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These Orders are Districtwide. For Judge-specific Orders and Instructions, see Forms and Orders (on District Judges pages) and Special Instructions (under Forms).

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Consensual Dismissal Of Actions
- Consensual Dismissal Of Actions Before Magistrate Judges
Court Reporters
- Court Reporter Management Plan
Criminal CJA Procedure
- Amended Plan For Implementing The Criminal Justice Act Of 1964
- Order And Plan Approving The Prompt Disposition Of Criminal Cases
- Order Appointing The Federal Public Defender To Represent Crack Amendment Defendants With Consent
- Order Appointing The Federal Public Defender To Represent Crack Amendment Defendants With Consent Re Amendment 750 2010
CVB
- Order And Petition Reference Prosecution 0f Petty Offenses
- Prosecution Of Misdemeanor Offenses Which Occur On Military Bases Within The District Of South Carolina
- Revised Collateral Forfeiture Schedule A
- Revised Collateral Forfeiture Schedule B
- Revised Collateral Forfeiture Schedule C
- Revised Collateral Forfeiture Schedule D
- Revised Collateral Forfeiture Schedule E
- Revised Collateral Forfeiture Schedule F
- Revised Collateral Forfeiture Schedule G
- Revision Of Collateral Forfeiture Schedules
Discovery
- Charleston Discovery Protocol for Employment Cases
Electronic Case Filing
- 3.22-MC-711 Order Regarding PACER Fee Exemption for Dong
- 3.22-MC-727 Order Regarding PACER Fee Exemption for Passas
- 3.23-MC-44 Order Regarding PACER Fee Exemption for Boldt
- 3.23-MC-45 Order Regarding PACER Fee Exemption for Mani
- 3.23-MC-940 PACER Exemption Order for Jett Petus
- Authorization For Clerk Of Court To Temporarily Seal Inappropriate Materials
- Electronic Case Filing Policies And Procedures
- Implementation Of Judicial Conference Policy On Privacy And Public Access To Electronic Criminal Case Files
- Limited Electronic Access To Court Files
Electronic Devices in Courthouses
- Court Policy Regarding Electronic Devices In Courthouses
Employment Dispute Resolution and EEO
- Employment Dispute Resolution and EEO Plan
Federal Public Defender Appointment 2022
- Appointment of WIlliam Fletcher Nettles IV as Federal Public Defender for the District of South Carolina
Federal Public Defender Appointment Amendment 782
- 3.14-mc-292 Federal Public Defender Appointment Amendment 782
Federal Public Defender Interim Appointment 2022
- Appointment of William Fletcher Nettles IV as Interim Federal Public Defender for the District of SC
Fees
- Advance Payment Of Fees To The United States Court, District Of South Carolina
- Order Regarding Deposit and Investment of Registry Funds
- PACER Fee Exemption-Amireh
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Arredondo
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Arthur Smith
- PACER Fee Exemption-Bavli
- PACER Fee Exemption-Benson
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Berger
- PACER Fee Exemption-Cardenas
- PACER Fee Exemption-Cheng
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Dougal
- Pacer Fee Exemption-DPIC
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Fordon
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Gonzalez
- Pacer Fee Exemption-He
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Homer
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Huang
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Huhn
- PACER Fee Exemption-Jaro
- Pacer Fee Exemption-JBerger
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Lee
- PACER Fee Exemption-Loadenthal(2)
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Loadenthal
- PACER Fee Exemption-Plante
- PACER Fee Exemption-Powell
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Richards
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Ringler
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Rodriguez-Gonzalez
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Sancho
- PACER Fee Exemption-Sanders
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Shanks
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Stewart
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Stith
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Stitt
- Pacer Fee Exemption-Xia
- PACER Fee Exemption for Loadenthal
- PACER Fee Exemption Gertsberg
- PACER Fee Exemption Savage
- PACER Fee Exemption Zentefis
Fifth Amended Order Regarding Court Operations in Response to COVID-19
- Fifth Amended Standing Order Regarding Court Operations in Response to COVID-19
FPD Order Regarding Hemingway
- 3.14-MC-36 Standing Order re FPD Representing Defendants Impacted by Hemingway
Highly Sensitive Documents
- Order Regarding Procedure for the Filing Service and Management of Highly Sensitive Documents
Holiday Schedule
- 2021 Holiday Order
- 3-24-mc-00778 Holiday Order 2024
- 3-24-mc-358-RBH Order Closing the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on Friday July 5 2024
- 3.23-MC-742 Order Holidays 2023
Jury
- Expenditures for Juror Meals Amended
- Grand Jury Fees
- Jury Selection Plan
- Jury Trials In Bankruptcy Cases
- Petit Jury Fees
