td><strong>50 MB<\/strong><\/td><td>\u201cYou can separate large files into multiple smaller files\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>U.S. District Court, W.D. Washington<\/td><td><strong>100 MB<\/strong> per document\/attachment<\/td><td>Divide and label as \u201cExhibit 1 \u2013 Part 1, Exhibit 1 \u2013 Part 2\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NYSCEF (New York State courts)<\/td><td><strong>100 MB<\/strong> per PDF document<\/td><td>Stated in the NYSCEF FAQ<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"http:\/\/eFileTexas.gov\">eFileTexas.gov<\/a><\/td><td><strong>Recommends<\/strong> \u2264 5 MB per document, \u2264 25 MB per envelope<\/td><td>Guidance, phrased as a recommendation rather than a hard cap<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/court-caps.png\" alt=\"Bar chart of published per-document e-filing size caps: 2d Circuit 10 MB, San Bernardino County 25 MB, C.D. Cal. 35 MB, S.D. Fla. 50 MB, W.D. Wash. 100 MB, NYSCEF 100 MB\" class=\"wp-image-2194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/court-caps.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/court-caps-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/court-caps-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/court-caps-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/court-caps-1536x827.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two things follow. First, a workflow tuned for one court fails in the next one over \u2014 a 30 MB brief sails into the Central District of California and bounces off the Second Circuit three times over. Second, <strong>caps move<\/strong>: the Western District of Washington announced a raise from 35 MB to 75 MB, and its current CM\/ECF FAQ now says 100 MB. Anything you memorised a year ago is worth re-checking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some courts also add rules the size cap doesn\u2019t capture \u2014 the Second Circuit caps the <em>number<\/em> of attachments at ten, so a 15-part appendix fails even if every part is 9 MB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"compress\">Try compression before you split<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Splitting is a last resort. Clerks prefer one document over three, and every extra sub-volume is another docket entry, another cover page, and another chance to mislabel something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most oversized court PDFs are oversized for one reason: <strong>they contain scans<\/strong>. A born-digital brief exported from Word is usually a few hundred kilobytes; a 200-page exhibit scanned at 600 DPI in colour runs into the hundreds of megabytes. PACER\u2019s guidance is specific \u2014 scan at <strong>300 DPI<\/strong> and in black and white where possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So check what\u2019s in the file first. If the pages are photographs of paper, compression helps enormously \u2014 our post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/why-is-my-scanned-pdf-so-big\/\">why scanned PDFs get so big<\/a> covers how to tell, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/compress-pdf\">Compress PDF<\/a> does the job on an existing file. If it\u2019s text-only vector output, compression barely moves the number and splitting is your only lever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One warning: check a compressed exhibit page by page before certifying it as a true and correct copy. Aggressive downsampling can render small print, handwritten signatures and stamped exhibit numbers unreadable, and an illegible exhibit is worse than an oversized one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ranges\">Working out the page ranges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the honest mechanic, and it changes how you plan the job: <strong>splitters that work on the PDF page tree divide by page range, not by megabytes.<\/strong> You tell the tool \u201cpages 1-50, then 51-100\u201d and it lifts those pages into new documents. Nothing measures the bytes for you as it goes, so the workflow is: estimate, split, weigh the parts, adjust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start with a target that leaves headroom. Aiming for roughly <strong>80-85% of the cap<\/strong> absorbs the fact that pages are not all the same weight \u2014 one page with a colour photograph can outweigh fifty pages of text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Filing size<\/th><th>Court cap<\/th><th>Aim per part<\/th><th>Parts needed<\/th><th>Ranges to type (300-page filing)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>48 MB<\/td><td>35 MB<\/td><td>~30 MB<\/td><td>2<\/td><td><code>1-150, 151-300<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>48 MB<\/td><td>25 MB<\/td><td>~21 MB<\/td><td>3<\/td><td><code>1-100, 101-200, 201-300<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>90 MB<\/td><td>35 MB<\/td><td>~30 MB<\/td><td>3<\/td><td><code>1-100, 101-200, 201-300<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>60 MB<\/td><td>50 MB<\/td><td>~42 MB<\/td><td>2<\/td><td><code>1-150, 151-300<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>120 MB<\/td><td>10 MB<\/td><td>~8.5 MB<\/td><td>15<\/td><td><code>1-20, 21-40, \u2026 281-300<\/code><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then check the parts. If part 2 lands at 38 MB against a 35 MB cap because the photographs all live in the back half, move the boundary: <code>1-180, 181-300<\/code> instead of <code>1-150, 151-300<\/code>. Because pages are copied rather than re-rendered, running the split twice costs you nothing in quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where the boundary falls matters legally too: break between exhibits, not through the middle of one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"math\">Two halves don\u2019t always weigh half<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A PDF stores shared resources \u2014 an embedded font, a letterhead graphic, a logo on every page \u2014 <strong>once<\/strong>, and every page that uses it points at that one copy. When you split, each output has to carry its own copy of every resource its pages reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We ran the same splitter our tool uses (Apache PDFBox 3.0.6) over two constructed 100-page PDFs, split <code>1-50, 51-100<\/code> in both cases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Scanned-exhibit profile<\/strong> \u2014 every page carries its own page image, where nearly all the bytes live. A 46.69 MB source produced two parts of 23.35 MB each: <strong>50.0% each, 100.0% of the source in total.