The Local Rules can be accessed on our web site.

Members of the bar of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana may request a certificate of good standing by contacting the clerk's office at (504) 589-7666 and paying a $15 fee for each certificate.

All pleadings must be filed in the clerk's office between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday with the exception of complaints which may prescribe and those requiring immediate judicial intervention, for example, temporary restraining orders, vessel seizures, etc. Any other pleading filed after that time shall be considered as being filed on the next business day.

If it will be necessary to file a document after hours, call the clerk's office during regular business hours and ask to speak to the "duty" deputy clerk.

Since migrating to new e-filing system, this service is no longer available.

PACER is the Public Access to Court Electronic Records service provided by the clerk's office. PACER permits interested individuals to remotely access by computer electronic case summaries and docket information of civil and criminal cases filed with this court. Use of PACER requires users to register with the PACER Service Center and to obtain a password. The Judiciary imposes a nominal $.08 per page ,defined as 56 lines, for access to PACER, a rate that is set nationally. Users must have a PC and access to the Internet in order to access PACER. For further information, please call the PACER Service Center at 1-(800)-676-6856.

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has installed an electronic evidence presentation system which is available to counsel to assist them in presenting their evidence to the court and to the jury. The system is designed to enhance and improve the quality and the efficiency of evidence presentation. The equipment consists of an EPSON projector, an ELMO visual presenter and a VCR.

The ELMO visual presenter is capable of projecting images of opaque documents, transparencies, 3-D objects and even x-rays. Documents can be viewed in color, or if necessary, switched to black and white.

The EPSON projector allows you to connect two computers at one time. This allows counsel to project computer generated images from their PCs for viewing by the court and/or the jury. A VCR is also connected to the EPSON projector to allow video tapes to be viewed.

If you wish to use this equipment for a trial or hearing, please contact the judge's assigned courtroom deputy. The equipment is portable and can be brought to the judge's courtroom. It is suggested that anyone interested in using the system make arrangements to test their equipment and software for compatibility in advance of the trial or hearing.