Local Rule Rule 79.1: Books and Records of the Clerk of Court

Rule 79.1. Books and Records of the Clerk of Court

(a) The Clerk of Court shall:

(1) have custody of the seal of the Court and affix it when required;

(2) receive, deposit into the Registry of the Court, and disburse in accordance with law and the rules and orders of the Court, all fees and other moneys due to the Clerk or otherwise payable into the Court;

(3) ensure the custody of, and safely maintain and/or dispose of, all books, papers and records which may be filed and deposited in the Office of the Clerk of Court pursuant to law and the Guidelines issued by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts;

(4) supervise and direct the work of deputies and assistants, and act as the Chief Administrative Officer of the Court;

(5) attend in person, or by deputy, each session of the Court;

(6) issue all process and notices required to be issued;

(7) maintain the minutes of all sessions of the Court;

(8) maintain in each judicial division criminal, civil, admiralty, bankruptcy, probate, naturalization, and miscellaneous dockets in the form required by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and enter in the appropriate docket the title of each cause or proceeding initiated in the judicial division, and a memorandum of every subsequent proceeding therein, with the date thereof, and a record of all fees charged;

(9) maintain such other indices and records and make such reports as may be necessary in the performance of the duties of the Office of the Clerk and as may be required by law, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Admiralty Rules, the Bankruptcy Rules, these Rules, or by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and certify copies of the same whenever requested; and

(10) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to the Clerk by the Court.

(b) The Clerk shall prepare a calendar for each session of the District Court in each judicial division which shall list the causes on the several dockets which are ready to be heard at that session in that division. Cases that become ready for hearing during the session may be added to the calendar.