QUICK GUIDE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
CLERK'S OFFICE
www.nysd.uscourts.gov
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Court House
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007
(212) 805-0136
Pro Se Office |
Room 230 (Second Floor) |
Cashier |
Room 120 (Lobby) |
Jury |
Room 210 (Second Floor) |
Open File Room |
Room 260 (Second Floor) |
Closed File Room |
Room 370 (Third Floor -- South Elevators only) |
Judgment Clerk |
Room 120 (Lobby) |
Appeals Clerk |
Room 370 (Third Floor -- South Elevators, only) |
Thurgood Marshall United States Court House
40 Foley Square
New York, NY 10007
(212) 857-8500
Open File Room Room 113 (Lobby)
White Plains Court House
300 Quarropas Street
White Plains, New York 10601-4150
(914) 390-4100
Cashier |
Room 156 (Lobby) |
Jury |
Room 160 (Lobby) |
Open File Room |
Room 156 (Lobby) |
Closed File Room |
Room 156 (Lobby) |
Judgment Clerk |
Room 147 (Lobby) |
Appeals Clerk |
Room 140 (Lobby) |
500 Pearl Street, Room 120: Michael Lindner, Supervisor, (212) 805-0610
White Plains, Room 156: Patrick Moran, (914) 390-4010
· pleadings & civil cover sheet
· summons with affidavit of service
· notice of appearance
· voir dire
· all motion papers
· discovery material
· notice of appeal
500 Pearl Street, Room 120 James Finneran, Supervisor, (212) 805-0145
White Plains, Room 156 In-take Clerks
· orders to show cause
· pre-trial orders
· proposed findings of facts
· stipulations
500 Pearl Street, Room 120 Michael Lee, (212) 805-9144
White Plains, Room 147 Brandon Skolnik, (914) 390-4006
· default judgments
· civil judgments
· bills of costs
500 Pearl Street, Room 370 Dave Thomas, (212) 805-0636
White Plains, Room 140 Luis Pena, (914) 390-4013
· notice of appeal
· Court of Appeals forms
Drop Box, Main Lobby, 500 Pearl Street (Worth Street Entrance)
After 5:00pm, documents may be date and time stamped, and placed in the drop box. Clerk will stamp it filed on date it was clocked. Any documents filed after 11:59pm will be considered filed as of the next day.
You may mail documents to the Clerk of Court, Room 120, 500 Pearl Street. Be sure to include the docket number, judge's initials, and your attorney code. The documents will be forwarded to the appropriate unit.
All recent Civil and Criminal case files. Older case files are shipped to Federal Archives. All cases filed after 1991 appear on the computer docketing system, many cases closed before 1991 have been fully or partially backloaded. Civil and Criminal docket sheet for most old case are kept in binders.
The Local Rules of the Court and Individual Judge's Practices are available at the Court's official website. Participating individual judges's practices are distributed to the plaintiff upon commencement of the action by the Cashier's Office. One set of rules per case. Plaintiff is responsible for distributing the Individual Judge's Practices to the defendants. This is frequently done at the first pre-trial conference.
You will not be able to get information about a particular case by calling the Clerk's Office. Docket sheets are available to the public via the Court's official website, www.nysd.uscourts.gov. If after reviewing a docket sheet in a particular case, you find a problem that needs to be resolved, then you may contact the docket section supervisor, at 500 Pearl Street, Robert Gutierrez, (212) 805-0616, at White Plains, Fiona Keegan, (914) 390-4009.