Applicable General Orders Index 4/1/98 - United States Courts

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Applicable General Orders Index – 4/1/98

General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order

Number Date Subject Matter

98-1 3/1/1998 Identifying those General Orders which are now

obsolete

98-2 (92) 1/22/1982 SUPERSEDED by General Order 05-11



98-5 (150) 8/1/1986 SUPERSEDED by LRCrim 57.6(d)(23)

(per GO 20-37)

98-6 (151) 10/27/1986 OBSOLETE as the CVB is now the official

judiciary-wide national center for processing

federal violation notices

(per GO 20-37)

98-7 (160) 7/30/1987 OBSOLETE per General Order 21-20



98-10 (166) 12/16/1987 SUPERSEDED by FRCrim 32

(per GO 20-37)

98-11 (167) 12/16/1987 Petty offenses are not subject to US Sentencing

Guidelines

(per GO 20-37)


98-13 (179) 11/29/1988 No longer the practice per Clerk’s Office

(per GO 20-37)


98-15 (181) 2/7/1989 OBSOLETE as we now use technology to

electronically publish court notices

(per GO 20-37)


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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order



98-18 (187) 11/17/1989 Authorizing the Bankruptcy Judges to make Local

Rules of Practice and Procedure



98-21 (194) 1/15/1991 Amending Sentencing Procedures Under

Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 in General Order

#166, Section I







98-28 (220) 7/9/1993 SUPERSEDED by General ORDER 03-06

98-29 (224) 11/22/1993 OBSOLETE as requirements of CJRA expired

in 1997, w/exception of the creation of semi-

annual statistical reports for national

publication

(per GO 20-37)



98-32 (231) 5/17/1994 OBSOLETE as no longer the practice; no

court activity in Prescott

(per GO 20-37)




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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order


98-36 (237) 11/15/1994 OBSOLETE per United States Marshal’s

Office

(per GO 20-37)







98-43 (262) 3/15/1996 OBSOLETE by General Order 05-31


98-45 (265) 5/20/1996 OBSOLETE as no longer the practice per

Chief Probation Officer

(per GO 20-37).











98-56 (283) 1/15/1998 Identifying Videoconferencing Sites in the

District of Arizona

98-57 (285) 1/26/1998 Identifying the Procedure for Selecting Lawyer

Representatives

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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order




98-60 9/22/1998 SUPERSEDED by General Order 06-17


98-62 12/14/1998 OBSOLETE per General Order 05-31









99-8 3/11/1999 SUPERSEDED by LRCrim 5.1(g) and

LRCrim 57.6(d)(25)

(per GO 20-37)








99-16 9/15/1999 SUPERSEDED by LRiv 77.1(a) and GO 18-12

(per GO 20-37)



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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order










00-08 3/13/2000 OBSOLETE Index of All General Orders

(includes obsolete GOs)

(per GO 20-37)


00-10 8/16/2000 Appointment of United States Magistrate Judge

Jay R. Irwin


00-12 10/4/2000 Appointing Bernardo P. Velasco as United States

Magistrate Judge



01-2 1/9/2001 Transportation of Non-Government Personnel in

GSA Vehicles

01-3 1/9/2001 Releasing Confidential Information for Sex

Offender Registration





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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order


01-8 3/16/2001 SUPERSEDED by 41 C.F.R. §§ 102-74.320,

102-74.345

(per GO 20-37).







01-15 6/29/2001 Referring Bankruptcy Cases and Authorizing

Bankruptcy Appeals to be Heard by a Bankruptcy

Appellate Panel

SUPERSEDES General Order 98-4


02-02 1/15/2002 Trial De Novo Fees In Arbitration Cases



02-05 3/21/2002 Service of Process Upon Judicial Officers











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General

Order

Number

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General

Order



03-03 2/12/2003 Change of Plea Before U.S. Magistrate Judge in

Criminal Cases Charging Violation of 21 U.S.C. §

841 and 21 U.S.C. § 952, and 18 U.S.C. § 1326



03-05 Revised

6/10/2003

OBSOLETE per General Order 03-14

03-06 3/17/2003 Management Plan for Court Reporting Services

for the District of Arizona


03-07 4/14/2003 SUPERSEDED by Judiciary Records

Management requirements

(per GO 20-37).

03-08 5/13/2003 Requiring Cashier's Checks or Money Orders in

Lieu of Cash for Criminal Appearance Bonds in

excess of $1,000.00













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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order






















04-21 12/18/2004 Admission of Attorneys by Magistrate Judges







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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order













05-12 5/4/2005 SUPERSEDED by Volume 20, Chapter 8, of

The Guide to Judiciary Policy

(per GO 20-37).


