The court has approved amending LCrR 32.2, which sets forth the District's Standard Conditions of Probation and Supervised Release, effective November 1, 2016. You may view the public notice of the amendment and comment period here.
We have become aware of another jury scam that has been recently occurring in NH. The scammer is phoning potential victims, telling them that a warrant has been issued for their arrest for failing to report for jury duty or for other reasons. The scammer is directing potential victims to meet at a sheriff's office or other location to make payment to avoid arrest or prosecution. This is not how this court communicates with jurors. If you receive such a call, you should report it to the U.S.
The court will host the 9th Federal Practice Institute on Friday, October 7, 2016. General registration will open on August 23. Early registration is being offered now for members of the NH Bar-Federal Practice Section; NH Chapter of the Federal Bar Association; the court's Federal Court Advisory Committee (FCAC); and new lawyers (with five years or less experience), and early registration for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Federal Defender Office, CJA Panel Attorneys, and the NH Bankruptcy Bar will open on August 8.
Anyone filing documents with the court are reminded to consider that all filings will be remotely available to the public via the court’s electronic filing system absent an order from the court or redaction as required by the federal and local rules. As a consequence, anyone filing documents with the court should exercise caution when filing such documents, and either redact information required by rule to be redacted or file a motion to seal the filing or certain information contained in the filing.
We have become aware of a jury scam that has been recently occurring in NH. The scammer is phoning potential victims, telling them that a warrant has been issued for their arrest for failing to report for jury duty and directing them to report to an address in Manchester to pay a fine. This is not how this court communicates with jurors. If you receive such a call, you should report it to the U.S. Marshal's Office for the District of New Hampshire at (603) 225-1632.
Beginning June 20, 2016, all sentencing letters (i.e. character letters or victim impact statements) that are not submitted to the court as an attachment to a pleading (such as letters submitted at a sentencing hearing or via the U.S. Probation Office) will be docketed in the court's electronic case docket when received by the court and available to the public via the public terminals located in the clerk's office.
This year, scammers posing as federal court personnel have become more prevalent, sophisticated, and aggressive. These scammers phone or email potential victims, typically demanding money and threatening citizens with arrest for alleged failure to pay a fine or report for jury duty. Learn how to spot and help stop a scam.
The court's local rule amendments go into effect December 1, 2015. The electronic and pdf versions of the rules available on the court's website have been updated. For those interested, paper copies of the local rules as amended are availble for purchase in the clerk's office for $4.50 per copy. Please note that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure also have been amended, effective December 1, 2015.
Chief Judge Jeffrey R. Howard of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit announced on October 7, 2015, that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Hampshire will relocate from rented space in Manchester to existing space in the Warren B. Rudman Courthouse in Concord in the summer of 2017. Read the press release for additional details.
The District of New Hampshire's Criminal Cases Report in CM/ECF is now available. This report allows users to search for criminal cases filed in the District of New Hampshire by citation, among other parameters. The report may be found in the Reports menu for CM/ECF. Please note that the use of reports is not subject to the 30-page PACER billing cap. You will be billed for the total number of pages returned based on your search parameters.
The court updated its July 2012 CJA Cost Containment Order regarding vouchers in excess compensation cases to clarify the court's process for these vouchers, particularly given the recent implementation of eVoucher. The new Administrative Order, Adm 1, 15-4, can be found on the orders page.
Beginning August 17, 2015, CJA Panel Attorneys will use eVoucher to submit all requests under the Criminal Justice Act. eVoucher is a nationally developed computer application program that automates and significantly streamlines the process by which CJA Panel Attorneys maintain time and expense records, and prepare and submit to the court requests to engage services other than counsel, requests for transcripts, and vouchers for payment of attorney fees and expenses, expert expenses and transcripts.
The court has received notice that the problems some McAfee users were having receiving court ECF email have been resolved. You should not have to take any further corrective action to ensure receipt of ECF email.
The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut has posted an opening for a magistrate judge. For application information and a detailed description of the position, click here.
The court has increased its megabyte limit on pdf documents filed in ECF from 5 megabytes to 10 megabytes. The court also no longer requires that pdf documents exceeding 15 megabytes (in total) be filed conventionally. These changes impact AP 2.3(b) and 2.6, which rules will be formally changed during the local rule amendment cycle later this year.