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December 11, 2013

United States District Court for South Dakota
Newsletter December 11, 2012
The Court periodically reviews its local rules and proposes revisions. The latest proposals to the civil and criminal local rules are posted on the Courts...

November 25, 2013

NEW LOCAL RULES: The Civil and Criminal Local Rules of Practice have been updated and are now available on our website. Among other changes, D.S.D. Civ. LR 5.1 (2) and D.S.D. Crim. LR 49.1 eliminate the need to file a separate certificate of...

August 20, 2013

WARNING: Bogus Phone Calls on Jury Service May Lead to Fraud
In various parts of the United States, citizens are being targeted by phone calls and threatened with prosecution for failing to comply with jury service in federal or state...

February 14, 2013

NEWS FROM U.S. DISTRICT COURT
February 14, 2013
SEALED ORDERS IN NON-SEALED CASES: Confusion persists about who gets copies of sealed orders. When a sealed order is entered in a non-sealed case, attorneys for all parties receive a...

June 1, 2012

WI-FI Access in the District of South Dakota

We are pleased to announce that we can now provide WI-FI access to lawyers and their staff in the Rapid City and Sioux Falls Courthouses. The access in Sioux Falls and Rapid City should provide...

May 2, 2012

Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference
August 8 - 10, 2012 Kansas City, Missouri
Landmark Litigation in the Eighth Circuit Courts:
Views from the Bench, Bar and Academy
Registration is now open. You may register for the...

March 28, 2012

NEW FILING/PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTICES OF APPEAL: Beginning Monday, April 2, 2012, attorneys will be required to electronically file civil Notices of Appeal and pay the $455 appellate filing fee via the Internet using a credit card. Until...

December 21, 2011

PROTECTED DOCUMENTS

I previously addressed motions to seal and protective orders. In this issue, I will address how to file documents and attachments containing personal identifiers or information subject to a protective order (...

November 15, 2011

UNNECESSARY FILINGS: The judges have asked us to look at ways to reduce unnecessary filings. Effective, November 19, 2011, the civil Notice to Take Deposition event will be disabled. If you attempt to use this event, you will receive the...

September 26, 2011

NEW FILING/PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PHV MOTIONS: Beginning on October 1, attorneys who electronically file a civil Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice will be required to pay the $100 application fee using a credit card. When filing the motion,...

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT'
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA

IN THE MATTER OF

AMENDED STANDING ORDER 22-04

VIDEO CONFERENCE HEARINGS IN CASES DUE TO COVID-19 SPREAD

WHEREAS the Third Renewed Standing...

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