Local Rule 80.1 Orders for Transcripts from Official Court Reporters

(a) All requests for transcripts from any proceeding held in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio shall be electronically filed on the Court’s docket using the appropriate transcript order form. (See Appendix G.)

(b) Transcripts provided for parties proceeding under the Criminal Justice Act and to parties granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in habeas corpus proceedings are to be paid for from funds appropriated for this purpose using the Court’s eVoucher Program. At the time transcripts are ordered, an AUTH-24 must be created and submitted by Counsel using the Court's eVoucher Program, attaching a copy of the electronically filed transcript order form.

After receipt of transcripts, Counsel must verify receipt in the Court's eVoucher Program within seven (7) days. Designated representatives of the Clerk of Court may verify receipt on behalf of persons proceeding pro se, and, when necessary, on behalf of CJA Counsel.

(c) A copy of a transcript shall not be represented as an official transcript of a Court proceeding unless it has been certified by an official court reporter of the Northern District of Ohio.

(d) Rates charged for transcripts will be those charged by the Judicial Conference of the United States. The schedule of rates will be available in the Office of the Clerk and on the Court's website.