This Legal Update reports on significant changes to the local rules and procedures for all US federal district and appellate courts between November 13 and 19, 2013. It also reports on changes to the individual practice rules for judges in select district courts during this time period.
DC Circuit
DC Circuit Court of Appeals
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit amended Circuit Rules 28 and 32.1 of its local rules, effective November 12, 2013, and provided a notice regarding the changes. A copy of the previous version is available here.
The US District Court for the Western District of Michigan adopted amendments to Local Rule 54.2, effective December 2, 2013. The rule governs attorney's fees in social security cases filed on and after that date.
Eighth Circuit
District of Minnesota
The US District Court for the District of Minnesota amended its local rules, effective November 18, 2013, and provided a summary of the changes.
The court also added a student attorney certification and notice of appearance of student attorney form.
Ninth Circuit
Northern District of California
The US District Court for the Northern District of California made an announcement that Judge Jeffrey White will move permanently to the Oakland Division in April 2014. Until then, Judge White will continue to travel to Oakland to hold law and motion hearings for Oakland-venued criminal cases on the first Friday of each month, except for months that Judge White serves as General Duty Judge in San Francisco.
Southern District of California
The US District Court for the Southern District of California updated its ECF procedures by removing "Probation and Pretrial Petitions" from its list of exceptions to electronic filing.
Tenth Circuit
District of New Mexico
The US District Court for the District of New Mexico updated its attorney information manual.
Eleventh Circuit
Southern District of Florida
The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida changed the effective date of the appellate filing fee and records retrieval fee changes from December 1 to December 2, 2013.
The court also amended its local rules, effective December 2, 2013, and provided a redline of the changes.