FILED
March 11, 2021
At: 4:30 p.m.
William T. Walsh
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Clerk
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
IN RE: PRO HAC VICE FEES IN HABEAS :
PETITIONS FROM IMMIGRATION :
DETAINEES SEEKING IMMEDIATE : STANDING ORDER 2021-05
RELEASE DUE TO COVID-19 (SECOND :
EXTENSION OF STANDING ORDER 2020-11) :
WHEREAS, this Court entered Standing Order 2020-11 on May 15, 2020, and the
Extension of Standing Order 2020-11 on December 17, 2020, providing that pro hac vice fees
were temporarily waived through March 12, 2021, for out-of-state attorneys seeking pro hac vice
admission in cases in which immigration detainees petition for writ of habeas corpus, seeking
immediate release due to COVID-19 (“immigration detainee habeas cases”), subject to certain
conditions; and
WHEREAS, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Court determines that, in the
interests of justice, it is appropriate to extend such a temporary waiver, subject to the conditions
below,
IT IS, THEREFORE, on this 11th day of March 2021,
ORDERED that pro hac vice fees are temporarily waived for out-of-state attorneys
seeking pro hac vice admission in such immigration detainee habeas cases after they have paid
the pro hac vice fee in at least one other immigration detainee habeas case; and it is further
ORDERED that pro hac vice fees are temporarily waived only in those cases in which
the out-of-state attorney provides evidence (such as attorney declaration satisfying 28 U.S.C.
§ 1746) of having paid the pro hac vice fee in at least one other immigration detainee habeas
case; and it is further
ORDERED that this temporary fee waiver shall apply only in immigration detainee
habeas cases filed after May 15, 2020 and in those filed prior thereto in which the pro hac vice
fee has not yet been collected; and it is further
ORDERED that pro hac vice fees will not be refunded to out-of-state attorneys who have
paid more than one pro hac vice fee in immigration detainee habeas cases prior to May 15, 2020;
and it is further
ORDERED that this temporary fee waiver does not relieve out-of-state attorneys of the
obligation to file a motion for pro hac vice admission in each individual case in which they seek
admission and to otherwise comply with the requirements of L. Civ. R. 101.1(c); and it is further
ORDERED that this Extension will expire on June 1, 2021, unless extended by
further Order of the Court.
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Hon. Freda L. Wolfson
U.S. Chief District Judge
District of New Jersey
