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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowSeveral federal and state courts are closed on Monday due to inclement weather impacting a broad swath of the state.
On the federal level, all clerk’s offices of the U.S. District Court in Southern Indiana are closed for in-person matters. Electronic services, including the CM/ECF, PACER, e-Juror, CJA e-Voucher, and the the Electronic Document Submission Web Portal, will be available. Any proceedings that were scheduled telephonically or over Zoom will proceed as scheduled unless the court issues a rescheduling order.
The offices of the U.S. District Court in Northern Indiana are open Monday. Their offices were closed on Friday due to dangerously cold travel conditions.
On the state level, the Indiana Supreme Court has no in-person matters today. The Indiana e-filing system is available 24/7 for court users. No oral arguments have been scheduled for Monday.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has been advised to work remotely due to the emergency travel order in Marion County. No oral arguments are impacted.
As of late Monday morning, more than half the state remained under a travel warning, the highest level of local travel advisory which restricts travel to emergency management workers only, according to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. Many of the remaining counties were under travel watches, which limit travel to only essential travel, such as emergency situations or traveling to and from work.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett declared a weather-related disaster emergency for Marion County and told most people to remain at home—at least until the evening. The city recorded 11.1 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service, the largest two-day total since Jan. 5-6, 2014, when 11.4 inches fell across the area.
While the snow has stopped, much of the state remains under an extreme cold warning, wind chills as low as -27 expected in some areas, according to NWS.
To learn if a specific case is impacted in a local court, the Supreme Court recommends visiting MyCase for updates or contacting the local county court.
IBJ Staff contributed to this report.
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