Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Congress has realigned the Eastern District of Arkansas into three new divisions:
Central Division – Court shall be held in Little Rock.
Delta Division – Court shall be held in Helena.
Northern Division – Court shall be held in Jonesboro.
Impact on Case Management and Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF)
- All current case numbers will remain the same.
- New cases will no longer be assigned to the former divisions that contained Batesville and Pine Bluff.
- New case numbers will be sequential to the case numbers assigned in the divisions that contain Little Rock (Central), Helena (Delta) and Jonesboro (Northern).
- All civil and criminal cases filings should reflect the new divisional names in the heading of all documents.
Impact on Trials and Court Hearings
- All trials and hearings currently scheduled for Little Rock, Helena and Jonesboro will remain in those locations.
- Trials and hearings scheduled in the former divisions that contained Batesville and Pine Bluff will be shifted to the new divisions. Some rescheduling may be necessary — either on motion or by the Court sua sponte.
Please call 501-604-5351 if you have any questions.
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