United States District Court
United States Bankruptcy Court
United States Probation and Pretrial Office
Western District of New York

Notice Re: Operational Status
The Judiciary will remain open for business through January 18, 2019. When no funding mechanism was in place on December 21, 2019, the Judiciary projected that fee income and no-year appropriated funds would enable court operations to continue for approximately 20 business days. The Judiciary has severely restricted spending during this period so that limited additional funding now exists. Spending rates and fund balances will continue to be monitored closely in hope that adequate funds may be available to allow courts to operate through the end of the work week – January 25. All proceedings and deadlines remain in effect as scheduled, unless otherwise advised. Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) will remain in operation for the electronic filing of documents with the courts. Jury Trials will continue as scheduled. Payments to jurors will be made if funds are available. If funds are not available, courts may continue to call jurors and assure them that they will be paid, although the payment may be delayed.

Mary C. Loewenguth
Clerk of Court

January 9, 2019