Local Rule Amendments
- Standing Order - Amendment to Local Civil Rule 83.VII.04
- Standing Orders - Rescission of Local Civil Rules 83.VII.02, 83.VII.06, 83.VII.07, and 83.VII.08
- Standing Order for Local Civil Rule 26.01
- Standing Order Regarding Amendments and Adoption of Local Civil Rules effective June 2022
- Standing Order Regarding Petitions for Application of Retroactive 2023 Criminal History Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines
Order Regarding Court Operations in Response to COVID-19
- 3.23 MC-252 Order Terminating All COVID-19 Orders
Order Regarding District Clerks Office Operations in Response to COVID-19
- Amended Order Regarding District Clerks Office Operations in Response to COVID-19
Order Regarding Exemption from Rule 83.I.07
- Order Regarding Exemption from Local Civil Rule 83.I.07
Order Regarding Guideline Amendment 1B1.10(c)
- Order Regarding Guideline Amendment 1B1.10(c)
Order Regarding Interim CJA Voucher Process due to COVID-19 Response
- Order Regarding Interim CJA Voucher Process due to COVID-19 Response
- Revocation of Order Regarding Interim CJA Voucher Process due to COVID-19 Response
Order Regarding Local Rules
- 3.23-MC-165 Order Fed Crim R. 16 for Judge Wooten
- Gergel Order Regarding Witness Disclosure
- Standing Order Regarding Local Rules
Order Regarding the Use of Face Coverings and Masks due to COVID-19
- Amended Order Regarding the Use of Face Coverings and Masks due to COVID-19
- Order Regarding the Use of Face Coverings and Masks due to COVID-19
- Second Amended Order Regarding the Use of Face Coverings and Masks due to COVID-19
- Third Amended Order Regarding the Use of Face Coverings and Masks due to COVID-19
Order Regarding Video Teleconferencing and Telephone Conferencing
- Amended Order Regarding Video Teleconferencing and Telephone Conferencing
- Fifth Amended Standing Order Regarding Video and Telephone Conferencing
- Fourth Amended Standing Order Regarding Video and Telephone Conferencing
- Second Amended Standing Order Regarding Video and Telephone Conferencing
- Seventh Amended Standing Order on Video and Telephone Conferencing
- Sixth Amended Standing Order on Video and Telephone Conferencing
- Standing Order Regarding Video Teleconferencing and Telephone Conferencing
- Third Amended Standing Order Regarding Video and Telephone Conferencing
Order Appointing US Attorney
- Order Appointing Corey F. Ellis as the United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina
Order Concerning Title 11 Proceedings
- Standing Order Concerning Title 11 Proceedings
Order Regarding Attorney Admissions
- 3-24-mc-331 Standing Order for Limited Admission to Practice for Full-Time Faculty Teaching in Clinical Law Programs in Law Schools in South Carolina
Order Regarding Attorney District Bar and ECF Status
- Order Regarding Attorney District Bar and ECF Status
Order Regarding Johnson v USA (ACCA)
- 3-15-MC-325 Johnson Order Regarding ACCA
- 3-16-MC-223 Johnson Order Regarding ACCA
Order Regarding Local Rule 5.02
- Order Regarding Local Rule 5.02
Order Regarding Sealing Documents in Criminal Matters
- 3.14-MC-333 Order Regarding Sealing Documents In Criminal Matters
- 3.24-mc-318 Standing Order Regarding Sealing Documents Filed in Criminal Matters
Order Regarding Social Security Cases
- Amended Standing Order Regarding Social Security Cases
- Order Extending Amended Order Regarding Social Security Cases
- Standing Order Regarding Social Security Cases
Order Revoking Standing Orders 3-96MC83 and 3-96MC84
- Order Revoking Standing Orders 3-96MC83 and 3-96MC84
Pro Se
- Procedures In Civil Actions Filed By Non Prisoner Pro Se Litigants
- Procedures In Civil Actions Filed By Prisoner Pro Se Litigants
Restrictions On Visitors to Courthouses due to Coronavirus
- 20mc101 Standing Order in re COVID19
- Amended Order Regarding Restrictions on Visitors to Courthouses due to Coronavirus
- Fourth Amended Standing Order Regarding Restrictions on Visitors to Courthouses due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Second Amended Order Regarding Restrictions on Visitors to Courthouses due to Coronavirus
- Third Amended Standing Order Regarding Restrictions on Visitors to Courthouses due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Sealed Sentencing Documents
- Houck Operation Order RE Sealing Sentencing Documents
Uncategorized
- 3-23-MC-864 Designation Order Judge Coggins
- 3-23-MC-865 Designation Order Judge Coggins
- 3-23-MC-866 Designation Order Judge Bell
- 3-24-mc-395 Order Declining to Adopt the Discovery Protocols for Charleston Division Employment Cases (Pilot Program)
- 3-24-mc-740 Designation for Judge Lewis 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
- 3-24-mc-824 Order Recalling Judge Buchanan
- 3.23-MC-765 Order Recalling Judge Buchanan
- 3.23-MC-844 Designation Judge Coggins to hold a district court in the Western District of North Carolina
- 3.23-MC-874 Designation for the Honorable Donald C. Coggins in Meyers v. Honeycutt 5.23.cv.00184
- 3.23-MC-885 Designation Order for Judge Coggins
- 3.24-mc-43 Designation for Judge Dawson 4th Circuit Court of Appeals March 19 2024