Local Rules

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• Local Rules in PDF format
  

The Local Rules were last amended on March 14, 2007. The amendments were proposed in January 2007, and they took effect in March following a public comment period in which no comments were received.

Amendments to Local Civil Rule 1, Local Criminal Rule 1, and Local Admiralty Rule 1 concern electronic case filing (ECF). The amendments announce that on March 26, 2007, documents filed with the Court must be filed through the Court’s ECF system except as provided otherwise in the Court’s ECF Policies and Procedures manual. This document contains the three amended rules, marked to show the changes that were made.

You may also find the following documents helpful. These were compiled based on previous local rule amendments:

• A guide to redacting personal identifiers (February, 2005, Local Rule 7 and Local Criminal Rule 47 amendments).
  
  
• Instructions on tracking motions to seal (March, 2004, Local Civil Rule 5 and Local Criminal Rule 49).

Standing Orders

Additional Resources

• A list of helpful hints prepared by the Clerk's Office for attorneys and pro se litigants practicing in the Alexandria Division.
  
  


• A list of helpful hints prepared by the Clerk's Office for attorneys and pro se litigants practicing in the Richmond Division.
  
  


• A list of helpful hints prepared by the Clerk's Office for attorneys and pro se litigants practicing in the Norfolk and Newport News Divisions .