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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
IN THE MATTER OF: ADOPTION OF
PLAN FOR MANAGEMENT OF COURT
REPORTING SERVICES 24-MC-00004-19
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
This Order adopting the Plan for Management of Court Reporting Services will supersede
the plan now in effect for the District of New Mexico. With the concurrence of the active Article
III Judges in the District, this Order is entered for the Court.
IT IS ORDERED that the attached Plan for Management of Court Reporting Services
(“the Plan”) is hereby adopted in its entirety by the United States District Court for the District of
New Mexico, as approved by the Judicial Council for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and
subject to rules and regulations that the Judicial Conference of the United States may adopt.
DONE this 25th day of October, 2024.
FOR THE COURT, PURSUANT TO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER MISC. NO. 83-252:
/s/
WILLIAM P. JOHNSON
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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PLAN FOR MANAGEMENT OF COURT REPORTING SERVICES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
Pursuant to the resolutions of the Judicial Conference of the United States and after
approval of the Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit, the United States District Court
for the District of New Mexico adopted the following plan on October 25, 2024. The
Court desires through this Plan to achieve effective control and management of court
reporting services which include stenographic, computer assisted, and electronic court
recorder operators (ECROs). The Clerk of Court (“Clerk”) is authorized by the Court
to supervise the combined court reporting and recording operations used by the
Court.
I. Supervision and Implementation
1. The Clerk of this Court is hereby designated and fully empowered to perform
all supervisory, administrative and oversight functions hereinafter set forth.
In addition, the Clerk will periodically advise the Court regarding the
effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of work distribution of court reporting
services provided pursuant to this Plan.
2. Specific duties of the Clerk or designee include, but are not limited to:
a. assignment of court reporters for the purpose of distributing fairly and
equitably the workload of all reporters and assuring the best utilization of
reporting personnel, subject to the provisions of this Plan;
b. periodically reviewing transcripts to assure full compliance with format
requirements of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts
(AO) and the Judicial Conference of the United States (JCUS);
c. periodically reviewing transcript order ledgers and billing to assure that
authorized transcript rates are charged, that billing is in the proper form,
and that all bills include order and delivery dates;
d. determining compliance by all court reporters with the rules and
regulations concerning the recording and filing of pleas and sentences;
e. periodically reviewing the time records of the court reporters to assure
proper maintenance and accuracy;
f. periodically reviewing the records of the court reporters to assure the
timely filing of all reports required by the AO and the JCUS;
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g. requiring the court reporters to submit to the Clerk, from time to time,
reports and information required by the Clerk in order to perform his or
her duties under this Plan;
h. performing such other duties relating to court reporters as directed by the
Court; and
i. conducting performance appraisals of all court reporters and ECROs.
II. Allocation, Appointment and Retention of Court Reporters
1. Each active district judge has the option of choosing between court reporting
services or ECRO services to capture the record of court proceedings. Court
reporting services through an official or contract court reporter may not
always be available due to budgetary constraints or recruitment challenges.
2. Official court reporters will be appointed in accordance with the provisions of
the Court Reporter Act, 28 U.S.C. § 753, and the procedures of the AO and the
JCUS.
3. No reporter will be appointed, or serve as a contractual, substitute, or
replacement court reporter, unless that reporter is fully qualified under the
standards adopted by the JCUS.
4. Pursuant to the provisions of the Personnel Manual of the U.S. District Court,
District of New Mexico, and as with all federal court employees, appointment
of official court reporters and ECROs is on an “at will” basis.
5. Court reporters who do not perform in a competent and satisfactory manner
or who fail to comply with the provisions of this Plan or the directive of the
Clerk or designee in connection with their duties will be subject to
disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.
6. The number of reporters shall be determined by the Judicial Conference of the
United States (28 U.S.C. § 753(a)). (See Paragraph 8 below for more detail.)
7. Although reporting resources are allocated based on the number of active
district judges and the activity of senior judges, these resources are assigned
to the entire court. The Judicial Conference requires that court reporters do
not form part of the personal staff of an individual judge but are employed by
the court en banc which controls their assignments.