05-14 4/28/2005 Documents Submitted Under Procedures for

Registering Foreign Judgments and Designated by

the Clerk as Civil Miscellaneous Filings




05-18 6/29/2005 OBSOLETE per recommendation of Local

Rules Advisory Committee, approved by Court

on 05/05/2021

(per 21-08)




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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order













(per GO 20-37).




05-35 12/12/2005 The Maintenance of Petitions/Warrants in

Criminal Actions Involving Probation Violation,

Violation of Supervised Release, of Violation of

Pretrial Conditions of Release




05-38 12/13/2005 SUPERSEDED by LRCiv 83.3(f)

(per GO 20-37).



06-03 2/7/2006 ECF Registered User Exemption for U.S.

Attorney Victim Witness Personnel


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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order











06-14 6/20/2006 Approval for Legal Service Attorneys to Appear

on Behalf of Authorized Legal Service

Organization

06-15 7/24/2006 Delegation of Authority to Clerk to Refund

Erroneous Electronically Paid Fee and to Forego

Collection of Fee for an Erroneous Filing










07-02 2/8/2007 Management Plan for Court Interpreting Services

for the Office of the Clerk, United States District

Court, District of Arizona


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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order





(per GO 20-37).






07-11 8/20/2007 SUPERSEDED by LRCiv 5.5(h)

(per GO 20-37).
















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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order


08-04 3/13/2008 Unsuccessful Termination of Supervision Term

Where the Defendant Pleads Guilty on a

Subsequent Charge of Felony Illegal Reentry

(8 U.S.C. § 1326)








08-11 5/27/2008 SUPERSEDED by FRCiv 5.2 and FRCrim

49.1

(per GO 20-37)















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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order




09-06 4/1/2009 OBSOLETE per LRCrim 5.1


09-08 5/21/2009 Delegation of Approval Authority for

Applications by Attorneys to Appear Pro Hac

Vice











09-18 10/13/2009 OBSOLETE per LRCiv 3.8







09-25 12/22/2009 OBSOLETE per LRCiv 3.8(c)



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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order



10-04 3/22/2010 OBSOLETE as committee abolished in 2019

due to inactivity

(per GO 20-37).

10-05 7/21/2010 The Firearms Policy in the District of Arizona

Upon Courthouse Grounds

10-06 7/21/2010 SEALED


10-07 8/24/2010 OBSOLETE by agreement between the

Districts of AZ and CAS in March 2018, the

practice was discontinued

(per GO 20-37).

10-08 8/30/2010 United States Magistrate Judge Appointment

Process

10-09 8/30/2010 United States Magistrate Judge Reappointment

Process

10-10 10/19/2010 Guidelines and Plan for Administration of Non-

Appropriated Funds












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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order






11-11 7/1/2011 Acceptance of Coin for Fees or Court Ordered

Payments



11-14 8/12/2011 Use of Expert Services Funded Persuant to the

Criminal Justice Act


11-15 8/31/2011 Material Witnesses in Tucson Division Cases

11-16 8/31/2011 Material Witnesses in Phoenix Division










(per GO 20-37).




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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order


12-05 2/3/2012 OBSOLETE as update to DAZ’s Plan

approved by Circuit on 12/28/18

(per GO 20-37).

2/28/2012 SUPERSEDED by General Order 13-03


12-08 3/6/2012 Coordination of Updates to: The Schedule of

Collateral in Lieu of Personal Appearance

Relative to Violations of Federal Regulations

Applicable on All Real Property Under Charge

and Control of Authorized Agencies





(per GO 20-37).

12-12 3/14/2012 OBSOLETE as JCUS Policy re PACER

exemptions

(per GO 20-37).




12-16 5/7/2012 Appointment of Full Time United States

Magistrate Judge Leslie A. Bowman for the

District of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona




12-19 5/30/2012 Initial Appearances in Tucson Division Cases



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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order



12-23 6/18/2012 OBSOLETE Judge elevated to Circuit 4/1/19

(per GO 20-37)






12-29 9/14/2012 SUPERSEDED by General Orders 20-07 and

20-29

(per GO 20-37)







(per GO 20-37).











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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order








13-18 8/28/2013 Selection of Counsel Pursuant to the Criminal

Justice Act of 1964, as amended in 1970, and the

Criminal Justice Act plan for the District of

Arizona








OBSOLETES GENERAL ORDER 12-09










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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order


14-06 3/17/2014 The Appointment of Chief Judge of the U.S.

Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona




14-09 5/20/2014 ECF Registered User Exemption for U.S.

Attorney Asset Forfeiture Personnel






14-15 8/8/2014 Hours of Operation for the Clerk’s Office in the

District of Arizona


14-17 8/22/2014 Electronic Submission of Prisoner Documents

Pilot Project



Magistrate Judge John Z. Boyle for the District of

Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona







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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order



Magistrate Judge Eileen S. Willett for the District

of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona





14-29 12/5/2014 OBSOLETE per FPD and CUSPO

(per GO 20-37).




