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United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia Proposed Amendments to Local Rules

United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia Proposed Amendments to Local Rules

The Electronic Case Filing Policies and Procedures manual has been amended pursuant to Local Civil Rule 1 and Local Criminal Rule 1 to provide for electronic filing of transcripts of proceedings.

Therefore, the present amendments to Local Civil Rule 80 and Local Criminal Rule 57.3 eliminate unnecessary or inconsistent language and direct readers explicitly to the manual to avoid ambiguity.

The proposed amendments will take effect on May 12, 2009, subject to revisions in light of any comments received. Interested parties may submit comments on the proposed amendments by U.S. mail or e-mail on or before May 5, 2009, to:

Walter E. Hoffman U.S. Courthouse
600 Granby Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
Attn: Fernando Galindo, Clerk of Court
fernando_galindo@vaed.uscourts.gov