Standing Orders, Rules of Court, and Plans

  1. DISTRICT JUDGES
    1. Standing Orders
      1. Recusal of Judges 6/22/1999
      2. Division of Cases Among District Judges 12/11/2017
      3. Appeal Costs Bond Requirements: Judge Kiser's Cases 2/15/1996
      4. Fugitive Master Docket 12/29/1999
      5. Participation of Senior District Judges in Court Governance Matters 9/29/2008
      6. Governing Alternate Dispute Resolution in Judge Conrad's Civil Cases 8/10/2010
  2. MAGISTRATE JUDGES
    1. Standing Orders
      1. Cumberland Gap National Historic Park 5/5/2008
      2. Cumberland Gap National Historic Park 5/5/2009
      3. Appointment of Judge Robert S. Ballou 10/3/2011
      4. Reappointment of Judge James G. Welsh 6/5/2012
      5. Appointment of an Advisory Panel to Assist Court in its Determination as to the Appointment of
        a Magistrate Judge 7/24/2013
      6. Reappointment of Judge Pamela Meade Sargent 7/24/2013
      7. Appointment of Judge Joel C. Hoppe 2/10/2014
    2. Rules of Court
      1. Order adjoining district jurisdiction in certain criminal matters by U.S. Magistrate Judges 12/28/1993
  3. BANKRUPTCY JUDGES
    1. Standing Orders
      1. Order of Succession for the Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court 7/18/2011
      2. Recall of Bankruptcy Judge William F. Stone, Jr. 12/29/2014
      3. Local Bankruptcy Rules 3/31/2016
  4. COURT
    1. Standing Orders
      1. Adoption of Local Rules 3/9/2010
        1. Original Local Rules Adopted 3/9/2010
        2. Current Local Rules
        3. ADR Coordinator 7/3/2017
      2. Abrogation of Certain Standing Orders 3/9/2010
      3. Establishment of Local Rules Advisory Committee 3/29/2010
      4. Appointment of the Members of the Local Rules Advisory Committee 4/11/2018
      5. Corporate Disclosures 5/15/2000
      6. Re-opening of Big Stone Gap Division 7/2/1979
      7. Criminal Bond 12/10/75
      8. Shared Services Initiative 6/26/2013
      9. Possession and Use of Portable Electronic Devices in Courthouses and Courtrooms 7/12/2013
      10. Designation of Standing Committees 7/7/2017
      11. Designation of Members of Court Security Committee 7/21/2016
      12. Amendment to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 4(m) 11/23/2015
    2. Plans
      1. Equal Opportunity Plan 3/25/1987
      2. Employment Dispute Resolution Plan 11/27/2012
  5. COURT REPORTERS
    1. Standing Orders
      1. Fees for Transcripts 4/3/2018
    2. Plans
      1. Court Reporters 3/3/2017
  6. FUNDS AND FINANCIAL
    1. Standing Orders
      1. Abrogation of Standing Order for Guidelines for Deposit of Registry Funds 5/19/2011
      2. Authorization for Collection of Special Assessments and Fines Prior to Sentencing 6/2/1995
  7. JURY
    1. Standing Orders
      1. Jury Excuses 11/16/1966
      2. Impaneling of the Grand Jury 2/1/2018
      3. Amend the Petit Jury Term of Court for the Harrisonburg Division 7/19/2004
      4. Grand Jury Panel Serving in the Charlottesville Division 1/23/2007
      5. Establish a Grand Jury Panel in Harrisonburg 1/23/2007
      6. Security Procedures for Roanoke Grand Jury 6/25/2014
    2. Plans
      1. Jury Plan 11/5/2014
  8. PETTY OFFENSES
    1. Standing Orders
      1. Issuance of Warrant in Lieu of Summons 6/14/1989
      2. Rule 58 Forfeiture of Collateral in Lieu of Appearance 4/7/1998
        1. Schedule A - National Park Service 1/11/2012
        2. Schedule B - US Forest Service 7/20/2009
        3. Schedule C - Corp of Engineers 6/17/2005
        4. Schedule D - VA Medical Center 4/7/1998
        5. Schedule E - GSA 8/24/2010
