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Eastern District of Virginia

E.D. Va. — local rules, ECF filing procedures, and judges’ standing orders, readable in full.

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Civil Rules (29)
1 Scope Of Rules
3 Area And Divisions
4 Service And Return Of Summons – Abatement
5 Requests To File Documents Under Seal
7 Pleadings – Motions – Continuances – Orders
7.1 (A) requires the party to identify
16 Pretrial Conference
26 Discovery And Disclosure
30 Depositions – Expenses – Summaries – Reviewing Depositions
37 Motions To Compel And Sanctions
38 Demand For Jury Trial
45 Subpoenas
47 Jurors
51 Proposed Jury Instructions And Voir Dire
54 Costs – Notice Of Appeal – Jury Costs
56 Summary Judgment
62 Appeal Bond – Exemption From
65 Sureties – Security – Bondsman
67 Deposit, Withdrawal And Investment Of Funds In The
71A Land Condemnation Actions
72 United States Magistrate Judges – Duties
79 Exhibits
80 Transcripts – Record On Appeal
83.1 Attorneys And Pro Se Parties
83.2 Sales And Distribution Of Proceeds Of Sales
83.3 Photographing, Recording, Broadcasting,
83.4 Habeas Corpus And Proceedings In Forma Pauperis
83.5 Review Of Orders As To Admission, Suspension, Or Exclusion Of
83.6 Settlement And Alternative Dispute Resolution
Criminal Rules (21)
1 Scope Of Rules
5 United States Magistrate Judges – Duties
6 Grand Jury
12 Criminal Cases – Motions
12.4 Financial Disclosure
17 Subpoenas
18 Area And Divisions
24 Trial Jurors
30 Proposed Jury Instructions And Voir Dire
32 Nondisclosure Of Probation Officer’S Sentencing Recommendation
32.2 Sales And Distribution Of Proceeds Of Sales
46 Sureties – Security – Bondsman
47 (F)(2), shall be accompanied by a written brief setting forth a concise statement
49 Designation And Handling Of Documents Under Seal
53 Photographing, Recording, Broadcasting,
55 Exhibits
57.1 Free Press – Fair Trial Directives
57.2 Payment Of Fees
57.3 Official Court Reporters Transcripts –
57.4 Attorneys And Pro Se Parties
58 Collateral Payments
Electronic Filing (ECF) Procedures
Electronic Case Filing Procedures
Standing Orders & Judge Procedures (22)
Court-wide (22)
Appointment of ADR Administrator
CJA Committee Appointment Order
Court Reporter Management Plan
Criminal Justice Act Plan for the Eastern District of Virginia
Deposit and Investment of Registry Funds
Order - In The Matter of Relevant Law in Social Security Appeals Before Magistrate Judge Summer L. Speight
Order In Re: Local Civil Rule 7(E) for cases before United States District Judge M. Hannah Lauck
Order in Re: Local Civil Rule 7(E) for cases before United States District Judge Roderick C. Young
Order in Re: Local Civil Rule 7(E) for cases before United States Magistrate Judge Summer L. Speight
Order in Re: Petitions For Application of Retroactive 2023 Criminal History Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines
Order in Re: Petitions For Application of Retroactive 2023 Criminal History Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines
Order In the Matter of Requests to Seal Transportation Orders Directing the Movement of Prisoners
Order on the Disclosure of Forensic Testing Results and Police Reports by the Probation Office
Order Revising Forfeiture of Collateral List
Revised Order in the Matter of Oral Argument in Social Security Appeals Before Magistrate Judge Summer L. Speight
Standing Order Establishing Judge Assignment Protocol for Mega Chapter 11 Cases
Standing Order In Re Procedures for the Filing of Sealed Documents
Standing Order In the Matter of the Temporary Sealing of Petitions for Violation of Probation, Supervised Release, or Pretrial Release, Including a Request for an Arrest Warrant.
Standing Order on Interim CJA Vouchers
Standing Order Regarding Random Case Assignments
Updated Alexandria Committee Order
Updated Norfolk/Newport News Committee Order
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