CourtAlert - Tip of the Week
Quiz of the Month, PACER
Update, Updated Individual Rules for Magistrate Judge Frank Maas &
Civil Cover Sheet Reminder
July 03, 2008
Subject:
Quiz of
the Month, PACER Update, Updated Individual Rules for Magistrate Judge
Frank Maas & Civil Cover Sheet Reminder
PACER Update
We
would like to advise the CourtAlert
community that PACER has recently updated their web site. When a user has
traditionally needed to access a docket sheet from the PACER site they
would access the page that lists all of the courts (<<details>>).
This link would only access the courts data to provide docket sheet
information. The site has been updated to also include court information
that includes the following:
·
ECF Go Live Date
·
Maximum PDF File Size
·
Maximum Merge Document Size
·
Court Address, Phone Number & Divisional Offices
A user
can obtain this information by just clicking on the icon listed next to
each court. Also included next to each court is an indication of what
software version of CM/ECF the court is presently using.
Updated Individual Rules for
Magistrate Judge Frank Maas
Magistrate
Frank Maas has recently updated his individual rules. If you have any
cases before him, please download a copy and forward them to the
attorneys working on the cases. <<details>>
We have
included one particular subject from his rules that we think you should
pay particular attention to:
Just as
we reported last week about Judge Batts warning users to not file letters
so does Magistrate Maas in his practices. Magistrate Maas
even goes as far as mentioning that if a letter is filed electronically
it will be disregarded.
Civil Cover Sheet Reminder
Most of
the CourtAlert community is
very experienced in the area of filling out and filing a Civil Cover
Sheet in federal court. There are at times it can get a little tricky
filling it out especially when it comes to answering the question about
the case being related to another matter or if a certain judge hears
particular cases such as admiralty, labor, securities or intellectual
property. If a preferred judge is among those assigned to handle any of
the claims alleged in the complaint, the practioner should check the
relevant claim box likely to lead to an assignment to that judge. Please
be aware that the Eastern District and Southern District have separate
rules pertaining to this. These rules are found in the back of your local
rules listed under Rules for the Division of Business among District
Judges.
CourtAlert for Pacer
highlights:
·
Any US District or Bankruptcy case; alerts for new
dockets in Pacer optionally with the PDF
·
Inexpensive – a small fraction of the cost of
competing services
·
Very popular, now used by my firms’ librarians
·
If we download a PDF file – it is available to
all in your firm at no additional cost
·
Frequency of checking is user specified, even every
hour
·
A New brochure to share with your lawyers and
librarian is available, please contact Support@CourtAlert.com to receive it.
For details of the service please click here <<details>>
Quiz of the Month
This months winner is: Michael Muller of Thacher Proffitt
& Wood LLP
*As
soon as we have received the correct answers we will post them on the Tip
of The Week for that day. We will accept individual responses from other
members of your staff or firm, but the winning submission can only come
from one person and not a combination of answers from the same firm.
Responses by e mail will only be accepted. Please email your answers to Support@CourtAlert.com or
reply to this email.
Quiz Topic: Since the
tip today covers a few different areas we will have a different mix of
questions:
1) What
is the maximum PDF file size allowed in the Southern District of New York
(District Court)? 2.5MB
2) What
is the latest version of CM/ECF in the Eastern District of New York
(District Court) using? 3.2.1
3) What
is the rule number found in the Rules for the Division of Business among
District Judges that covers the designation of White Plains cases for SDNY? 21
4) What
is the rule number found in the Division of Business among District
Judges that covers the Assignment of Cases in EDNY? 50.2
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Thank You,
Izzy Schiller, President
CourtAlert
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