8. At its September 2017 meeting, the Judicial Conference adopted a new
staffing formula in which the ratio of court reporters to active district judges
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is .89 to 1. As a matter of convenience and efficiency, an official court reporter
may be aligned with one active district judge but must work with his or her
supervisor and with the other official court reporters to ensure coverage for
all judicial officers, regardless of rank. To serve all active and senior judges,
any conflicts in coverage by official full time court reporters will be resolved
on the basis of hearing type (see “DNM Official Court Reporter (OCR)
Scheduling Prioritization Policy”). The court may be in position, both from a
budget and caseload standpoint, to hire an additional official court reporter
when new active district judgeships become available to the court. If so, the
Clerk will recommend that such hire be made.
Also, if the number of senior judges carrying a qualifying workload merits
the hiring of an additional official court reporter, the Clerk will make a
recommendation to the Court that such hire be made. Given the
unpredictable nature of the length of senior judgeships, consideration will be
given at the time of recommendation that the hire be part time or full time
and whether the appointment period be temporary.
9. An official court reporter aligned as a matter of convenience with an active
judge who has announced his or her intention to take senior status may be
aligned with the next incoming active district judge filling a vacancy created
by a judge taking senior status. This is subject to the discretion of the
incoming district judge, who may insist that his or her assigned court reporter
have the highest level of accreditation. As such, all official court reporters are
strongly encouraged to obtain all levels of accreditation, including realtime
certification.
10. If the volume of work does not justify retention of the full complement of
existing official court reporters or ECROs, a reduction may be accomplished
through relocation, attrition, reduction in work hours, or in the last instance,
by termination upon a reasonable notice when possible. There is no
requirement that a court give preference to a reporter with seniority. In
deciding which reporters are retained, the Court may use several factors
including competency, level of accreditation, past performance, and past
conduct.
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III. Electronic Sound Recording of Proceedings
1. Each district judge of this Court will determine whether reporting of official
proceedings in his or her court will be by certified court reporter 1 or by
electronic sound recording in accordance with the Guide to Judiciary Policy
(Guide), Volume 6, Chapter 3, §350.20.
2. Should a district judge elect electronic sound recording (ESR) as the official
record of proceedings in the court, the ECRO will be an employee of the
Clerk’s Office. ECROs are responsible for the accurate and proper verbatim
recording of court proceedings in the courtroom using electronic equipment.
The Clerk of Court, or designee, will be responsible to provide during all
business hours or at any time needed by the Court a competent substitute to
provide such services if the assigned ECRO is not available.
IV. Leave Act 2
1. The official court reporters who have been placed under the Leave Act earn
sick and annual leave in accordance with the Leave Act, 5 U.S.C. § 6301, et seq.
In accordance with the Personnel Manual and the Clerkʹs Office policy on
annual leave, the Clerk or designee will act on requests for leave.
2. When official court reporters request leave, a contract or freelance court
reporter will be hired to assist in covering the aligned judge’s docket when
another official court reporter is not available.
3. The Clerk of Court or designee will be responsible for maintaining leave
records of official court reporters who are under the Leave Act.
4. The official court reporters who are not under the Leave Act do not accrue
leave, and, therefore, are not entitled to take paid sick and annual leave.
5. Pursuant to the Guide, Volume 6, Chapter 2, §240.10, court reporters who are
not under the Leave Act must provide substitutes as needed at their own
expense or be placed in a leave without pay status when taking vacations,
leave for personal business, or sickness. Reporters not covered by the Leave
Act are on call every day court is in session, whether or not they are aligned
with one judge as a matter of convenience. Nevertheless, if the Court needs
1 To the extent such resources are available.
2
Court reporters must come under the Leave Act, 5 U.S.C. § 6301 et seq. if they are assigned regular tours
of duty, i.e., prescribed work hours. Conversely, those reporters without regular tours of duty are not
covered by the Leave Act.
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reporting services for senior judges, visiting judges, magistrate judges or land
commissioners, salaried reporters not covered by the Leave Act who are
absent for whatever reason are responsible for providing that coverage or
ensuring a substitute is readily available and reachable by the Clerk,
designee, or OCR on calendar duty.
