(a) The Clerk of Court shall accept for filing as Miscellaneous Cases (as further described in
the Judicial Conference Schedule of Fees, 28 U.S.C. § 1914) the following materials:
(1) Motion to Quash Subpoena
(2) Notification to the Court of Appointment of Receiver
(3) Motion to Perpetuate Testimony
(4) Registration of Foreign Judgment from Courts of Competent Jurisdiction
(5) Motion to Withdraw Reference to Bankruptcy Court
(6) Motion to Enforce Internal Revenue Service Summons
(7) Motion to Enforce Subpoena
(8) Letters Rogatory
(9) Application to Enter Premises
(10) Federal Lien Against Property Filed by a Government Agency
(b) All other documents submitted for filing as a Miscellaneous Case, or any other document
which the Clerk of Court believes appears irregular or otherwise inappropriate for filing,
shall be forwarded to the Chief Judge or their designee for a determination as to whether
the document should be filed. Examples of such documents include the following:
(1) Documents purporting to renounce or establish citizenship
(2) Non-consensual liens
(3) Apostilles
(4) Registration of Judgments from “common law” courts
(5) Documents with captions that do not properly identify this Court.
(c) As required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d)(4), the Clerk’s Office will accept the document(s) upon
presentation. Court staff will not mark the document(s) as filed or received unless and
until approval is granted, at which time the document will be filed and the filing fee will
be collected or the documents will be entered on a pending action. Documents that are
ultimately rejected by the Court shall be returned to the party submitting them in their
original form without any Court stamp or markings.
