Criminal
CR-15-00031-621
General Order 18-0022
Pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 2071, and after appropriate public notice and an opportunity for comment, the District Court of Guam hereby adopts the attached updated General Local Rules of Practice and Administrative Procedures for Filing, Signing, Verification and Service of Documents by Electronic Means in Civil, Criminal, and Bankruptcy Cases, effective December 1, 2018.
SO ORDERED this 19th day of November, 2018.
/s/ Frances Tydingco-Gatewood
Chief District Judge
SO ORDERED this 19th day of November, 2018.
/s/ Frances Tydingco-Gatewood
Chief District Judge
Local Rules of Practice (eff. April 15, 1997)
Abrogated.
Mandatory electronic filing and service is coming...
At its September 2017 meeting, the Judicial Conference approved amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Procedure. The amendments were adopted by the Supreme Court and transmitted to Congress on April 26, 2018. The amendments are on track to become effective December 1, 2018. A complete set of the amendments is available here.
Compensation for Court Appointed CJA Panel Attorneys Increased
The new panel attorney hourly rates of $140 for non-capital representations and $188 for capital representations apply to services performed on or after March 23, 2018. Where the appointment of counsel occurred before March 23, 2018, the new hourly compensation rates apply to that portion of services provided on or after the effective date.
IMPLEMENTATION OF INCREASES UNDER THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT OF PANEL ATTORNEY HOURLY RATES AND CASE COMPENSATION MAXIMUMS
The new panel attorney hourly rates of $140 for non-capital representations and $188 for capital representations apply to services performed on or after March 23, 2018. Where the appointment of counsel occurred before March 23, 2018, the new hourly compensation rates apply to that portion of services provided on or after the effective date.
U.S.A. v. Frederick A. Obak - Opinion of the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of Guam, Frances Tydingco-Gatewood, Chief District Judge, Presiding.
Submitted October 10, 2017
Filed March 13, 2018
Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Dorothy W. Nelson, and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge McKeown
Submitted October 10, 2017
Filed March 13, 2018
Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Dorothy W. Nelson, and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge McKeown
CR-17-00041-144
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