V. Assignment and Availability
1. Consistent with other provisions of this Plan, official court reporters and
ECROs will be aligned with an active district judge when doing so produces
convenience and efficiency for the court as a whole. When necessary, an
official court reporter or ECRO may be temporarily assigned by the Clerk or
designee to an active judge of the district, a senior district judge, a visiting
district judge, a magistrate judge, special masters, or to land commissioners in
accordance with other provisions of this Plan. Assignment conflicts will be
resolved based on a priority of hearing types rather than judge rank or
alignment of the official court reporters. Hearing types such as trials and
evidentiary hearings will receive highest priority (see “DNM Official Court
Reporter (OCR) Scheduling Prioritization Policy”).
2. Court reporting of Grand Jury proceedings are arranged and funded by the
U.S. Attorney General. In the rare instance, an official court reporter will also
report Grand Jury proceedings when required and directed by the Court.
3. The Clerk or designee will monitor work distribution equity and adjust OCR
assignments if patterns of disparity emerge.
4. Pursuant to the Guide, Volume 6, Chapter 1, §120, official court reporters will
attend and be present in the courtroom, chambers or where required, to
record all official proceedings of the judge or other judicial officer to whom
they may be assigned.
5. Official court reporters or ECROs on location in the main office and divisional
offices, when available, will be utilized to minimize travel by official court
reporters.
6. To the extent that the work of the Court permits, two or more official court
reporters may cooperate and share the extra work necessitated by preparation
of daily or hourly copy or lengthy trials.
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VI. Substitute and Contract Reporting Services
1. To the extent that the complement of official court reporters cannot fulfill the
reporting needs of this District, the Court will employ contract or freelance
court reporters to satisfy the Court’s additional requirements, subject to the
approval of the Circuit Council and of the AO. Every reasonable effort will be
made through scheduling to reduce the need for temporary or contractual
court reporting services and to minimize the travel by these outside reporters.
2. Arranging Substitutes for Reporters Not on the Leave Act. The official
reporter must provide the Clerk or designee with the name and telephone
number of an available substitute reporter to fill in during the official
reporter’s absence. The official reporter must also arrange and pay for any
services rendered by the substitute reporter. Once arrangements are made,
the official reporter will send an email to the substitute reporter confirming
the arrangements, and copy the Clerk or designee so that he or she is duly
informed. An official reporter may enlist the services of another official
reporter; however, the absent reporter must still provide the name and
telephone number of an available substitute and pay for any services
rendered by the substitute. If the substitute is another official reporter, the
substitute may not charge the absent reporter. Alternatively, the official
reporter must be placed on leave without pay (LWOP) status during the
official reporter’s absence. If placed on LWOP status, a substitute court
reporter will be provided at Court expense. See more under Section IV, Leave
Act.
3. When the official court reporters who have been placed on a regular tour of
duty are on leave status, their assignments may be covered by any other
available official court reporter or, as a last resort, by contract court reporting
services provided at Court expense.
4. An official court reporter will not use a substitute court reporter without the
prior approval of the judge, Clerk, or designee.
5. Any substitutes used will be fully qualified under the standards adopted by
the JCUS. Substitute reporters will adhere to transcript format and rate
schedules in the same manner as official court reporters.
6. Any necessary replacement reporter services required, including those
necessitated by the demands of expedited, daily, or hourly copy, will be
provided at the assigned official court reporter’s expense. Such expense will
not be passed on to the litigants ordering transcripts, except to the extent
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authorized by the higher fees authorized for such transcripts under the
schedule of fees adopted by the JCUS. Should the involuntary appointment
by the Court of a substitute court reporter become necessary, the Court
adopts by reference the procedures set forth in the Guide, Volume 6,
Chapter 4, §440.60.
