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09/04/2025
Important Notice for Individuals Attempting to Pay a U.S. District Court Violation Notice On-line: A fake website is currently impersonating www.cvb.uscourts.gov and may attempt to collect personal or...
08/31/2025
Remote public audio access has been authorized for the Motion to Approve Policy Revisions and Terminate Preliminary Injunction, and Motion to Terminate Consent Decree hearing in United States of America. v. City of Seattle. Case number 2:12-cv-...
08/28/2025
As of now, the Western District of Washington District Court CM/ECF system outage is resolved. The system outage filing procedures are no longer in effect as of 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 28, 2025. Electronic filings must be made directly in...
08/04/2025
Beginning August 25, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) will begin enforcing updated PACER and CM/ECF password standards. Strong passwords are essential in safeguarding systems from unauthorized access....
08/01/2025
Please see General Order 07-25 re: Amended Procedures for the Filing, Service, and Management of Highly Sensitive Documents, modifying...
06/11/2025
Please see the Order Appointing Members of Local Criminal Rules Committee signed by Chief Judge Estudillo on June 11, 2025.
05/06/2025
Beginning May 11, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) will start implementing multifactor authentication (MFA) to enhance system security for CM/ECF and PACER. MFA provides an added layer of security to accounts by helping protect...
05/03/2025
Due to system maintenance, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington's CM/ECF filing system will be unavailable from 5:00 PM PDT Friday, May 2, 2025 to 7:00 AM PDT Monday, May 5, 2025. Please review instructions...
05/02/2025
Due to a financial system upgrade, the Clerk's offices will NOT be able to invest new registry funds received, nor will the Clerk's offices be able to disburse registry funds held in CRIS during the system downtime. Downtime is from June 5th...