TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. URL
II. USER NAME
III. PASSWORD
IV. DETERMINING AVAILABILITY
V. NOTIFYING THE CLERK’S OFFICE
A. Calendar View Screen
B. Western Division CJA Panel Duty Day Screen
C. Western Division CJA Panel Duty Day Second Screen
VI. VIEWING A MONTH AT A TIME
VII. EARLY NOTIFICATION TO THE CLERK’S OFFICE
VIII. CHANGING PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED ORDER OF AVAILABILITY
I. URL
The URL (Internet address) for the CJA Duty Schedule web page is: http://www. cacd.uscourts.gov/cacd/cja.nsf
II. USER NAME
The User Name must be entered in lower cases and must be obtain from the CJA Office.
III. PASSWORD
The Password must be entered in lower cases and must be obtained from the CJA Office
IV. DETERMINING AVAILABILITY
The attorneys occupying each duty group determine among themselves their order of availability for the assigned duty day and notify the Clerk’s Office via the Internet no less than 2 business days before their duty day. (E.g., Notification for a Friday duty day must be received from each duty group before midnight Tuesday. Notification for a Monday duty day must be received from each duty group before midnight Wednesday.)
V. NOTIFYING THE CLERK’S OFFICE
Once the order of availability has been determined, the Clerk’s Office must be notified. Only one group member need notify the Clerk’s Office. The group member must connect to the Internet. Once connected, enter the URL to access the Court’s CJA Duty Schedule web page. You will be prompted to enter both the User Name and Password.
Calendar View Screen . After entering the User Name and Password, you will see the Calendar View page of the CJA Duty Schedule. This page will allow you to view two weeks at a time, the current and following week. Select the Duty Group by clicking once on the highlighted Groups listed on the specific duty date.
Western Division CJA Panel Duty Day Screen . By clicking on the highlighted Groups you will be taken to the Western Division CJA Panel Duty Day screen. On this screen the assigned attorneys and their phone numbers will appear under the appropriate duty group. To modify the Call Order of the duty attorneys to accurately reflect the agreed order of availability, click on the Edit button at the top left side of the web page.
Western Division CJA Panel Duty Day Second Screen . Clicking on the Edit button will bring you to a second Western Division CJA Panel Duty Day Screen. At this screen under each group member simply click in the corresponding radial button the attorney’s order of availability. When completed click on the Submit button at the bottom left side of the web page. After clicking the Submit button, you will be taken to a web page that thanks you for your input. You have now completed notifying the Clerk’s Office.
VI. VIEWING A MONTH AT A TIME
To view an entire month on one web page, begin at the Calendar View screen (step V.(A.)) and click on the calendar icon in the center of the web page. (The calendar icon has the number 16 on it.) This will take you to a page with the entire calendar year. Clicking on the highlighted month will bring up the highlighted month with the assigned duty groups for each business day.
VII. EARLY NOTIFICATION TO THE CLERK’S OFFICE
Notification to the Clerk’s Office of the order of availability can be made at anytime prior to the 2 business day requirement. Follow the procedures listed above under VI. From the entire calendar month view web page step VI, click on the highlighted Groups for the specific date. This will take you to Western Division CJA Panel Duty Day screen. Follow the instructions from V.(B.).
VIII. CHANGING PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED ORDER OF AVAILABILITY
The order of availability may be changed as often as necessary by following the instructions under V. |