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SCHEDULE OF FEES
Effective April 9, 2006

 
Payments may be made by cash (exact change is required), check or money order. Checks and money orders money orders must be made out to : CLERK, U. S. DISTRICT COURT. A receipt will be provided for each transaction.
 
Civil $350.00 For the filing of a new action or Petition of Removal.
Petitions for Writ of Habeas Corpus $ 5.00
Cuban Liberated Civil Filing Fee $5,431.00 (In addition to the standard $150.00 filing fee for an action brought under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996.)
Miscellaneous Actions $ 39.00 Filing or indexing any paper not in a case or proceeding for which a case filing fee has been paid; filing of a petition to perpetuate testimony; filing of papers by trustees under 28 U.S.C. ยง 754; filing letters rogatory or letters of request, and registering of a judgment from another district 28 USC 1963.
Registering a Foreign Judgment $ 39.00
Record Search $ 26.00 To file a requisition for and certifying the results of a search of court for judgments, decrees, other instruments, suits pending. Fee is for each name searched.
Certification $ 9.00 For certifying any document or paper, whether the certification is made directly on the document or by separate instrument.
Exemplification $ 18.00 For exemplifying any document or paper.
Copying per page $ .50 For reproducing any record or paper. This fee does not include certification.
Local Attorney Admission $ 175.00 For admission of a local attorney to practice, includes certificate of admission.
Out-of-State Attorney Admission $ 175.00 For admission of attorney not admitted to the Bar of this Court - $175.00 for each verified petition.
Certificate of Good Standing $ 15.00 For a duplicate certificate of admission or certificate of good standing.
Appeals to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals $ 455.00 To file an appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Includes the clerk's $5.00 filing fee and the $450.00 court of appeals docketing fee. Fees are to be paid at the district court.
Power of Attorney $ 39.00
Retrieval from Federal
Records Center
$ 45.00 For retrieval of a record from a Federal Record Center, National Archives, or other storage location removed from the place of business of the Court.
Appeal to District Judge from
a Magistrate decision
$ 32.00 For an appeal to a District Judge from a judgment of conviction by a Magistrate in a misdemeanor case.
Returned Checks $ 45.00 For a check paid into the Court which is returned for lack of funds.
Recorder Tapes $ 26.00 For each tape recorded from court proceedings.
Microfilm/microfiche of Court Record $5.00 For each microfiche sheet of film or microfilm jacket copy of any court record, where available
Printing per page $0.10 For printing an automated record. i.e. from CM/ECF

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