Comments on proposed LOCAL RULE changes
are being accepted
August 17 – September 11, 2009
A local rules revision cycle was initiated earlier in the year that included phases
for the bar to provide suggestions and make subsequent comments to resulting proposed
changes. Based on these phases, detailed and summary versions of the proposed revisions
have now been compiled for public comment from August 17 to September 11.
The packages and associated links can be found at:
http://www.flnb.uscourts.gov/court_info/local_rules.aspx
All comments are to be provided to Bill Miller, the chair of the local rules committee,
either by e-mail at:
billmillerlaw@gmail.com
or on-line at:
http://www2.flnb.uscourts.gov/feedback/
Once this phase is complete, the final steps will be to obtain required confirmations
from the U.S. District Court and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, with a planned
effective date for the new rules of December 1, 2009.
REMINDER: CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
The Administrative Procedures for Electronic Filing (Section II, B) requires attorneys
filing electronically to serve pleadings electronically to registered participants
of the ECF system. For parties who have opted out of electronic service or who are
not registered participants, attorneys are required to serve the pleading in accordance
with applicable rules. The pleading should include a Certificate of Service reflecting
which parties have been served electronically or by other means. If no Certificate
of Service is included in the pleading, an Order to Effect Service will be issued
directing you to serve the parties before the pleading can be considered.
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