The U. S. Probation Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana is hosting the Criminal Pretrial Techniques Conference from February 22, 2018, through February 23, 2018, at the Marriott Lakeway Hotel, in Metairie, Louisiana. The conference will primarily focus on criminal pretrial services. The goal of the conference is to provide free training to members of the bar and the legal community, with a special emphasis on those who practice in the federal court system. An application for Continuing Legal Education credit for Louisiana attorneys will be submitted. No fee will be charged to attend this conference.
For more information, please visit the website at http://www.laep.uscourts.gov/2017/12/13/news/criminal-pretrial-technique....
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Check this page, or the News and Announcements box on the homepage, for the latest official news and announcements released by the court. You can also access archived news and announcements from this page.
November 3, 2017
It has come to the Court’s attention that scammers claiming to be court officials, law enforcement officers, or members of a judge’s staff are once again contacting citizens nationwide to demand payment of money, and/or disclosure of personal information, under threat of arrest due to a failure to serve on a federal court jury. These are FALSE claims and please DO NOT provide any cash or funds in response.
Please alert the Court at (504) 589-7730 during business hours, or call the Federal Bureau of Investigation at (504) 816-3000 if you are contacted in this way.
For more information on jury scams of this nature, see our Jury Scam Alert page at: http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/jury-information/jury-scams
September 20, 2017
The Probation Office will be providing training sessions for the filing of pre-sentence reports (PSR's) in CM/ECF at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm in their training room starting September 25 through October 17.
Please see information on their website for more.
August 11, 2017
The Judicial Conference Advisory Committees on Appellate, Bankruptcy, Criminal and Evidence Rules have proposed amendments to the following rules and forms and have asked that they be circulated to the bench, bar, and public for comment.
The proposed amendments and the advisory committees’ reports explaining the proposed changes are posted on the Judiciary’s website.
The information is posted in a printable format for those who prefer hard copies.
Appellate Rules:
3, 13, 26.1, 28, and 32
Bankruptcy Rules:
2002, 4001, 6007, 9036, 9037, and Official Form 410
Criminal Rules:
New Criminal Rule 16.1, Rule 5 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, and Rule 5 of the Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings
Rules of Evidence:
807
The public comment period closes on February 15, 2018.
July 19, 2017
Pursuant to a vote of the court en banc;
United States Magistrate Judge Karen Wells Roby is hereby designated Chief Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana for a term of four (4) years. Magistrate Judge Roby is directed to meet with her colleagues on a regular basis and to act as a liaison between the magistrate judges and the court. This appointment will become effective on July 18, 2017.
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June 1, 2017
The Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Subcommittee on Judicial Statistics approved the creation of a new nature of suit code. The Subcommittee agreed that it was important to distinguish patent cases involving drug companies seeking to market generic drugs by submitting the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) under the provisions of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Act, also known as the Hatch-Waxman Act. A new civil nature of suit (NOS) code has been created to identify ANDA cases. The NOS code, 835, Patent – Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA), has been added to the Civil Cover Sheet (Form JS-44, Revision 06/17). The latest version of the Civil Cover Sheet is available from the Louisiana Eastern District Court's website, on the Forms - All Local Forms page.
May 12, 2017
CMECF and PACER service will be unavailable from Friday, May 19th at 5:00 PM through Monday, May 22nd at 8:30 AM.
The local Louisiana Eastern CMECF and PACER servers will be shut down for required maintenance beginning promptly at 5:00 PM on Friday, May 19th. This means there will be NO access to file or view case information during this time. Please complete any case filings before 5:00 PM on Friday. FOR EMERGENCY FILINGS ONLY, a temporary email box will be set-up while the system is unavailable.
The email address to be used ONLY for this purpose is: TempEmerFiling@laed.uscourts.gov
PLEASE NOTE:
Only PDF documents should be emailed
This email address will only be operational during the shutdown and will not be monitored or available for use afterwards
Any documents not considered an emergency or sufficient for filing purposes will be returned to the attorney to file in CMECF once it is available on Monday
Once the system is available and maintenance complete, applicable notice will be provided by e-mail and on our website
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
February 22, 2017
(1st Reminder - 2/13/17; 2nd Reminder - 2/22/17)
Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 83.2.2(D), every attorney admitted to practice before the Eastern District of Louisiana must pay an annual fee which is collected every third year.
Commencing January 1, 2017, the Court began collection of triennial dues of $45.00 ($15.00 per year for 2017, 2018 and 2019) from all attorneys admitted to this Court's bar.
All attorneys admitted to the bar of this Court will be required to pay their triennial attorney's dues electronically through their ECF account no later than March 1, 2017. Instructions on electronic payment of dues will be displayed when the attorney logs into CM/ECF using his or her ECF account.
Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 83.2.2 (D), any attorney who fails to pay the $45.00 triennial dues on-line will be summarily suspended after notice has been provided to the attorney's last registered address at least 35 days prior to the suspension. No further notice of triennial dues collection will be provided to attorneys who are currently suspended for failing to pay triennial dues in 2014. Any attorney suspended pursuant to Local Rule 83.2.2 (D)(2) may be reinstated upon payment of triennial dues.