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11/04/2020

The Western District of Washington has a new Transcript Order Form for ordering transcripts or designating transcripts for appeal, which can be found on the Court’s Transcript and Orders page....

10/20/2020

CM/ECF will experience intermittent service interruptions on Friday, October 23 between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. Pacific Time, due to system maintenance.  Please contact the ECF Support if...

09/17/2020

On June 23, 2020, the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure (Standing Committee) approved publication of proposed amendments to the following:

  • Appellate Rule 25;
  • Bankruptcy Restyled Rules Parts I...
09/16/2020

CM/ECF will be unavailable beginning 5:00 pm PDT, Friday, September 18, 2020 until 7:00 am PDT, Monday, September 21, 2020.

Filing procedures during CM/ECF outage/unavailability can be found...

09/16/2020

The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington is accepting applications for the position of full time magistrate judge in Seattle, WA.  Please click on the links below to access the notice and application form. ...

09/14/2020

Senior Judge Ronald B. Leighton retired from the Western District of Washington effective September 1, 2020.  All of Judge Leighton’s pending cases have been transferred to other district judges in the Western District of Washington.  If you have...

09/04/2020

On Saturday, September 12th, CM/ECF will be unavailable during our regularly scheduled maintenance window (6:00 AM to 10:00 AM) but may extend until 12:00 pm due to a required system upgrade.

08/31/2020

Please see the attached Amended General Order, signed August 31st, 2020, appointing panel to consider the appointment of a magistrate judge. 

07/21/2020

The 'Attorney's Guide to Opening a Civil Case' has been updated and can be found on our Attorneys - Civil Case Opening page. This guide...

07/15/2020

These guidelines are in place during operations under the COVID-19 crisis for the judge listed below. Judges may request courtesy copies in individual situations.

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