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. ...
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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...
09/14/2020
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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07/02/2020
Please see the attached amended General Order, signed July 2nd, 2020, regarding the pilot program for electronic service in Social Security cases.
06/29/2020
Check out PACER’s newly redesigned, informational and resource website, https://pacer.uscourts.gov.
The website provides information about how the public can access federal court records...
04/08/2020
Please see the attached General Order, signed April 8th, 2020, adopting the amended Criminal Justice Act Plan.