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Shared-graphic profile<\/strong> \u2014 one image reused on all 100 pages, dominating the file. A 0.48 MB source produced two parts of 0.47 MB each: <strong>98.6% each, and 197.2% of the source between them.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Real filings sit between those poles, but the direction never reverses: <strong>the parts add up to more than the whole, never less.<\/strong> For scanned exhibits \u2014 most oversized court PDFs \u2014 halving the pages nearly halves the bytes. For a font-heavy born-digital brief, budget for parts larger than a naive division suggests. That is the other reason to aim at 80-85% of the cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What splitting does <em>not<\/em> cost you is quality. The scanned-profile parts summed to 100.0% of the source bytes, so nothing was recompressed on the way out. The mechanism is <code>Splitter.importPage<\/code>: the existing page object and its content stream are carried into the new document rather than re-rendered, so no image is re-encoded and no text is flattened into a picture. That matters when the original is evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"labels\">Labelling the sub-volumes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The requirement differs by court, collected from the pages above:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>C.D. California<\/strong> wants each smaller document identified with a caption page under Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a), or a cover page in lieu of a tab \u2014 e.g. <code>EXHIBIT 5, APPENDIX II TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT<\/code>.<\/li><li><strong>W.D. Washington<\/strong> asks for parts labelled <code>Exhibit 1 \u2013 Part 1<\/code>, <code>Exhibit 1 \u2013 Part 2<\/code>.<\/li><li><strong>San Bernardino County (CA)<\/strong> asks for the set number or page range in both the <em>Filing Description<\/em> and <em>Document Description<\/em> fields \u2014 <code>Set 1 of 4; Pages 1-499<\/code>.<\/li><li><strong>2d Circuit<\/strong> requires each part of a split appendix to be paginated per its own instructions.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The common thread: the clerk must be able to reconstruct the original order from filenames and descriptions alone. <code>Ex5_Appendix_Part2_pp151-300.pdf<\/code> tells a clerk everything; <code>document (2).pdf<\/code> tells them nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note what does <em>not<\/em> survive a split. <strong>Bookmarks go entirely<\/strong> \u2014 PDFBox builds each part with <code>createNewDocument()<\/code>, which copies the PDF version, the document information and the viewer preferences and nothing else, so no outline is carried across and <em>every<\/em> bookmark is lost in <em>every<\/em> part, not just the ones that pointed across a boundary. An internal hyperlink from page 3 to page 200 breaks if those pages land in different files. And a digital signature applied over the whole document reports as invalid in any split output \u2014 inherent to how signatures hash a document, not a defect in the splitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tool\">Split a filing into sub-volumes on xconvert<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/split-pdf\">xconvert PDF splitter<\/a> produces every sub-volume in one pass \u2014 you don\u2019t upload the file once per part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/split-pdf\">xconvert.com\/split-pdf<\/a> and click <strong>Upload<\/strong> to add your PDF (from your computer, Google Drive, or Dropbox).<\/li><li>Scroll to <strong>Advanced Options<\/strong> \u2014 the panel is already open on the page, there is nothing to click \u2014 and under <strong>Split<\/strong>, choose <strong>Pages by multi-range<\/strong>. (<strong>Pages by range<\/strong>, with a <strong>Start page<\/strong> and <strong>End page<\/strong>, gives a single output when you only need one volume; <strong>Page by page<\/strong> bursts every page into its own file, which is almost never what a filing needs.)<\/li><li>In the <strong>Page ranges<\/strong> box, type every sub-volume comma-separated: <code>1-150, 151-300<\/code>. Page numbers are 1-indexed and inclusive, and each range becomes its own PDF.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Split<\/strong>. A multi-part job downloads as a ZIP with one PDF per range; a single-range job downloads as a plain PDF.<\/li><li>Check each part\u2019s size against your court\u2019s cap before filing. If one is over, re-run with the boundary moved \u2014 pages are copied, not re-rendered, so a second attempt costs nothing in quality.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your file uploads over an encrypted connection, is processed on our servers, and is automatically deleted a few hours later. No sign-up and no watermark, which matters when the output goes on a docket. If you only need one section rather than a full set of volumes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/split-a-pdf-into-pages\/\">how to split a PDF into separate pages or files<\/a> covers the other modes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"faq\">FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the file size limit for court e-filing?