For questions regarding historical general orders please contact:
Gudrun Swoboda, Administrative Assistant to the Clerk and Chief Deputy 216-357-7069
Michelle D. Sztul, Chief Deputy 216-357-7082
| 1981-47 | In re New Business Hours for United States District Court Clerk's Office | 12/06/1981 |
| 1984-80 | In re: Assignment of Magistrate to Judgment Debtor Examination Proceedings | 06/05/1984 |
| 1986-103-16 | In re Establishment and Plan for Administration and Operation of the Attorney Admissions Fund | 12/03/2020 |
| 1990-119-1 | Juror Utilization | 12/03/2002 |
| 1992-02-3-75 | Federal Court Panel, Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 16.4 | 12/12/2014 |
| 1992-02-4 | Federal Court Panel | 08/14/2019 |
| 1993-03-1 | In the Matter of Forfeiture of Collateral (Fine) Schedule for National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior | 05/11/2018 |
| 1996-14 | Post Judgment or Post Conviction Matters | 02/06/1996 |
| 1996-23-2 | Procedure for Adoption of Local Rules and Amendments to Existing Rules | 08/14/2019 |
| 1997-27 | Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) | 07/09/1997 |
| 1997-36-4 | Computer Security Handbook; Computer Usage, Electronic Mail and Internet Policy; and, Standards for Maintaining CC: Mail | 08/20/2021 |
| 1997-39 | Criminal Case Assignment - Five or More Defendants | 10/06/1997 |
| 1998-01-1 | Electronic Filing Policies and Procedures Manual | 04/23/2019 |
| 1998-09 | Processing of Dismissals Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1) | 04/06/1998 |
| 1998-17-6 | Magistrate Judge Case Assignments | 08/14/2019 |
| 1999-16-6 | Adoption of Criminal Justice Act ("CJA") Plan | 08/11/2017 |
| 1999-49 | Taking of Unconditional Guilty Pleas by Magistrate Judges | 10/04/1999 |
| 2001-46 | In re: Guidelines for the Use of Space in Court Houses | 10/01/2001 |
| 2001-55-1 | Modification to Local Rules and Electronic Filing Policies and Procedures Manual | 04/23/2019 |
| 2002-62 | In re: Firearms Policy for the Carl B. Stokes U.S. Court House Cleveland,Ohio | 12/03/2002 |
| 2002-78 | Hanging of Judicial Portraits in the Carl B. Stokes United States Court House, Cleveland, Ohio | 12/03/2002 |
| 2003-14-3 | In re: Media Guidelines | 10/25/2019 |
| 2003-44 | Reciprocity Agreement with the Southern District of Ohio Re: Attorney Admissions | 09/22/2003 |
| 2005-01 | Directing Probation and Pretrial Services to Add a Sworn Declaration to All Warrant Summons Requests that Statements Made in Support of Those Requests are True and Correct | 01/12/2005 |
| 2005-18 | Release of the Criminal History Portion of the Pretrial Services Report | 12/05/2005 |
| 2005-19 | Re-Designation of the Venue of Civil Cases Originating from Erie and Huron Counties to Toledo Under Local Rule 3.8 for Case Assignment Purposes | 12/22/2005 |
| 2005-21-1 | Juror Selection Plan | 08/08/2019 |
| 2006-04-1 | Consolidation of the U.S. Pretrial Services Office and the U.S. Probation Office | 08/08/2019 |
| 2006-08-1 | Forfeiture of Colloateral (Fine) Schedule for the United States Border Patrol | 08/14/2019 |
| 2006-15-1 | Authority to Refund Filing Fee Payments | 08/08/2019 |
| 2006-16-6 | In re: Procedures for Foreclosure Actions Based on Diversity Jurisdiction | 12/17/2007 |
| 2006-18-1 | Guide for Pro Se Litigants | 08/08/2019 |
| 2006-24 | Order Restricting Internet Access to Documents in E.R.I.S.A. Cases | 10/13/2006 |
| 2006-25 | Authorizing the Clerk's Office to Accept Service of Process | 12/04/2006 |
| 2007-02-2 | Adoption of Revised Pro Bono Civil Case Protocol | 10/23/2018 |
| 2007-07 | Criminal Case Assignment - Capital Cases | 04/12/2007 |
| 2007-14 | Electronic Access to Plea Agreements and Related Documents in Criminal Cases | 12/14/2007 |
| 2008-08 | Authorization to Disclose Presentence Investigation Reports and Sentencing Orders | 02/11/2008 |
| 2008-09 | Appointing Office of the Federal Public Defender - Sentence Reductions - Crack Cocaine | 02/11/2008 |
