If the federal government enters a lapse in appropriations (aka "a shutdown") on October 1, 2025, the United States District Court and the United States Probation Offices will remain open, and all court operations will continue as scheduled. During Phase 1 of a lapse in appropriations balances from fees and other available appropriations allow the judiciary to sustain operations until those fees and appropriations are exhausted. Once those fees and appropriations are exhausted, the judiciary has no available funds to continue operations and enters Phase 2 of a lapse in appropriations. During Phase 2 of a lapse in appropriations the judiciary must reduce operations to perform only excepted activities. The Court will issue further guidance regarding excepted activities should the lapse in appropriations progress into Phase 2.

Electronic Access to Restricted and Sealed Documents and Service of Restricted and Sealed Documents: Please take note of General Order 25-02 regarding Sealed Document Access and the associated Notice!

Important Notice for Individuals Attempting to Pay a U.S. District Court Violation Notice On-line: A fake website is currently impersonating www.cvb.uscourts.gov and may attempt to collect personal or financial information fraudulently. The only official website for paying a U.S. District Court Violation Notice is www.cvb.uscourts.gov. If you are paying online, please verify the web address carefully and report suspicious activity to the Central Violations Bureau (CVB) at 800-827-2982 or info@cvb.uscourts.gov. Alternatively, you may pay a ticket over the phone by calling the CVB at the same number.

Beginning August 11, 2025 PACER will require multifactor authentication and enforce updated password standards for users with Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF)-level access.

TELEPHONE and EMAIL SCAMS: Attorney's offices from around the country are reporting emails and calls that have spoofed US District Court phone numbers and email addresses. Please be aware that this activity is NOT from the Court, but rather bad actors wishing to cause disruption. Please ignore the calls/emails that fall outside normal business practices from this Court.
Additionally, we are being contacted by people who say the US Courts are calling them about paying a fine for different fake violations. These calls are NOT coming from the US Courts - please do NOT pay them and do not give out any person information. This is a scam. Just hang up.

CM FILERS: CM/ECF filers should be aware of the potential to inadvertently share restricted documents when using third-party services or software.
Sharing your PACER account credentials with a third-party service provider or designating that provider as a secondary recipient of a Notice of Electronic Filing or Notice of Docket Activity (NEF/NDA) will give it access to sealed or restricted case information and documents in violation of court order. You are urged to use caution in your computer security practices to ensure that sealed or restricted documents to which you have access are not disclosed.