Local Rules / General Orders

Local Civil Rules
Effective Date 10/01/2018

Local Criminal Rules
Effective Date 03/01/2015

Local Patent Rules

Rules of Federal Practice and Procedure

Local Magistrate Rules

General Orders

Bankruptcy
95-32 Designation of Bankruptcy Judges to Hear Jury Trials 03/1995
Bankruptcy - Chief Judge
20-33 Order of Appointment – Hon. Whitman L. Holt as Chief Bankruptcy Judge 10/2020
Circuit Library
98 Purpose, Access, Service and Conduct 01/1998
Court Business
2023-27 2023 Holiday Schedule 10/2023
2022-27 Holiday Schedule 2022 10/2022
20-86-1 The Court's Holiday Schedule For Calendar Year 2020 - Revised 10/2020
20-86-1 The Court's Holiday Schedule For Calendar Year 2020 09/2020
12-96-1 Order Appointing Sean F. McAvoy as District Court Executive and Clerk of Court 12/2012
Court Business - Setting Policy
14-96-1 Maintaining an Accurate Electronic Court Record - Intradistrict Transfers 01/2014
10-111 In re Documents Filed Containing Blood or Other Bodily Fluids - Order Setting Policy re Documents Submitted for Filing 12/2010
Court Operations
20-101-3 CARES ACT - Amended - Expiration of Criminal Authority 05/2023
20-101-3 CARES ACT - Extended 04/2023
20-101-3 CARES ACT - Extended 01/2023
20-101-3 CARES ACT - Extended 11/2022
20-101-3 CARES ACT - Extended 09/2022
20-101-3 CARES ACT - Extended 06/2022
20-101-3 CARES ACT - Extended 04/2022
20-101-3 CARES ACT - Extended 01/2022
2021-24 COVID 19 and Court Operations - Naturalization Ceremonies 12/2021
20-101-3 CARES ACT - Extended 10/2021
2021-14 COVID 19 and Court Operations - Naturalization Ceremonies 08/2021
2021-13 COVID 19 and Court Operations - Courthouse Mask Protocol 07/2021
20-101-3 CARES ACT - Extended 06/2021
2021-11 COVID 19 and Court Operations - Courthouse Mask Protocol 05/2021
2021-12 COVID 19 and Court Operations - Naturalization Ceremonies 05/2021
2021-5 COVID-19 and Court Operations 03/2021
2021-4 COVID-19 and Court Operations 02/2021
20-101-3 CARES ACT - Extended 02/2021
2021-1 COVID-19 and Court Operations 01/2021
20-101-3 CARES ACT - Extended 12/2020
20-101-15 COVID-19 and Court Operations 12/2020
20-101-13 COVID-19 and Court Operations 11/2020
20-101-12 COVID-19 and Court Operations 11/2020
20-101-11 COVID-19 and Court Operations 10/2020
20-101-3 CARES ACT - Extended 09/2020
20-101-10 COVID-19 and Court Operations 09/2020
20-101-9 COVID-19 and Court Operations 08/2020
20-101-8 COVID-19 and Court Operations 07/2020
20-101-7 COVID-19 and Court Operations 06/2020
20-101-3 CARES ACT - Extended 06/2020
20-101-6 COVID 19 and Court Operations 05/2020
20-101-5 COVID-19 and Court Operations 05/2020
20-101-4 COVID-19 and Court Operations 04/2020
20-101-2 COVID-19 and Court Operations 03/2020
20-101-3 CARES ACT 03/2020
20-101-1 Court Operations Under Coronavirus 03/2020
Court Reporter Plan
19-23 The Management Plan for Court Reporting and Recording Services 09/2019
Crime Victim Notification
109-09-1 In re Crime Victim Notification 01/2009
Criminal Justice Act of 1964
Criminal Justice Act Plan - Amended Plan Approved by the Court 8/24/22 08/2022
Doe Pleadings
13-37-1 Doe Pleadings - Amendment to General Order 84-37 06/2013
84-37 Barring Unusual Circumstances, "Doe Pleading" is Not Permitted in the Ninth Circuit 10/2005
Electronic Case Files
2022-2 Administrative Procedures for Electronic Filing - Appendix to General Order 100-04-1 01/2021
