Local Rule LR54.12: Seaman and Pauper Cases

LR54.12 Seaman and Pauper Cases In all actions in which the fees of the marshal and the clerk are not required by law to be paid in advance and in which a poor suitor or a seaman prevails, either by judgment or by settlement, no dismissal or satisfaction of judgment will be filed or entered until all fees of the marshal and the clerk have been paid. It is 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.