CLERK'S OFFICE: HOURS; AFTER HOURS FILING – Amended August 1, 2013
Unless otherwise posted on the Court’s website, the offices of the Clerk shall be open Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except on legal and Court holidays, and shall be closed on Saturdays and Sundays. When the Clerk's Office is closed, papers not filed electronically may be filed with the Court by depositing them in the night depository maintained by the District Clerk and are deemed filed as of the date and time stamped thereon. Any required fees for such filings shall be delivered to the Clerk's Office no later than noon on the next business day.
Comment
This rule is derived from Former Local Bankruptcy Rule 8 as modified to conform to Civil Rule 1.2 of the Local District Rules.
Bankruptcy Rule 5001(c) permits the adoption of a local rule setting forth the business hours of the Clerk.
The District Clerk maintains a night depository at the United States Courthouse located at 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York. The filing of papers in the District Court's night depository is intended to be used where exigent circumstances exist and is not intended as a regular alternative for filing papers with the Court during normal business hours or electronically at any time.
Under Former Local Bankruptcy Rule 8, papers filed in the District Court's night depository were deemed filed in the Court as of 8:30 a.m. the following business day. In accordance with Civil Rule 1.2 of the Local District Rules and Greenwood v. New York, 842 F.2d 636 (2d Cir. 1988), this rule deems papers deposited in the District Court's night depository to have been filed as of the date and time stamped thereon.
The next business day deadline in this rule was amended in 2009 to delete the reference to "business" so that the time period will be consistent with the 2009 amendments to Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a).
This rule was amended in 2013 to clarify that the times and days when the Clerk’s Office is opened may be altered as posted on the Court’s website.