Pro Se Handbook
– 4th Circuit Court of Appeals –
Volume 1 Chapter 1
Attorney Admission & Efiling Registration
ITEM 1.1.01 | ADMISSION REQUIRED
An attorney may be named on a brief filed in this court without being admitted to the bar of the Fourth Circuit, provided that at least one lawyer admitted to practice in this court also appears on the brief. Any other document submitted by an attorney who is not a member of the bar of the Fourth Circuit will be accepted for filing conditioned on his or her qualifying for membership within a reasonable time. Loc. R. 46(b).
ITEM 1.1.02 | ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
“if that attorney is of good moral and professional character and admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest court of a state, another United States court of appeals, or a United States district court (including the district courts for Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands).”
ITEM 1.1.03 | APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION
The fee is waived for attorneys appointed by the court to represent a party in forma pauperis, counsel for the United States and any agency thereof who has a case pending before this court, and law clerks to the judges of the court and to the district judges, magistrate judges, and bankruptcy judges within this circuit. Loc. R. 46(b).
ITEM 1.1.04 | EFILING REGISTRATION
Users must have an upgraded PACER account before they can file documents with the Fourth Circuit. The same PACER account may be used at all federal courts that have implemented Next Gen CM/ECF, but each court must separately approve and register counsel's filing privileges. All filers must now have their own PACER account. Law firms and other organizations can set up a PACER Administrative Account (PAA) to manage their user accounts and have central billing for PACER access fees. See Upgrade PACER Account Instructions for additional information. The PACER Service Center notifies the Fourth Circuit that counsel has registered for filing privileges.
Use these in conjunction with the United States Pro Se Handbook!
You might need to reference it during your pursuit of justice.
For instance, you might need to examine one of these passages in order to protect yourself from organizations/judges/lawyers who break the law (see this example of a Florida judge who outright committed perjury).
Nevertheless – and as always – please get the justice you deserve.
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