VII. Place of Work, Hours
1. Pursuant to the Guide, Volume 6, Chapter 2, §240.10, it is not necessary for
official court reporters who are not on a regular tour of duty to be in the
courthouse when not engaged in reporting activities unless required by the
Court. However, these official court reporters are to maintain telephone
availability every day court is in session so that they can be summoned to the
courthouse when their services are needed. The Clerk or designee will work
with the staff court reporter team to provide backup for court reporters who
are on vacation or out sick. However, court reporters not covered by the
Leave Act must provide contact information for a substitute to the Clerk or
designee in the event the court reporter is unable to fulfill their duties for any
reason.
2. The official court reporters who have been placed on a regular tour of duty,
with work hours commencing at 8:00 a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m. or working
an approved alternative work schedule, Monday through Friday, will remain
on official duty during those hours unless on approved leave status.
3. All official court reporters will maintain an office with telephone and
computer access to the Court’s network provided by the Court within the
courthouse, to allow litigants reasonable and prompt access to make
arrangements for ordering required transcripts. For ease of use, court
reporters can forward their phone extensions to a personal cell phone if
desired. However, court reporters should check the voicemail for their desk
extension daily.
4. All official court reporters regardless of Leave status will check their email
several times a day. It is expected that each court reporter check his or her
court email account often as this is an official means of communication in the
Clerk’s Office. This will ensure timely receipt of important announcements
from Clerk’s Office staff, chambersʹ staff, and judges. The Clerk or designee
will continue to contact court reporters via telephone in time‐critical
situations for purposes of court coverage, and nothing in this section changes
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the court reportersʹ responsibility to maintain telephone availability (see
Paragraph 1 of this section).
VIII. Notes
1. All official court reporters’ raw electronic notes files, CAT‐specific notes files,
text files, and wav (audio) files, as well as the reportersʹ main dictionaries will
be maintained by the Court on a network drive. The purpose of this is for the
easy retrieval and transcription of hearings in the event the attending court
reporter is unavailable or unwilling to transcribe the hearing. Reporters will
upload these files electronically to a dedicated Court‐owned server once a
month, or more often, under procedures established by the Clerk’s Office.
Each reporter will have an area on the server where his or her notes are
stored. Such notes will not be available to the public except as permitted by
28 U.S.C. § 753(b). Such notes will not be made available to other reporters or
Clerk’s Office employees unless by order of the Court.
2. All notes predating this Plan will be archived in accordance with established
records archiving policy.
3. The notes of replacement or contract reporters will be suitably marked and
submitted to the Clerk or designee, who will archive them in accordance with
established policy.
4. Court reporters are encouraged to provide realtime translation upon request
and must comply with the Realtime System Technical Requirements as set
forth by the JCUS (see the Guide, Volume 6, Chapter 3, Appendix 3A). Court
reporters must also comply with realtime technical and reporting standards
and familiarize themselves with their responsibilities in relation to those of
the Court.
IX. Freelance Reporting
1. Freelance reporting includes reporting and preparing transcripts for
depositions and Grand Jury proceedings. Freelance reporting will only be
undertaken by official court reporters who are not on a regular tour of duty,
and only with the specific prior approval of the Court.
2. Official court reporters not under the Leave Act will not use court facilities or
equipment for freelance reporting activities.
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X. Fees for Transcripts
1. The Clerk will prominently post at the counter and on the Court’s external
website a schedule of transcript maximum fees currently authorized by the
JCUS.
2. The Chief Judge has an entered an administrative order (21‐MC‐00004‐08)
adopting rate changes when they occur.
3. The Clerk of designee will periodically, for transcripts paid for with
government funds (whether under the Criminal Justice Act or in civil
appeals), review the transcripts filed and the bill submitted to ensure the
correctness of the charges assessed.
4. Apportionment of accelerated transcript costs among parties in CJA cases is
prohibited. In multi‐defendant cases involving CJA defendants, no more than
one transcript should be purchased from the reporter on behalf of the CJA
defendants. One of the appointed counsel, the Clerk or designee, or the court
reporter will arrange for duplication of the transcript, at a commercially
competitive rate, for each CJA defendant for whom a transcript was
approved. The cost of duplication will be charged to the CJA appropriation.
