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Fri, 2018-09-14
A service in memory of The Honorable Rodolfo “Rudy” Lozano, Senior District Court Judge of the United States District Court, Northern District of Indiana, will be held on Monday, September 24, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. (CDT) in Judge Lozano’s 4th Floor...
Fri, 2018-08-10
Effective September 1, 2018, a new fee of $31.00 per record provided will be charged for reproducing and transmitting, in any manner, a copy of an electronic record stored outside of the court's electronic case management system.
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Sun, 2018-05-06
Louisiana native Beth Cenac never thought she would be the target of a jury scam. But when a stern voice on the telephone threatened to jail her for allegedly missing jury duty, Cenac was conned out of $3,000.
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Thu, 2018-03-29
The judiciary's Defender Services account received fiscal year 2018 funding in the "Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018" to increase the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel attorney hourly rates from $132 to $140 for non-capital work and from $...
Fri, 2017-11-17
Fort Wayne, IN – The U.S. Marshals are alerting the public of several nationwide imposter scams involving individuals claiming to be U.S. marshals, court officers, or other law enforcement officials. They are urging people to report the calls not...
Fri, 2017-11-17
Hammond and Lafayette, IN – The U.S. Marshals are alerting the public of several nationwide imposter scams involving individuals claiming to be U.S. marshals, court officers, or other law enforcement officials. They are urging people to report...
Tue, 2017-10-17
The December 2015 amendments to FRCP 37(e) were designed to bring consistency to when courts find the loss of ESI sanctionable. Has the amendment's intent to address the "serious problems resulting from the continued exponential growth in the...
Fri, 2016-11-18
At its September 2016 session, the Judicial Conference approved several changes to the federal court miscellaneous fee schedules. As the result, effective December 1, 2016, certain fees on the District Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule will...