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24 Gavel [i] (1979)

handle is hein.barjournals/gavel0010 and id is 1 raw text is: THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION OF NORTH DAKOTA VOLUME 24 NUMBER 1 JANUARY, 1979 U.S. COURT DIVISION LINES CHANGED The 95th Congress has enacted the Federal Court Organization Act of 1978, which amends the U. S. Code to place the counties of Sheridan and Wells from the Southeastern Division, and the counties of Bot- tineau, McHenry and Pierce from the Northeastern Di- vision, all into the Northwestern Division of the Federal Judicial District of North Dakota with courtrooms in Minot. The bill has been signed by the President. It will take effect March 31, 1979. Under prior law, jurors and litigants in Sheridan and Wells counties were required to travel to the Federal Court in Fargo, and those in Bottineau, McHenry and Pierce coun- ties were required to at- tend court in Grand Forks. Under the reorganization, jurors and litigants in the five counties will travel to Federal Court in Minot. The SBAND office has also been advised by Cletus Schmidt, Clerk of U. S. District Court, that several changes to the Local Rules of Court have recently been promulgatei. The first amendment im- lements the county re- organization mentioned above. The amendment is effective April 1, 1979. The second amendment re- lates to changes in disci- plinary enforcement and reinstatement procedures, effective February 1, 1979. Schmidt stated that the amendments will soon be distributed to members of

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