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Standing Orders

Rescinded and Out of Date Standing Orders can be found on the Standing Order Archive page.

  • Standing Order 1 - Establishing Standing Orders
  • Standing Order 2 - Use of Electronic Devices by Attorneys
  • Standing Order 3 - Employment Dispute Resolution Plan
  • Standing Order 4 - Discretionary Carrying of Firearms by United States Probation
  • Standing Order 5 - Carrying of Firearms in Durham Courthouse by Credentialed Law Enforcement Officers
  • Standing Order 6 -  Pro Bono Representation in Pro Se Civil Cases (Amended: 4/1/2025)
  • Standing Order 7 - Disposition of Applications, Orders, and Recording for the Interception of Wire, Oral or Electronic Communication
  • Standing Order 8 - Disposal of Court Records
  • Standing Order 9 - Testimony of Judiciary Personnel and Production of Judiciary Records in Legal Proceedings
  • Standing Order 10 - Issuance of Subpoenas to Pro Se Litigants
  • Standing Order 11 - Revocation Hearing Setting
  • Standing Order 12 - Restrictions on Visitors to Courthouses (Amended: 01/28/2022; Rescinded by Standing Order 13 on 3/8/2022)
  • Standing Order 13 - Court Operations under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (Amended: 3/8/2022)
  • Standing Order 14 - Interim CJA Vouchers (03/24/2020; Rescinded by Standing Order 13 on 3/8/2022)
  • Standing Order 15 - Criminal Case Operations due to Circumstances created by COVID-19 (10/28/2022)
  • Standing Order 16 - Court Operations under the Exigent Circumstances created by COVID-19 (Amended: 05/26/2021; Rescinded by Standing Order 13 on 3/8/2022)
  • Standing Order 17 - Sealing of Medical Records Related to Compassionate Release Motions
  • Standing Order 18 - Procedures for the Filing, Service, and Management of Highly Sensitive Documents (Amended: 05/27/2021)
  • Standing Order 19 - Procedures for Service of Process in State Prisoner Civil Rights Case Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915
  • Standing Order 20 - Re: Criminal Case Management (February 9, 2024)
  • Standing Order 21 - Judge Assignments in the Middle District of North Carolina (April 5, 2024)
  • Standing Order 23 - U.S. Probation Officer's Supervision of HIV Clients
  • Standing Order 26 - Admission of Law Clerks
  • Standing Order 27 - Transcript Rates
  • Standing Order 30 - Modification of Civil Case Assignment Plan (11/22/2024)
  • Standing Order 32 - Criminal Cover Sheet
  • Standing Order 36 - Limited Authorization to Release Presentence Reports
  • Standing Order 38 - Supplemental Juror Attendance Fees
  • Standing Order 39 - Refund Policy for Erroneous Electronic Filing Fees
  • Standing Order 40 - Authority of Clerk to Grant Certain Motions and Judgments Without Further Direction of the Court