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The Judicial Conference sets all fees for the District Courts. The mandated fee for copying by our office is $.50 per page. Requests for in house copying must be made in person.
The Clerk's Office offers an alternative copy service for documents over 20 pages. The charge from this service is substantially less expensive and their turn-around time is 48 hours. Please use this order form.

Check out the Schedule of Fees.

The witness fee is $40.00 per day and $.51 per mile.

Cash, check, cashiers' check or money order payable to Clerk, U.S. District Court. We do not accept third party checks. We do not accept personal checks for payment of bonds. We do not accept any charge cards.

All records are public information unless sealed by the court.

8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

It means that the court has waived the filing fee. It does apply to other costs, such as copies or transcripts.

The court needs an original plus two copies of motions, memoranda and briefs, original plus three copies of exhibit lists and original plus four copies of witness lists (for trial use).
If you mail your documents to the court and want a return copy, please remember to send the required amount of copies according to the above plus an additional copy to conform and return to you.
When documents are e-filed via CM/ECF, only the copies must be brought to the Clerk's Office.

There are four U.S. District Judges and two Senior U.S. District Judges. The District Judges are assisted by three full-time Magistrate Judges.

Individuals who request files from archives can expect to review those files within 2-3 weeks. There is a retrieval fee of $45.00.

The Courtroom Managers should be called to have matters placed on the Court's calendar. (Check Contacts on the main page.)

No. (See LR 5. 1. Nonfiling of Discovery Materials).

Counsel may issue their own subpoenas for depositions. (See Fed.R.Civ.P. 45(a)(3))

The Local Rules are on this website under Court Info. Click here to view the local rules..

See Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) information.

To file documents or pleadings after business hours, a document receptacle is available at the front entrance to the courthouse. Documents must be date/time stamped to reflect the exact time they were placed in the receptacle. (see Notice RE: New document Receptacle for After-Hours Filing)