UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
COVID-19
GENERAL ORDER NO. 20-12
November 1, 2020
Effective November 1, 2020, the Hale Boggs Federal Building located at 500 Poydras
Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, which houses the United States District Court as well as the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, is open to the general public
for limited purposes. Please consult with each individual judge’s chambers for specific
information on whether proceedings in pending civil and criminal cases will proceed via
videoconference or telephone or whether the proceedings will occur in person.
Due to ongoing construction, the Intake and Pro Se Desks of the U.S. District Court
for the Eastern District of Louisiana will remain closed to the general public. Documents
may be filed electronically through the District Court’s electronic filing system, CM-ECF,
which remains fully operational.
Unrepresented persons may send filings to the District Court electronically at
[email protected]; by U.S. mail to The Clerk’s Office, U.S. District Court,
Eastern District of Louisiana, 500 Poydras Street, Room C-151, New Orleans, Louisiana
70130; or by facsimile to (504) 310-8159. Unrepresented persons may also submit pleadings
in person through a drop box in the U.S. District Courthouse lobby, but over-the-counter
filings at the Intake Desk will not be accepted until renovations of the Intake and Pro Se
lobby area are completed.
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The District Court Clerk’s Office Intake Unit may be reached at (504) 589-7674 and
the Pro Se Unit may be reached at (504) 589-7751.
IT IS ORDERED.
1st day of November, 2020.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this _______
NANNETTE JOLIVETTE BROWN
CHIEF JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
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