Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance

SYSTEM MAINTENANCE

CM/ECF will be unavailable starting at 8pm on Friday, October 7th through 6pm Monday, October 10th due to system upgrades and maintenance.

Pay.gov will be unavailable to customers on the following date: Saturday, October 15, 2022 from 3:00 P.M. to 7:00 PM PDT, to undergo a scheduled maintenance. The outage will not impact the availability of CM/ECF or PACER. Attorneys attempting to electronically file any document requiring the payment of filings fees via Pay.gov during these scheduled outages, however, will not be able to complete their transactions.

Credit card transactions through the New Attorney Admissions, Attorney Renewal, EDSS, and Pro Hac Vice online applications to appear in the U. S. Bankruptcy Court will also be unavailable during this scheduled outage.

SANTA ANA COURTHOUSE AREA CONSTRUCTION ALERT/OC STREETCAR PROJECT

Please be advised that there are street and sidewalk closures around the Ronald Reagan Federal Building & Courthouse due to the OC Streetcar Construction project.

Pedestrian access during construction will be maintained at all times. Please follow signage and stay in safe pedestrian zones. Click here to view the construction alert details.

The United States District Court for the Central District of California continues to closely monitor the national response to the respiratory illness caused by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). We would like to assure the public that we are following all recommended guidelines provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ensure the safety and health of our customers and staff.

Please see Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance page regarding access to court facilities, jury trials and other proceedings.

Refer to Notices from the Clerk for important information on courthouse access, court hearings, filing information and mandatory chambers copies.

Effective immediately and until further notice, the Court grants to mediators the authority to excuse a party, a party’s representative, or an attorney from in-person attendance at a mediation conducted under General Order No. 11-10. At the discretion of the assigned mediator, mediations held through the Court’s ADR Program may be conducted by video or telephone conference.