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RULE 77 CONDUCTING BUSINESS; CLERK'S AUTHORITY

(a) Office Hours.

The clerk's office will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:45 p.m. each day, except Saturdays, Sundays, and court-observed holidays.

(b) Access to Electronic Records.

Access to the court's civil and criminal electronic docket, opinions, rules, and notices is available via the court's web site (www.prd.uscourts.gov) or the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER), an electronic retrieval system that provides criminal and civil summaries and docket information using a computer terminal (http://pacer.prd.uscourts.gov). PACER is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

(c) Filings.

The clerk's office will docket papers which are filed electronically or, upon leave of court, original papers which may be delivered to the clerk's office main facilities at the Federico Degetau Federal Building in Hato Rey, or to its satellite office at the José V. Toledo U.S. Courthouse in Old San Juan.

(d) Orders by the Clerk.

The clerk may issue the following orders without further direction of the court:

(1) orders allowing extensions of not more than five (5) pages of the page limitations established in these rules;

(2) orders granting a first extension of time not to exceed thirty (30) days.