Court Operations Clerk
The Clerk’s Office of the U.S. District Court is looking for candidates to join our team as a Court Operations Clerk. The incumbent provides clerical and administrative support to the court.
Representative Duties, including but not limited to:
• Performing administrative and customer service work, ensuring the efficient and fair operations related to the selection, qualifications, summoning, orientation, management, and payment of jurors for petit and/or grand juries; and making determinations as to juror attendance.
• Provides procedural information and forms to pro se litigants seeking to initiate and a case in the Court and responds to questions from Chambers and Clerk’s Office staff related to court practices regarding pro se litigants.
• Scans, converts and makes summary entries of documents and proceedings on the electronic case management system.
This includes, but is not limited to pleadings, petitions, motions, complaints, orders, etc.
• Ensures that all automated entries are accurately filed, recorded, and appropriately linked for proper case management.
• Prepares and informs parties about notices, judgments and orders. Forwards documents such as motions, etc. to the attention
of chambers staff.
• Furnishes information to the public, attorneys and litigants either in-person, by telephone or through written correspondence
as to the status of cases before the Court.
• Receives and examines documents submitted for filing with the court in pending actions and opens new actions.
• Issues all forms of process in civil and criminal cases including summonses, subpoenas and writs.
• Performs accounting functions for monies paid to the court including fees, fines and court costs.
• Performs clerical and administrative support as needed to judge(s) by: empaneling juries and administers oaths to witnesses; confers with attorneys and prepares reports on the status of cases; coordinates court appearances for all parties including attorneys and interpreters; arranges for appointment of counsel pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act; calls the court calendar and takes the calendar minutes of the Court, etc.
• Provides support for court naturalization ceremonies.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.