15-03 1/21/2015 OBSOLETE per approval of USDC DAZ

Bench

(per GO 20-37).


15-05 2/12/2015 The Reappointment of Full-Time United States

Magistrate Judge Michelle H. Burns for the

District of Arizona

SUPERSEDES General OrderS 14-21 & 07-05



15-08 4/2/2015 SUPERSEDED by LRCiv 57.1, effective

12/1/15

(per GO 20-37).


15-10 4/23/2015 Criminal Justice Act Vouchers


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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order



Magistrate Judge Deborah M. Fine for the District

of Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona

SUPERSEDES General Orders 13-08 AND 14-

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15-12 5/6/2015 SUPERSEDED by Section II.R. of The ECF

Administrative Policies and Procedures

Manual

(per GO 20-37).








(per GO 20-37).

15-20 11/5/2015 Establishment of Capital Post-Conviction Panel

for Financially Eligible Petitioners









16-05 2/16/2016 Unsealing of Associated Magistrate Judge Cases

Due to Publicly Filed Indictments

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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order






Magistrate Judge Lynnette C. Kimmins for the


SUPERSEDES General OrderS 15-17 AND 09-

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16-10 5/9/2016 SUPERSEDED by LRCiv 77.1(c), effective

12/1/17

(per GO 20-37).



16-13 6/2/2016 SUPERSEDED by Section II.Q, of

Administrative Policies and Procedures

Manual

(per GO 20-37).




(per GO 20-37).




16-20 10/3/2016 Appointment of the Federal Public Defender for

the Purpose of Screening Cases for Potential

Claims Under Johnson v. United States, 135 S.

Ct. 2551 (2015)


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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order


16-21 10/3/2016 OBSOLETE per FPD and CUSPO

(per GO 20-37).






Magistrate Judge D. Thomas Ferraro for the








17-06 3/14/2017 Citations Processed Through the Central

Violations Bureau

17-07 3/20/2017 SUPERSEDED by LRCiv 67.1, effective

12/1/17

(per GO 20-37).

17-08 10/13/2017 Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot Project in the

District of Arizona

AS AMENDED JULY 29, 2020







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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order



17-16 6/23/2017 The Filing of Documents Related to Plea

Agreements Involving Cooperation


17-17 6/30/2017 The Reappointment of Full-time United States

Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Rateau for the



17-18 8/14/2017 Mandatory and Standard Conditions of

Probation/Supervised Release




17-21 11/3/2017 Increase of Fee for Pro Hac Vice Admission from

$35 to $75, Effective December 1, 2017








18-06 4/2/2018 Management Plan for Court Reporting Services

for the District of Arizona




18-09 7/10/2018 SUPERSEDED by LRCrim 5.2, effective

12/1/19

(per GO 20-37).

https://www.azd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/general-orders/18-01.pdf





https://www.azd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/general-orders/18-206




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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order



(per GO 20-37).


18-12 8/7/2018 Plan for Composition, Administration and

Management of the Panel of Private Attorneys

Under the Criminal Justice Act




18-15 8/24/2018 Pretrial Services Supervision of Defendants Who

Are Confidential Informants


18-17 9/14/2018 The Restraint Policy for the District of Arizona

18-18 9/18/2018 Increase of Fee for Pro Hac Vice Admission From

$75.00 to $100.00, Effective October 1, 2018

18-19 9/18/2018 The Issuance of Subpoenas for Self-Represented

Litigants


18-21 11/1/2018 Retention, Review, and Destruction of Court-

Ordered Wiretap Records

18-22 11/13/2018 Jury Selection Plan

SUPERSEDES General Order 09-17 upon

approval by the Reviewing Panel of Judicial

Council of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Approved by Judicial Council on September

19, 2018


















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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order



Magistrate Judge Camille D. Bibles for the

District of Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona



(per GO 20-37).

19-03 2/25/2019 Management and Supervision of Jury Activities in

the District of Arizona


19-04 2/25/2019 The Filing of Other Than English Documents




(per GO 20-37).


Magistrate Judge Maria S. Davila for the District

of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona





(per GO 20-37).


(per GO 20-37).














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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order


19-14 09/04/2019 Authorizing the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau

of Land Management; Bureau of Reclamation;

Federal Protective Services; National Park

Service; United States Forest Service; United

States Fish & Wildlife Service; United States

Postal Service; and United States Department of

Veterans Affairs Police Personnel, and United

States Army Corps of Engineers, to Accept

Prescribed Bail and Conditionally Release Certain

Violators and to Set Forfeiture of Collateral in

Lieu of Personal Appearance Relative to

Violations of the Code of Federal Regulations and

Certain Misdemeanor Offenses Applicable on all

Real Property Under the Charge and Control of

the Above-Mentioned Agencies


19-15 09/25/2019 Civil Litigation Panel and Appointment of

Attorneys for Self-Represented Litigants in Civil

Litigation

19-16 11/07/2019 Appointment of Supervisory Staff Attorney

SUPERSEDES General Orders 18-07 and 14-

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19-17 11/07/2019 The Reappointment of Full-time United States

Magistrate Judge James F. Metcalf for the District

of Arizona, Yuma, Arizona




(per GO 20-37).


