NOTICE TO THE BAR

Please note the following CM/ECF Procedure changes:

Transcripts of proceedings taken by Official and Contract Court Reporters before the U.S. District and Magistrate Judges in the Northern District of Georgia will soon be filed with the court in electronic format. This notice conveys the policies governing public electronic access to official transcripts and the procedures for counsel to request redaction from the transcript of specific personal data identifiers pursuant to Judicial Conference policy before the transcript is made electronically available to the general public. The Judicial Conference policy and amendments to the Appellate, Bankruptcy and Criminal Rules require that certain "personal identifier" information be redacted from court filings. The personal identifiers that must be redacted are Social Security numbers, names of minor children, financial account numbers, birth dates and, in criminal cases, home addresses. Please read this policy carefully.

This policy applies to all transcripts of proceedings, or parts of proceedings, filed on or after July 1, 2008, regardless of when the proceeding took place. 

Electronic Availability of Official Transcripts
Standing Order 08-02
Full text of Notice RE Electronic Availability of Official Transcripts

Public Notice and Request for Comment

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia is proposing changes in the following Local Rules:

• LCrR 58 -   Procedures for Misdemeanor and other Petty Offenses

• LCrR 59 -   Additional Duties of Magistrate Judges and other Powers Granted by Statue

• LR 73.1 -    Trials of Civil Cases Upon Consent of Parties

• LR 72.1D - Assignments to a Magistrate Judge

Comments should be made in writing by July 15, 2008.  Click here for more information.

*  Local Rule 3.3 requires the inclusion of all subsidiaries, conglomerates, affiliates and parent corporations related to a party. When filing the Certificate of Interested Persons and/or Corporate Disclosure Statement, attorneys will be prompted to add the referenced entities to the database. While you are required to add these corporate parents/affiliates to the database, you should not add "interested parties" who are not corporate parents/affiliates at this time. 

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Updated 01/08/2008

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Judicial Misconduct and Disability

This is the official web site of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. This site provides web access to public information previously distributed directly through the Offices of the Clerk of Court and the District Court Executive and is provided as a public service to the community served by the Northern District of Georgia.

The Northern District of Georgia was established by Congress in 1849 and consists of forty-six counties (14,258 square miles) in the northwestern part of the state.  The district, which includes the Atlanta metropolitan area, has four divisions: Atlanta, Gainesville, Newnan and Rome.  There are eleven authorized active judgeships. The Court is also served by eight senior judges and nine full-time magistrate judges.

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