Local Rule LR 83.13: Advance Payment of Fees

LR 83.13 Advance Payment of Fees

(a) Generally. The Clerk, the United States Marshal Service, or any other officer of the Court entitled to collect fees for services rendered may require fees to be paid in advance. This rule includes fees for filing cases.

(b) Payment of Fees in Seamen's Suit. Seamen may institute and prosecute suits in their own names and for their own benefit for wages or salvage or the enforcement of laws enacted for their health or safety without prepaying fees or costs or furnishing security therefor. In all such actions in which a seaman prevails, either by judgment or by settlement, no dismissal or satisfaction of judgment shall be filed or entered until all fees of the marshal and clerk have been paid. It shall be the responsibility of counsel handling the payment of any settlement to see to it that all fees are paid whether or not any dismissal or satisfaction of judgment entry is applied for.