XI. Timely Filing and Proper Formatting of Transcripts
1. The provision or delivery of transcripts to the Clerk pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 753 will be accomplished through the e‐filing to CM/ECF of the transcript
by the court reporter. Court reporters will familiarize themselves with the
transcript redaction deadlines and procedures, located in the District of New
Mexico’s CM/ECF Administrative Procedures Manual.
2. Pursuant to the Guide, Volume 6, Chapter 5, §510.25, court reporters must file
all transcripts of proceedings prepared at the request of a party or judge with
the Clerk of Court. Certified transcripts must be e‐filed to CM/ECF
concurrent with, but not later than three working days after, delivery to the
requesting party. When a contract court reporter produces a certified
transcript at the request of a party or judge, the contract court reporter must
concurrently deliver a certified transcript to the Clerk of Court or designee at
no charge for filing on CM/ECF.
3. Transcripts will be converted to basic PDF format. (See CM/ECF
Administrative Procedures Manual for more on PDF conversion.) CM/ECF
cannot accept PDF documents with security settings, bookmarks, or
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additional coding. Transcripts, like any other pleading, must bear the case
number, document number, file date and page numbers at the top of each
page.
4. In criminal cases and cases brought under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254, and 2255,
all transcripts ordered for purposes of appeal are to be delivered within 30
days of the date satisfactory arrangements are made for payment of the costs
of their production, in accordance with Fed. R. App. P 11(b).
5. In all other cases, all transcripts ordered for purposes of appeal are to be
delivered within 60 days of the date satisfactory arrangements are made for
payment of the costs of their production.
6. These time limitations may be extended only by the United States Court of
Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
XII. Digital Audio Recorded Hearing Transcripts
1. The Court has implemented the “Judicial Conference Policy to Make
Transcripts of Court Proceedings Available Electronically via Case
Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF).” This policy covers standards
for court reporters filing transcripts electronically, public and attorney access
to those transcripts, and redaction procedures.
2. When court reporters are not used, court proceedings are recorded using ESR
equipment. Court proceedings recorded in this fashion are available to
internal and external customers. External customers may select a court
reporting or transcription service of their choice and place with them a
transcript order. The vendor will, in turn, contact the Clerk’s Office for
upload or a CD of the desired hearing. Internal customers may also order
audio recorded transcripts through the Clerk’s Office. See the relevant policy
regarding DART requests on the Court’s internal and external websites.
3. Pursuant to the Guide, Volume 6, Chapter 5, §510.40, this section does not
apply to court reporters’ backup audio files used to augment the steno notes.
Backup audio files made by court reporters for their own convenience and
not otherwise required by 28 U.S.C. § 753 are the personal property of the
court reporter. There is no public entitlement to these audio files.
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XIII. Remote Reporting
1. In the event a court reporter is not available to cover court proceedings in
person or if the cost of travel outweighs the utility of the reporter appearing
remotely, the Court has authorized the use of Zoom videoconferencing for
the provision of remote reporting of proceedings. Court reporters appearing
remotely will be responsible for providing realtime reader software to
provide a secure realtime stream remotely, if requested by the presiding
judge.
2. In the event a reporter appearing remotely is unable to report a bench
conference due to this Court’s current lack of audio feed from the bench
conference microphone over Zoom, the CRD will utilize ESR to capture the
bench conference portion of the proceedings. The court reporter will then
acquire the ESR recording, transcribe the recorded portion of the proceedings,
and insert said transcription into the overall transcript, pursuant to the
current DNM OCR Remote Support via Zoom policy regarding bench
conferences. The court reporter should insert parentheticals at both the
beginning and end of the audio transcription to denote the section that was
captured by audio as well as reference in the certification that a portion of the
transcript was captured by ESR.
XIV. Sanctions
1. If any transcript is not delivered within the specified time delineated in
Section XI (3) and (4) above, the charge assessable to the ordering party will
be reduced unless the Clerk of the Court of Appeals expressly waives this
requirement.
2. The rate of such reduction will be one percent (1%) reduced from the total bill
for each three (3) full days that the transcript remains undelivered to the
Clerk of the District Court beyond the due date.
