At their regular meeting on October 6, 2025, the Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan approved amendments to LR 83.32(e), Possession and Use of Electronic Devices in Federal Court Facilities: Permitted and Prohibited Uses. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 83, the proposed amendments were previously published for comment. 

Also, at their regular meeting on October 6, 2025, the Judges approved Electronic Filing Policies and Procedures – LR Appendix ECF. These amendments will be effective November 1, 2025.

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[Additions are indicated by underline, and deletions by strikethrough.] 

LR 83.32 Possession and Use of Electronic Devices in Federal Court Facilities 

(a) – (d) [Unchanged] 

(e) Permitted and Prohibited Uses 

(1) Except as allowed by this section, no Electronic Device may be used in within a Federal Court facility to record, capture, stream, or broadcast sounds or images. Nor may an Electronic Device be used on the property of a Federal Court (including, but not limited to, the walkways immediately adjacent to a Federal Court facility) to record, capture, stream, or broadcast sounds or images of the interior of a Federal Court facility. 

(2) – (5) [Unchanged] 

(f) – (h) [Unchanged]

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Electronic Filing Policies and Procedures – LR Appendix ECF 

R3 Eligibility and Registration 

(a) – (c) [Unchanged]

(d) Each filing user is responsible for maintaining valid and current contact information in his or her PACER account1. When a user’s contact information changes, the user must promptly update his or her PACER account. If the filing user has a pending case before the Court, the user must also promptly notify all parties in all cases. Electronic service upon an obsolete e-mail address will constitute valid service if the user has not updated the account profile with the new e-mail address. 

1A filing user must maintain a primary email address to receive all NEFs as part of a user’s PACER account. Each primary email address must be the primary work email address for an individual attorney. Generic email addresses, (e.g., staff@doe.law.com, or ecf@doelaw.com) may not be used as a primary email address. Pro Se filing users must provide their primary email address. In addition, a filing user has the option of maintaining a secondary email address with the Court. Instructions on establishing a secondary email address are found on the Court’s website.

Section hosts annual pre-holiday event

The Taxation Section of the State Bar of Michigan will hosts its Fourth Annual Pre-Holiday Networking Event on Thursday, November 13.

Appetizers and drinks will be served from 5 to 8 p.m. at Eddie Merlot’s, 37000 Woodward Ave. in Bloomfield Hills.

To register for this complimentary event, visit https://connect.michbar.org/tax/home.

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