| 2008-16 | Electronic Access to Voir Dire Transcripts | 08/01/2008 |
| 2009-04-2 | Establishment of a Reentry Court Program to Target the Special Needs of High Risk Offenders | 08/08/2019 |
| 2009-10 | Change in the Magistrate Draw | 06/25/2009 |
| 2009-21-2 | In re: Cell Phones, Cameras, Laptops and Other Electronic Devices in U.S. Courthouses | 08/14/2019 |
| 2009-23 | Authorization to Refund Criminal Debt Overpayment | 11/24/2009 |
| 2010-28-1 | Payments Prior to Sentencing | 08/20/2021 |
| 2010-39 | Assignment of Magistrate Judges to MDL Matters | 10/18/2010 |
| 2011-17 | Transcript Rates of the Official Court Reporters | 07/29/2011 |
| 2011-24 | Appointing the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Ohio to Potentially Eligible Inmates with Future Possibility of Having Private or CJA Counsel Represent These Inmates as the Client, Lawyer, or Court May Later Decide | 10/04/2011 |
| 2011-31-5 | Criminal Duty Protocol of Magistrate Judges | 05/24/2023 |
| 2012-07 | Referral of Title 11 Matters in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio | 04/04/2012 |
| 2012-14 | In Re: Forfeiture of Collateral Schedule for Federal Property Management and Motor Vehicle Violations (40 U.S.C. § 1315) | 08/13/2012 |
| 2012-18 | Approval of the Illegal Reentry Fast-Track Program and Policy for the Northern District of Ohio | 09/18/2012 |
| 2012-18-1 | Approval of the Illegal Reentry Fast-Track Program and Policy for the Northern District of Ohio | 11/13/2012 |
| 2013-09-1 | Magistrate Judge Pre-Indictment Duties | 09/20/2013 |
| 2014-01 | In the Matter of Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings - Indefinite Suspension from Practice for Failure to Pay Registration Fees to the Ohio Supreme Court | 01/08/2014 |
| 2014-07 | Appointing the Office of the Federal Public Defender to Potentially Eligible Inmates with the Future Possibility of Having Private or CJA Counsel Represent these Inmates as the Client, Lawyer, or Court May Later Decide | 08/29/2014 |
| 2015-11 | Appointing the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Ohio to Represent Potentially Eligible Defendants Under the Armed Career Criminal Act as a Result of the Supreme Court's Holding in Johnson v. United States with the Future Possibility of Having Private or CJA Counsel Represent These Defendants as the Client, Lawyer or Court May Later Decide | 08/27/2015 |
| 2015-14 | Authorization to Disclose Sealed Documents, Presentence Investigation Reports, and Sentencing Orders | 10/14/2015 |
| 2016-09 | Authorization to Disclose Sealed Documents, Presentence Investigation Reports, and Sentencing Orders | 04/14/2016 |
| 2016-15 | In the Matter of Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings - Indefinite Suspension from Practice for Failure to Pay Registration Fees to the Ohio Supreme Court | 07/14/2016 |
| 2016-24-1 | In re: Revised Standard Conditions of Probation and Supervised Release | 04/02/2018 |
| 2016-25 | Order Regarding Deposit and Investment of Registry Funds | 11/21/2016 |
| 2017-12 | In re: Exemption from the Electronic Public Access Fees for Retired Court Reporters | 06/30/2017 |
| 2017-14 | In re: Grand Jury | 10/05/2017 |
| 2018-01-1 | In the Matter of Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings - Indefinite Suspension from Practice for Failure to Pay Registration Fees to The Ohio Supreme Court | 05/04/2018 |
| 2018-02-1 | Adoption of Criminal History Calculation Reports Policy | 07/27/2020 |
| 2018-03 | In re: Protocol for the Assignment of Cases by the National Park Service, Social Security and Veterans Administration | 02/23/2018 |
| 2019-03 | In re: Authorization to Disclose Presentence Investigation Reports and Sentencing Orders | 1/15/2019 |
| 2019-04 | In re: The Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Ohio to Represent Potentially Eligible Defendants Under Section 404(B) of the First Step Act of 2018 | 1/24/2019 |