3. Approval of an extension of time by the Court of Appeals pursuant to Fed. R.
App. P. 11(b) does not constitute a waiver of the fee reduction requirement. A
showing of extreme or unusual circumstances will be required to obtain a
waiver.
4. Upon delivery of the transcript, the Clerk of the District Court will calculate
the sanctions to be imposed and will notify the official, contract, or substitute
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court reporter and the Court of Appeals. This notice will be deemed a court
order that sanctions will be paid.
5. Within ten (10) days of notice that sanctions have been imposed, the reporter
will deliver to the Clerk of the District Court a copy of the billing rendered to
the ordering party, showing the total original charge, the penalty reduction
subtracted from the total and the net bill to be paid by the ordering party. A
copy of each such bill will be forwarded to the Court of Appeals after receipt
and review by the Clerk.
6. Nothing contained herein should be construed as approving untimely
delivery of transcripts, nor should this provision be considered the only
penalty that may be imposed by the Court or Circuit Council.
7. In addition, it is the policy of the Tenth Circuit Council that, irrespective of
the imposition of monetary sanctions, any official, contract or substitute
reporter who is unable to prepare a transcript within 90 days of the date it is
ordered, or within the period of any extension beyond 90 days granted by the
Clerk of the Court of Appeals which is accompanied by an express waiver of
sanctions, will remove him or herself from the courtroom until the transcript
has been filed with the District Court Clerk and will provide a substitute at
his or her own expense. See the Guide, Volume 6, Chapter 5, §540.
XV. Reports to be Filed
1. Each official court reporter will timely file with the AO the reports set forth
below, pursuant to the Guide, Volume 6, Chapter 2, §290.40. The Clerk will
certify that the following reports have been reviewed prior to submission to
the AO.
a. The Report of Attendance and Transcripts of United States Court
Reporters (Form AO 40A) will be submitted quarterly during each
calendar year to the District Court Administration Division of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Washington, D.C.
20544. It will be mailed, emailed, or submitted electronically via the
Automated Court Reporter Application (ACRA). Once completed, the
court reporter will provide a PDF copy to the Clerk or designee for review
14 days after the end of each quarter to allow for review and approval
within the 20‐day deadline in the AO’s rules for ACRA submissions.
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b. The Statement of Earnings of the United States Court Reporters (Form
AO 40B) will be submitted annually to the District Court Administration
Division of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts,
Washington, D.C. 20544. It will be mailed or submitted electronically via
the web‐based ACRA and provided in PDF format to the Clerk or
designee as described above in order for the report to be approved and
submitted by April 15 of each year.
c. Official court reporters will submit a quarterly report to the Clerk or
designee reflecting the case file numbers for which transcripts have been
requested, the due dates, the number of pages estimated for each
transcript due, extensions requested, reasons for the extensions and
estimated completion date for each transcript.
XVI. Records to be Maintained by Court Reporters
1. In order to permit the routine audit and inspection of records, official court
reporters must maintain accurate, legible, and up‐to‐date records of their
expenses, attendance in court, transcript orders, and invoices. Such records
shall be maintained on forms prescribed by the JCUS or comparable forms or
software designed for federal court reporters that contain the required data
and information. These forms shall include, but are not limited to, the
following:
a. AO 37 Expense Ledger
b. AO 38 Attendance Ledger
c. AO 39 Transcript Orders and Collections Ledger
d. AO 44 Invoice
XVII. Appellate Transcript Management Plan Adopted by the Tenth Circuit Judicial
Council
In supplementation of this Court Reporter Management Plan, official, contract,
freelance, and substitute court reporters will comply with the “Appellate Transcript
Management Plan for the Tenth Circuit,” attached as Appendix B to the Tenth Circuit
Rules, Effective January 1, 2010.
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MINUTES OF THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL
OF THE TENTH CIRCUIT
October 22, 2024
The Judicial Council approved the Plan for Management of Court Reporting
Services as submitted by the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
The Judicial Council
By:
Leslee Fathallah
Circuit Executive and Secretary to the
Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit
