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Local Civil Rule 7.1 Amendments Adopted

Thursday, December 1, 2022

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia adopts changes to Local Civil Rule 7.1 after a period of public comment.  

The amendments to Local Civil Rule 7.1 are adopted as previously proposed on October 27, 2022.  The redlined version of the proposed amendments and the new rule and justification are linked below. 

Local Civil Rule 7.1  

As a result of the amendments to Local Civil Rule 7.1, a new form has been approved.  The new “Citizenship Disclosure Form” is required to be submitted to the Court when filing citizenship diversity cases. 

There are no changes to the Court’s Financial Interest Disclosure Statement, which is also required in certain proceedings pursuant to Local Civil Rule 7.1. 

The amendments to Local Civil Rule 7.1, and the accompanying “Citizenship Disclosure Form” go into effect today, December 1, 2022. 

An updated copy of the Local Rules for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, effective December 1, 2022, may be found here

The Court also proposed amendments to Local Civil Rule 83.1, Local Criminal Rule 57.4, and a new Local Criminal Rule 32.  You may read more about those changes as well as how to submit comments, here.  Interested parties may submit comments on these proposed amendments on or before December 27, 2022.