United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

6/26/2009
Job Opening - Automation Support - Courtroom Technology
The US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee is accepting applications for the position of Automation Support - Courtroom Technology. Job Description, Application.

5/29/2009
Charmiane Claxton to be sworn in as United States Magistrate Judge
The United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee announced today that Ms. Charmiane Claxton will be sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge on Friday, May 29, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. in Memphis, Tennessee. News Release

4/21/2009
Electronic Transcript Release Policy
By Administrative Order 2008-35 the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee implemented a policy regarding remote access to electronic transcripts. Pursuant to that policy, as well as Civil Rule 5.2 and Criminal Rule 49.1, each party's attorney is required to review a transcript for information that should be redacted pursuant to the Judicial Conference's privacy policy which requires: Social Security numbers be redacted to show only the last four digits; birth dates should contain only the year of birth; individuals known to be minors should be referred to with initials; and financial account numbers should be redacted to the last four digits. Additionally, in criminal case files, home addresses should reveal only the city and state of residence. Please be reminded that the responsibility to redact transcript lies with the attorney/party requesting the transcript from the Court Reporter.

4/17/2009
Merging of District and Magistrate Court Calendars
Effective Monday, April 27, 2009, the Court will consolidate the District and the Magistrate Judges' dockets onto a single calendar. As of that date, there will only a single link in the left hand menu bar for "Court Calendars". The "Magistrate Calendar" link will no longer be valid.

4/1/2009
Winning Strategies CJA Training Program
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Office of Defender Services Training Branch announces Winning Strategies, a national training program open to CJA panel attorneys across the country from Thursday, May 7 through Saturday, May 9, 2009. Winning Strategies will be held in Portland, Oregon and will provide valuable tuition-free CLE for both experienced and new CJA panel attorneys. Details

3/13/2009
CJA Compensation Rates Raised
The Ominbus Appropriations Act of 2009, signed in to law by the President on March 11, 2009, authorized and provided funds to raise the non-capital hourly panel attorney compensation rate from $100 to $110, and the maximum hourly capital rate from $170 to $175. Details

2/1/2009
New and Restyled Civil and Criminal Forms
Announcing that 56 new and restyled civil and criminal forms have been issued for national use and are posted on the Judiciary's www.uscourts.gov website.

1/29/2009
New Mileage Rate Effective February 1, 2009
GSA has announced a decrease in the mileage rates for privately owned vehicles when used for official travel. The new reimbursement mileage rate for automobiles, effective February 1, 2009, is $0.55 per mile.

12/11/2008
Ed Bryant to be sworn in as United States Magistrate Judge
The United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee announced today that Mr. Ed Bryant will be sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. in Jackson, Tennessee. News Release

12/1/2008
Proposed Revisions to Bylaws of the Federal Bar Association
The Federal Bar Association will be reviewing revisions to its bylaws at the annual meeting December 4, 2008. Review the proposed revisions here.

11/21/2008
Electronic Access to Transcripts
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee has approved a policy regarding remote access to electronic transcripts. This policy is implemented by Administrative Order 2008-35 and will take effect Monday, December 1, 2008.