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American Inns Of Court Award

May 1, 2008- The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the American Inns of Court announce the solicitation of nominations for the seventh annual American Inns of Court Professionalism Award in the Second Circuit. Nominations must be submitted by May 30, 2008. Read

Judicial Conference Actions Re Privacy & Security of Electronic Case Files


NEW - To view the District Court, District of Connecticut, Policy on Availability of Transcripts of Court Proceedings click here.

Effective May 15, 2008, court transcripts will be made publicly available through the CM/ECF and PACER systems beginning 90 days after they are filed with the Clerk. Pursuant to federal policy, transcripts must be redacted to avoid disclosing certain personal information. Specifically,

  • Social Security numbers must be limited to the last 4 digits
  • Financial account numbers must be limited to the last 4 digits
  • Names of minor children must be limited to their initials
  • Dates of birth must be limited to the year of birth
  • Home addresses must be limited to the city and state (in criminal cases)

Accordingly, counsel are requested to avoid introducing this information into the record in the first place. Please take this into consideration when questioning witnesses or making other statements on the record. If a restricted item of personal information is mentioned in court, counsel may make a motion to have it stricken from the record or partially redacted to conform to the privacy policy. Thank you for your cooperation.

For more information please click here.

CLERK, U. S. DISTRICT COURT

Standing Order on Pro Bono Representation

It is hereby ordered that Local Civil Rule 83.10, subparts (a) and (b), are temporarily suspended as of March 15, 2008, and replaced until further notice .. Read

Federal Rule 5.2(c)(2(B)

All documents in Social Security cases have, until this point, been restricted from remote electronic public access. Members of the public have had remote electronic access through the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system only to docket sheets in these cases.

In September 2006, however, the Judicial Conference adopted a proposed Federal Rule of Civil Procedure that specifically changes this access in Social Security cases, allowing public Internet access to “an opinion, order, judgment, or other disposition of the court, but not any other part of the case file or administrative record.” Pending Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(c)(2)(B). That rule, which has since also been approved by the Supreme Court, will go into effect on December 1, 2007, absent action by Congress to reject, modify, or defer it.

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Local Rule Amendments

Local Civil Rule 5(e) and Criminal Rule 57(b) have been approved and are effective December 15, 2007.

Local Civil Rule 5(e)    Local Criminal Rule 57(b)   


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