        6. Schedule F - Radford Army Ammunition Plant 4/7/1998
        7. Schedule G - US Fish and Wildlife Service 10/31/2007
        8. Schedule H - Bureau of Land Management 4/7/1998
        9. Schedule I - Fort Belvoir Rivanna Station, Department of the Army 3/9/2011
        10. Schedule J - United States Postal Service 9/17/2014
        11. Schedule K - Smithsonian National Zoological Park Police 2/5/2018
  9. PRETRIAL LITIGATION
    1. Standing Orders
    2. Plans
      1. Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan 6/13/1996
        1. Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan Attachment
      2. Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan 2/12/2012
  10. PRISONER
    1. Standing Orders
      1. Procedures for Prisoner Cases and Provisions for Custody of Prisoners 7/1/2013
  11. PROBATION
    1. Standing Orders
      1. Possesion of Firearms and Oleoresin Capsicum by Probation Officers 6/17/2004
      2. Probation Travel in GSA Vehicles 9/26/1991
      3. Pre-sentence Reports 7/6/1989
      4. Probation Records 7/1/1979
      5. Access to Files of United States Attorney's Office by United States Probation Office 3/11/2010
      6. Authorization for Transport of Nongovernmental Personnel in Government-Owned Vehicles 10/16/2006
      7. Presentence Reports 1/8/2016
  12. RECORDS AND EXHIBITS
    1. Standing Orders
      1. Disposal of Court Records 9/16/2016
      2. Disposition of Applications, Orders and Recordings for the Interception of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communication 9/16/2016
  13. SENTENCING
    1. Standing Orders
      1. Adoption of Special Conditions of Probation and Supervised Release in Criminal Cases Involving
        Sex Offenses and in Other Appropriate Criminal Cases 6/25/2013
      2. Post-Johnson § 2255 or § 2241 Cases 8/3/2015
  14. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Standing Orders
      1. Development of Social Security Cases Assigned to Judge Conrad 1/1/2005
      2. Abrogation of Standing Order Entered February 13, 2006 - Social Security Cases Assigned to Samuel G. Wilson 5/31/2011
      3. Civil Social Security Cases Michael F. Urbanski for Harrisonburg 3/3/2014
      4. Civil Social Security Cases Michael F. Urbanski for Roanoke 10/3/2011
      5. Civil Social Security Cases Samuel G. Wilson 10/6/2011
      6. Civil Social Security Cases Norman K. Moon for Charlottesville 2/21/2014
      7. Civil Social Security Cases Norman K. Moon for Lynchburg 10/7/2011
      8. Civil Social Security Cases Elizabeth K. Dillon for Roanoke 3/16/2015
      9. Civil Social Security Cases Elizabeth K. Dillon for Harrisonburg 3/16/2015
  15. SPEEDY TRIAL ACT
    1. Plans
      1. Speedy Trial Act 7/1/1980
        1. RE: Speedy Trial Act 6/23/2006
  16. ATTORNEYS
    1. Standing Orders
      1. CJA Reimbursements for Paralegals and Law Clerks 9/27/2011
      2. Appointment of CJA Panel Selection Committee 2/28/2017
      3. Appointment of CJA Panel Selection Committee 12/4/2017
    2. Plans
      1. Rules for Disciplinary Enforcement 11/4/1992
      2. Rules for Disciplinary Enforcement Amendment 11/6/1998
        1. Amendment to Rule IV - Standards for Professional Conduct of Federal Rules of Discplinary Enforcement 6/16/2016
      3. Criminal Justice Act Plan Amended 3/11/2010
        1. Amendment to the Advisory Committee Internal Operational Guidelines and CJA Attorney Panel Appointments 6/23/2014 
      4. Third Year Practice Rule 7/10/1974
        1. Amendment of Third Year Practice Rule 7/10/2006
        2. Amendment of Third Year Practice Rule and Substitution of Revised Rule 11/9/2015