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There isn\u2019t one \u2014 each court sets its own. The published per-document caps we verified span <strong>10 MB (2d Circuit) to 100 MB (W.D. Washington, NYSCEF)<\/strong>, with 35 MB common among federal district courts. For federal courts, use the <a href=\"https:\/\/pacer.uscourts.gov\/file-case\/court-cmecf-lookup\">PACER Court CM\/ECF Lookup<\/a>; for state courts, check that state\u2019s e-filing portal. Never assume last month\u2019s cap in another district applies here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I split a PDF by file size instead of by page range?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not with xconvert \u2014 the split modes are page-based (<strong>Page by page<\/strong>, <strong>Pages by range<\/strong>, <strong>Pages by multi-range<\/strong>). That is a smaller limitation than it sounds, because pages vary so much in weight that a byte-based split still needs checking afterwards. Estimate the ranges, split, weigh the parts, move a boundary if one lands over the cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Will splitting the PDF reduce the quality of my exhibits?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No. Pages are copied into the new documents rather than re-rendered, so scans keep their original resolution, text stays selectable and vector graphics stay sharp. In our test on a 46.69 MB scanned-profile PDF the two halves totalled 100.0% of the source bytes \u2014 nothing was recompressed. If you need the file <em>smaller<\/em>, that\u2019s compression, and compression does cost quality. Bookmarks are the one thing you do lose: the splitter carries no outline into the parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why are my two halves bigger than half the original file?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shared resources get duplicated: a font or letterhead image stored once in the source has to be embedded in every part whose pages reference it. In our shared-graphic test \u2014 one image reused on all 100 pages \u2014 each half came back at 98.6% of the source and the two together totalled <strong>197.2%<\/strong> of it. Scanned exhibits, where each page carries its own image, split almost exactly proportionally. Either way, aim each part at 80-85% of the cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do I have to file each part as a separate docket entry?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That depends on the court and the filing event. Some CM\/ECF events take a main document plus attachments, so sub-volumes go in under one entry; others expect separate entries. The Second Circuit caps attachments at ten per document, which forces a different approach for very large appendices. Check the court\u2019s e-filing instructions or call the ECF help desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Should I compress or split first?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compress first. One document is easier for the court to handle than three, and most oversized court PDFs are oversized because they contain high-DPI colour scans \u2014 exactly what compression fixes. PACER recommends scanning at 300 DPI in black and white. Split only when a legible, compressed file is still over the cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Last verified 2026-08-31.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/pacer.uscourts.gov\/help\/faqs\/there-limit-size-pdf-files-which-cmecf-will-accept\">PACER \u2014 Is there a limit on the size of the PDF files which CM\/ECF will accept?<\/a> \u2014 \u201cEach court sets a limit\u201d; recommends breaking oversized documents into smaller documents; 300 DPI black-and-white scanning guidance.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/pacer.uscourts.gov\/file-case\/court-cmecf-lookup\">PACER \u2014 Court CM\/ECF Lookup<\/a> \u2014 the per-court lookup PACER directs filers to for file size limits.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ca2.uscourts.gov\/clerk\/case_filing\/electronic_filing\/how_to_use_cmecf\/dividing_a_pdf.html\">U.S. Court of Appeals, 2d Circuit \u2014 Dividing an oversized PDF<\/a> \u2014 10 MB per document, no more than 10 attachments each \u2264 10 MB.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cacd.uscourts.gov\/e-filing\/faqs\">U.S. District Court, C.D. California \u2014 E-Filing FAQs<\/a> \u2014 35 MB cap, the exact CM\/ECF error text, caption\/cover-page requirement, and \u201cdivided into sub-volumes\u201d (L.R. 5-4.3.1).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wawd.uscourts.gov\/content\/what-maximum-allowable-file-size-documents-filed-cmecf\">U.S. District Court, W.D. Washington \u2014 maximum allowable file size<\/a> \u2014 100 MB per document\/attachment and the \u201cExhibit 1 \u2013 Part 1\u201d labelling convention.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsd.uscourts.gov\/content\/there-size-limitation-no-more-50mb-document-what-can-i-do-ensure-i-don%E2%80%99t-exceed-limit\">U.S. District Court, S.D. Florida \u2014 50 MB per document<\/a> \u2014 50 MB limit and the recommendation to separate large files.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alnb.uscourts.gov\/news\/notice-increase-pdf-file-size-limits-cmecf-0\">U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama \u2014 notice of PDF file size increase<\/a> \u2014 increase from 5.0 MB to 35.0 MB.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iappscontent.courts.state.ny.us\/NYSCEF\/live\/faq.htm\">NYSCEF \u2014 Frequently Asked Questions<\/a> \u2014 \u201cYes. 100 megabytes per PDF document.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sanbernardino.courts.ca.gov\/online-services\/efiling\/civil-efiling\/civil-efiling-requirements\">Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino \u2014 Civil eFiling requirements<\/a> \u2014 25 MB per document, 50 MB per submission, and the \u201cSet 1 of 4; Pages 1-499\u201d description convention.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/newtools.cira.state.tx.us\/upload\/page\/1728\/docs\/E-filing%20FAQ.pdf\">eFileTexas.gov \u2014 E-filing FAQ<\/a> \u2014 recommends \u2264 5 MB per document and \u2264 25 MB per envelope.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Court e-filing size limits run 10 MB to 100 MB per PDF and vary by district. 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