9th Circuit to remain open Dec. 5

Note that although the President has designated Wednesday, December 5 a national day of mourning in honor of the 41st president and that all executive departments and federal agencies are to be shuttered on December 5, The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will remain open for business on Wednesday December 5, and all court hearings will take place as scheduled.
However, "By executive order, the President has directed that federal agencies and departments, including the Postal Service, will be closed on December 5, 2018. Therefore, although the Court of Appeals remains open, December 5 will be treated as a legal holiday for the purposes of all filing deadlines, including jurisdictional deadlines. See Fed. R. App. P. 26(a)(6)(B)."
(CD Cal will be closed.)

In other Federal Courts news:

Judicial Integrity Officer Named for Federal Judiciary

Jill Langley, the director of workplace relations for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and a recognized authority in employment dispute resolution (EDR), has been selected to serve as the federal Judiciary’s first judicial integrity officer, James C. Duff, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, announced today. Read more.

New Federal Rules, Forms Effective Dec. 1

New federal rules and forms took effect on Dec. 1. They include revisions of Appellate Rule 25, Bankruptcy Rules 5005 and 8011, Civil Rule 5, and Criminal Rule 49 that are part of an effort to coordinate rules for the service and filing of documents in electronic format rather than paper. Learn more.