News & Notices

You may be affected by a class action lawsuit about whether Guam Industrial Services, Inc., also known as the Guam Shipyard, violated federal law when it terminated employees in October 2013.

A new Civil Cover Sheet (JS-44) has become effective June 1, 2017 for all civil actions filed on or after that date.  

The District Court of Guam pleased to announce the winners of its local essay and video contest on theme, “Not to be Forgotten:  Legal Lessons of the Japanese Internment”  The contest, co-hosted by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, was open to all island high school students and home-schooled students of equivalent grade status.     

Rodney ("Rod") Jacob, Esq., the District Court's representative to the Ninth Circuit Lawyer Representatives Coordinating Committee (LRCC) since 2010, has issued his annual report in anticipation of the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference to be held in July 2017.  

Parties may now pay filing fees online through the court's CM/ECF system.  

Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joaquin V.E. Manibusan, Jr. are pleased to announce that in celebration of 2017 Law Week, the court hosted a “Conversatorio” or panel discussion on the 14th Amendment at the courthouse on Thursday, May 11, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. An online video of the event is available for viewing.  

Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joaquin V.E. Manibusan, Jr. are pleased to announce that in celebration of 2017 Law Week, the court will be hosting a “Conversatorio” or panel discussion on the 14th Amendment at the courthouse on Thursday, May 11, 2017, at 10:00 a.m.  The theme of this event and of Law Week this year is, “The Fourteenth Amendment:  Transforming American Democracy.”  

The courts have received sufficient fiscal year 2017 funding in the “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017” to increase the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel attorney hourly rates from $129 to $132 for non-capital work and from $183 to $185 for capital work performed on or after May 5, 2017. The non-capital rate increase will result in an increase to three of the panel attorney case compensation maximums in non-capital cases.  

This year's law week theme is, "The Fourteenth Amendment: Transforming American Democracy."  The District Court of Guam, the Judiciary of Guam and the Guam Bar Association are pleased to host the following law month events.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Joaquin V.E. Manibusan, Jr. and Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood visited the Agat Senior Citizens Center on Thursday, May 4, 2017 in celebration of Law Month.