(per GO 20-37).












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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order





Magistrate Judge Michael T. Morrissey for the

District of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona



20-08 01/31/2020 The Committee on Self-Represented Litigant

Litigation in the District of Arizona






20-14 SUPERSEDED by General Order 20-29







20-21 04/16/2020 Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot Project in the

District of Arizona



Magistrate Judge Leslie A. Bowman for the
























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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order



Magistrate Judge Bruce G. Macdonald for the






20-28 06/19/2020 Appointment of the Federal Public Defender for

the Purpose of Screening Cases for Potential

Claims for a Sentence Reduction Under 18 U.S.C.

§3582(c)(1)(A)





Magistrate Judge Deborah M. Fine for the District

of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona

SUPPLEMENTS General Order 15-11

20-33 08/05/2020 The Appointment of the

District Court Executive and Clerk of the United

States District Court for the District of Arizona

SUPERSEDES General Order 20-02 as of

August 5, 2020

20-34 08/05/2020 Designation of Duties of the District Court

Executive/Clerk of Court, Debra D. Lucas

SUPERSEDES General Order 12-02 as of

August 5, 2020
















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Order

Number

Former

General

Order


20-37 10/16/2020 OBSOLETE per recent update of master

Index of Obsolete General Orders

(per 21-08)













21-04 02/26/2021 Highly Sensitive Documents





21-09 06/11/2021 Citations Processed Through the Central

Violations Bureau


21-10 06/16/2021 The Appointment of a Phoenix Criminal Justice

Act (CJA) Merit Selection Panel


























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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order





21-16 09/17/2021 The Establishment of a Tucson Criminal Justice

Act (CJA) Panel Selection Committee




21-19 10/07/2021 The Filing of Documents by Criminal Defendants

Who Are Represented by Counsel in Violation of

LRCiv 83.3(c)(2)

21-20 11/30/2021 The Amendments to the Rules of Practice of the

United States District Court for the District of

Arizona

SUPERSEDES General Order 20-45,

OBSOLETES General Orders 98-07, 09-09, &

13-13

21-21 12/14/2021 Phoenix Division Panel of Attorneys, Pursuant to

the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, As Amended in

1970


21-22 12/14/2021 Establishment of Special Criminal Justice Act

Panel of Attorneys for Assignment to

Immigration Related Criminal Cases in Yuma,

Arizona


21-23 12/14/2021 Flagstaff Office Panel of Attorneys Pursuant to

the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, As Amended in

1970


21-24 12/16/2021 The Extension of The CARES Act Authorization













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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order


21-25 12/28/2021 Dismissal of a Civil Case Assigned to a United

States Magistrate Judge Absent Voluntary

Consent by the Parties Under 28 U.S.C. §

636(c)(1)


21-26 12/28/2021 Authorizing Collateral in Lieu of Personal

Appearance Concerning Violations of the Code of

Federal Regulations Governing the Bureau of

Land Management and the United States Forest

Service for Certain Misdemeanor Offenses

Occuring During Fire Restrictions Due to the

Exigent Circumstances Created by the

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)


22-01 01/03/2022 Rate for Compensation of Court Appointed

Counsel in Capital Habeas Corpus Cases


22-02 01/07/2022 Court Operations Under the Exigent

Circumstances Created by the Omicron Variant

of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

22-03 01/25/2022 Tucson Division Panel of Attorneys, Pursuant to

the Criminal Justice Act Of 1964, as Amended in

1970


22-04 01/27/2022 Court Operations Under the Exigent

Circumstances Created by the Omicron Variant

of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)











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General

Order

Number

Former

General

Order


22-07 02/04/2022 The Appointment of a Merit Selection Panel for

Reappointment of United States Magistrate Judge

John Z. Boyle


22-08 02/04/2022 The Appointment of a Merit Selection Panel for

Reappointment of United States Magistrate Judge

Eileen S. Willett



Magistrate Judge Eric J. Markovich for the



22-10 03/11/2022 The Use of Face Masks in the District of Arizona

Courthouses

22-11 03/11/2022 The Extension of the CARES Act Authorization

and Miscellaneous Court Operations in the

District of Arizona under the Exigent

Circumstances Created by Coronavirus Disease

(COVID-19)

SUPERSEDES GENERAL ORDERS 22-04,

22-02, 21-24, & 21-18

22-12 03/11/2022 Designation of Obsolete General Orders


22-13 03/11/2022 The Appointment of Chief Judge of the U.S.

Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona







