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Local Rules
1.001
Number Description Date Signed
Local Rule 1 Divisions of Court5.99 KB 10/21/1998
Local Rule 2 Jury Selection11.72 KB 04/04/1991
Local Rule 3 Orders/Judgments Submitted for Signatures5.77 KB 01/31/1991
Local Rule 4 Uniform Motion Calendar and Specially Set Hearings206.14 KB 07/18/2017
Local Rule 5 Reporting Dates for Annual Accountings by Guardians6.6 KB 04/28/1992
Local Rule 6 Petitions for Rehearing3.98 KB 02/18/1993
Local Rule 7 Not Approved by Supreme Court3.34 KB 02/19/1993
Local Rule 8 Vacating and Setting Aside Collection Court Program6.05 KB 05/15/2001
Series 02 - General Rules
2.100 General Administrative Matters
Number Description Date Signed
2.101 Preparation and Distribution of Administrative Orders72.27 KB 09/29/2008
2.102 Administrative Order Numbering System148.3 KB 09/29/2008
2.103 Additional Court Holidays37.4 KB 09/29/2008
2.104 Designation of Record Newspaper336.9 KB 08/12/2015
2.105 Local Professionalism Panel Members125.89 KB 11/08/2023
2.105 Fifteenth Circuit's Professionalism Panel2.47 MB 11/09/2023
2.106 Pro Bono Service140.69 KB 09/29/2008
2.107 Deposition Rooms113.2 KB 02/20/2019
2.108 Judicial Portraits for Judges Retiring from the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit287.45 KB 07/27/2023
2.200 Security, Emergency, & Other Procedures
Number Description Date Signed
2.201 Courthouse Security and Screening376.45 KB 10/19/2021
2.202 Security of Judicial Corridors59.85 KB 08/29/2008
2.203 Court Emergency Management Group38.42 KB 01/08/2013
2.204 Containment & Removal of Bioharzardous Waste45.96 KB 09/29/2008
2.205 Court Disaster and Emergency Procedures133.6 KB 07/13/2012
2.206 Disaster and Emergency Procedures in Criminal and Dependency Matters167.52 KB 09/22/2020
2.207 Request for Reasonable Accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act538.04 KB 07/21/2022
2.208 Procedures for Special Interest/High Profile Proceedings3.83 MB 02/17/2009
2.209 Courthouse Access57.84 KB 09/09/2019
2.300 Court Files, Records & Cases
Number Description Date Signed
2.301 Paper Court Files22.91 KB 11/19/2014
2.302 Companion, Refiled, & Transfered Cases106.82 KB 09/29/2008
2.303 Sealing Court Hearings and Records413.01 KB 01/25/2023
2.304 Request for Public Judicial Records1.06 MB 04/19/2010
2.305 Microfilming of Court Records55.95 KB 09/29/2008
2.306 Motions, Orders and Judgments256.59 KB 04/03/2023
2.307 Case Advancement in Non Criminal Matters38.53 KB 09/29/2008
2.308 Uniform Intracircuit Conflict Resolution Procedure64.41 KB 09/29/2008
2.309 Exemplification Certificates275.26 KB 08/23/2023
2.310 Service by Email514.35 KB 10/03/2022
2.311 Notices of Change of Address, Substitution/Withdrawal of Counsel & Designation of Atty of Record272.29 KB 03/25/2021
2.312 Electronic Filing of Documents291.27 KB 10/11/2022
2.313 Assignment of Criminal and Civil Contempt Cases372.04 KB 09/10/2021
2.314 Election Procedures66.5 KB 11/14/2018
2.315 Implementation of Uniform Case Reporting (UCR) Regarding Case Status Reporting Requirements281.39 KB 11/15/2019
2.400 Jury Management and Jurors
Number Description Date Signed
2.401 Jury Management - Clerk's Responsibilities50.11 KB 09/29/2008
2.402 Jury Panels254.92 KB 12/07/2021
2.403 Jury Services Compensation Donation Program43 KB 09/29/2008
2.500 Witness Management, Court Reporting, and Interpreters 
Number Description Date Signed
2.501 Creation of Witness Management Office55.66 KB 01/08/2018
2.502 Procedures for Scheduling and Recording Depositions at Witness Management Office241.91 KB 03/29/2018
2.503 Court Reporting Services1.1 MB 02/28/2023
2.504 Court Reporters in Civil Matters50.67 KB 09/29/2008
2.505 Court Reporting Plan in Death Penalty Trials59.6 KB 09/29/2008
2.506 Establishing Court Interpreter Policy152.38 KB 01/07/2014
2.507 Compensation of Staff Interpreters for Depositions267.59 KB (Vacated) 11/01/2016
2.508 Contractual Court Interpreter Fees46.97 KB 09/16/2020
2.600 Expert, Due Process, and Court Appointed Counsel
Number Description Date Signed
2.601 Selection and Payment of Court Appointed Experts1.57 MB 10/19/2021
2.602 Review Panel55.44 KB 09/29/2008
2.603 Due Process Cost83.84 KB 01/09/2015
2.604 Court Appointed Counsel381.1 KB 02/16/2022
2.606 Appointment of Chief Judge Designee to Hear Requests by General Registry Attorneys for Additional Compensation404.34 KB 08/11/2021
2.700 Process Servers
Number Description Date Signed
2.701 Certified Process Servers174.48 KB 07/31/2020
2.702 Return of Service Form60.77 KB 09/29/2008
2.703 Recovery of Certified Process Server Costs37.26 KB 09/29/2008