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Fee Schedule

   
Litigation:
 
  Civil Complaint:      
    Non-Prisoner Litigation:
$350.00
   
    Prisoner Litigation:
$350.00
   
         
  Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus:      
    Non-Prisoner Litigation (28 U.S.C.2254):
$5.00
   
    Prisoner Litigation (28 U.S.C.2241):
$5.00
   
           
  Notice of Appeal:      
    Non-Prisoner Litigation:
$455.00
   
    Prisoner Litigation:
$455.00
   
    Misdemeanor Case (magistrate judge to a district judge):
$37.00
   
           
  Miscellaneous Case:
$46.00
   
           
           
Attorneys:
 
  Admission of Attorneys to Practice:
$176.00
   
  Pro Hac Vice Applications:
$200.00
   
  Certificate of Good Standing:
$18.00
   
           
           
Records/Documents:
 
  Search of Records:
$30.00
per search  
  Certifying any Document:
$11.00
per certification  
  Exemplification Certificate:
$18.00
   
  Copying Fee:
$0.50
per page  
  Records from Federal Records Center:
$53.00
   
  Reproduction of Recordings of Proceedings:
$30.00
   
  Microfiche Sheet of Film or Microfilm Jacket:
$6.00
   
           
           
Electronic Access to Court Data*:
 
  Access via dial up service:
$0.60
per minute  
  Access via federal judiciary Internet site (30 page limit):
$0.08
per page  
  Access to digital audio files via federal judiciary Internet site:
$2.40
   
  Search of court records conducted by PACER Service Center:
$26.00
per search  
  Copies of any record or document accessed electronically at a public terminal in the courthouse:
$0.10
per page  
           
  * Fees of less than $10.00 per quarterly billing cycle are waived      
           
           
Travel Related:
 
  Mileage:
$0.555
per mile  
  Cincinnati:*
$174.00
per diem  
  Columbus:*
$150.00
per diem  
  Dayton:*
$138.00
per diem  
    *Effective 10/01/11      
           
Miscellaneous:
 
  Witness Fee:
$40.00
per day  
  Registry Fee:
10%
of interest earned  
  Returned Check Fee:
$53.00
   
  Local Rules:
No Charge
   
  Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996. This fee is not currently enforced - Refer questions to financial deputy.
$6355.00
   
           
           
           
* All checks and money orders should be made out to Clerk, U.S. District Court.
* Personal checks are accepted only from attorneys admitted to this or another federal court bar.
* You must have exact change when paying any fee with cash.