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span style="font-size: 16px;"> U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ECF Essentials </span>Please take a moment to read this month's important news, reminders, and filing tips for ECF...
CHANGE IN MISCELLANEOUS FEES:
The Judicial Conference has approved changes to the miscellaneous fee schedule for district courts. The following fees will go into effect November 1, 2011:
New Miscellaneous Case:$45.00
Record Search:$30.00
Certification:$11.00
Audio Recording:$30.00
Microfiche:$6.00
Record Retrieval:$53.00
Returned Check Fee:$53.00
Misdemeanor Appeal:$37.00
Attorney Admission:$201.00
Certificate of Good Standing:$18.00
Cuban Liberation Civil Filing:$6,355.00
CIVIL CASE OPENING TRAINING HAS BEGUN!:
Training is now available for attorneys interested in opening new civil cases electronically in ECF. Attorneys eligible to receive training must be active members of the bar of our court and be able to pay the case-opening filing fee with a credit card or ACH payment (debit) via pay.gov. Once trained, attorneys will be certified to open and file new civil cases electronically. All support staff who may be involved with ECF filing are also encouraged to attend training.
Those attorneys wishing to file new civil cases electronically can schedule training at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse using the ECF Training Class Calendar on our website: http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/dcd/ecf-information (Limit 10 people per class; Classes for November will be available for registration on Nov. 4, 2011). On-site tr! aining a t law firms can also be arranged for groups of 20 or more (must be present for entire training class) by contacting Joe Burgess at (202) 354-3172. In addition, login names and passwords can be issued to interested attorneys who wish to use our training database to practice opening new civil cases. To request this information, please contact Joe Burgess (joe_burgess@dcd.uscourts.gov) or Tiffany Reed (tiffany_reed@dcd.uscourts.gov).
HOW DO I FILE....A CROSS MOTION AND OPPOSITION?:
A cross motion and opposition can be combined into one document, but must be filed as two separate docket entries with the same document and exhibits attached to each entry. File the documents twice, once as a Motion and once as a Memorandum in Opposition . The same applies to a combined opposition and reply (two entries: Memorandum in Opposition and Reply to Opposition ) or combined status report and motion (two entries: Status Report and Motion ).
For more ECF filing pointers and to view previous e-newsletter topics, visit our website at: http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/dcd/ECFCR
Topics for October submitted by: Joe Burgess and Nicole Wilkens
Written by: Nicole Wilkens