16-35-1 Prison Electronic Filing Initiative 05/2016
15-35-1 In the Matter of the Prison Electronic Filing Pilot Project 04/2015
100-04-1 Procedural Rules for Electronic Case Filing 04/2004
Federal Bar - Lawyer Representative
2022-2 Amending General Order No. 10-110 and Appointments to Serve on Community Defender Organization Evaluation Committee 01/2022
2021-20 Order Appointing Ethan Jones as Lawyer Representative 10/2021
2021-21 Order Appointing Asti Gallina as Lawyer Representative 10/2021
20-93-2 In the Matter of the Appointment of Lawyer Representatives to Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference 10/2020
20-93-1 Order Appointing Bret Uhrich as Lawyer Representative 02/2020
18-93-2 Order Appointing Colin G. Prince as Lawyer Representative 10/2018
18-93-3 Order Appointing Joseph P. Derrig as Lawyer Representative 10/2018
18-93-1 Order Appointing H. Lee Lewis as Lawyer Representative 10/2018
17-93-2 Order Appointing John T. Drake as Lawyer Representative 09/2017
17-93-3 Order Appointing Erika N. Hartliep as Lawyer Representative 09/2017
17-93-1 Order Establishing Attorney Advisory Committee - Designating Actively Serving Lawyer Representatives to Serve 07/2017
Interpreters
08-103-1 Qualifications of Interpreters as Language Skilled 09/2008
06-103-3 Amended Order Re In the Matter of Hiring Court Interpreters 03/2006
Jury
13-49-1 Summoning Grand Juries - Order for Impanelment 07/2013
12-49-1 Re Disclosure of Grand Jury Material to the Defendant 09/2012
Jury Plan
Plan For The Random Selection Of Grand And Petit Jurors - Effective March 1, 2022 02/2022
Magistrate Judge
2022-20 Order Appointing Alexander C. Ekstrom as Full-Time Magistrate Judge 06/2022
2021-28 Order Appointing James P. Hutton As Full-Time Recall Magistrate Judge 12/2021
2021-22 Order Appointing James A. Goeke As Full-Time Magistrate Judge 10/2021
14-10-1 Clerk's Authority to Sign Orders of Case Reassignment 10/2014
11-10-1 General Consent to U.S. Magistrate Judge in Social Security Cases 11/2011
Non-Appropriated Funds
22-25 PLAN FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NON-APPROPRIATED FUND 09/2022
13-40 The Plan for the Administration of Non-Appropriated Funds - Increase in Pro Hac Vice Fee 06/2013
Pro Bono Plan
16-114-1 Plan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington for the Representation of Indigent Pro Se Litigants in Civil Cases 05/2016
Registry of Funds
20-112-1 ​Adequate Collateralization of Registry Funds Re: Deposits and Procedures Governing Monies Paid into the Court 07/2020
Schedules of Collateral Forfeiture - Bail Schedules
15-12-2 Order Amending Schedule of Collateral Forfeiture And Amending General Order 06-12-1 and 15-12-1 10/2015
14-12-1 National Marine Fisheries 04/2014
13-12-1 National Park Service 04/2013
11-12-1 Yakima Training Center 07/2011
No number Forest Service 10/2008
08-12-1 Bureau of Reclamation 05/2008
12-1 Bureau of Land Management 01/2006
12-3 Fish and Wildlife 01/2006
06-12-1 General Services Administration 01/2006
12-10 Department of Veterans Affairs 05/2002
01-12-11 Army Corps of Engineers 01/2001
Security
18-54-01 Security and Electronic Devices in U.S. Courthouses and Federal Facilities in the Eastern District of Washington 01/2018
STEP Program
110-10-1 Order Approving Step Program 01/2010
United States Attorney
2022-32 Designation of Employees Authorized to Accept Service of Process 11/2022