| 2019-06 | PACER Fee Exemptions for David Cohen, Michael Borden, Nora von Stange, Ally Rich, Francis McGovern, and Cathy Yanni | 2/5/2019 |
| 2019-07 | PACER Fee Exemption for Jennifer Sammon | 2/19/2019 |
| 2019-09 | In re: The Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Ohio to Represent Petitioners Who Have Filed Petitions in Accordance with the First Step Act | 4/22/2019 |
| 2019-14 | PACER Fee Exemption for Professor Craig Johnston | 06/25/2019 |
| 2019-16 | PACER Fee Exemptions for Ed Bell, Mark King, Jennifer Alpert, John Hays, Dennis Delmott, Gabriela Varela, and Carlos Bustos | 08/13/2019 |
| 2019-17-1 | In Re: Product Liability Cases Involving C R Bard Incorporated, et al. | 10/24/2019 |
| 2019-18 | Capital Habeas Corpus Case Procedures and Request for Assistance from the Death Penalty Law Clerk | 10/31/2019 |
| 2020-01 | In the Matter of Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings Indefinite Suspension from Practice for Failure to Pay Registration Fees to The Supreme Court of Ohio | 01/16/2020 |
| 2020-02 | In Re: NextGen CM/ECF | 01/16/2020 |
| 2020-04 | PACER Fee Exemption for Andrew Scott Loge | 01/28/2020 |
| 2020-07-2 | In Re: Motions Under Section 603(b) of the First Step Act for Compassionate Release | 10/05/2020 |
| 2020-08-13 | In Re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Phased-In Recovery Plan | 05/10/2023 |
| 2020-13 | Reassignment of the Docket of Magistrate Judge George J. Limbert to Magistrate Judge Carmen E. Henderson | 07/01/2020 |
| 2020-16 | Reassignment/Exchange of Social Security Referral Cases Magistrate Judge Carmen E. Henderson | 07/22/2020 |
| 2020-18 | Magistrate Judge Social Security and Habeas Corpus Case Rebalancing | 08/19/2020 |
| 2021-01-1 | In Re: Procedures for the Filing, Service, and Management of Highly Sensitive Documents | 12/09/2021 |
| 2021-13-1 | Reassignment of Magistrate Judge Kathleen B. Burke's Consent Docket | 09/01/2021 |
| 2021-15 | Creation of the Docket of Magistrate Judge Amanda M. Knapp | 10/01/2021 |
| 2022-03 | Creation of the Civil Docket for Judge David A. Ruiz | 02/11/2022 |
| 2022-04 | Creation of the Docket for Judge Bridget Meehan Brennan | 02/11/2022 |
| 2022-05 | In the Matter of Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings Indefinite Suspension from Practice for Failure to Pay Registration Fees to The Supreme Court of Ohio | 02/25/2022 |
| 2022-07 | Creation of the Docket for Judge Charles Esque Fleming | 03/11/2022 |
| 2022-12 | PACER Fee Exemption for Robert Hallam Tuck | 08/01/2022 |
| 2022-14 | Creation of the Docket of Magistrate Judge Jennifer Dowdell Armstrong | 08/25/2022 |
| 2022-16 | Creation of the Docket of Magistrate Judge James E. Grimes Jr. | 09/12/2022 |
| 2022-17 | Reassignment/Exchange of Habeas Corpus Referral Cases Magistrate Judge James E. Grimes Jr. | 09/21/2022 |
| 2022-18 | PACER Fee Exemption for Kenta Tsuda | 11/30/2022 |
| 2022-20 | PACER Fee Exemption for Nikolaos Passas | 12/05/2022 |
| 2023-01 | PACER Fee Exemption for Li Huang | 01/04/2023 |
| 2023-02 | PACER Fee Exemption for Ethan D. Boldt | 01/19/2023 |
| 2023-04 | PACER Fee Exemption for David Tan | 02/13/2023 |
| 2023-05 | PACER Fee Exemption for Yonathan Arbel | 02/23/2023 |
| 2023-06 | PACER Fee Exemption for Michael Loadenthal | 03/07/2023 |
| 2023-08 | PACER Fee Exemption for Changhyun Ahn | 04/25/2023 |
| 2023-10-2 | Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Panel Membership - Akron/Youngstown | 09/14/2023 |
| 2023-11 | Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Panel Membership - Cleveland | 06/05/2023 |
| 2023-12 | Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Panel Membership - Toledo | 06/05/2023 |
| 2023-14 | PACER Fee Exemption for Alexander K. Zentefis | 07/28/2023 |
| 2023-15 | PACER Fee Exemption for Adriel J. Cardenas | 08/16/2023 |
| 2023-16 | PACER Fee Exemption for Herbrina D. Sanders | 08/23/2023 |
| 2023-17 | Transcript Rates of the Official Court Reporters | 09/15/2023 |