News & Announcements

The Clerk’s Office will be closed on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Friday, December 26, 2025, consistent with President Trump’s executive order (available here). CM/ECF electronic filing will be available during this time. In accordance with FRAP 26(a)(1)(C), deadlines currently set for December 24, 2025, and December 26, 2025, are extended to the next business day, Monday, December 29, 2025.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit invites applications for its Federal Public Defender position for the Northern District of Florida. The selected candidate may sit in any location that the Northern District of Florida has a Federal Public Defender office: Gainesville, Tallahassee, or Pensacola. Minimum qualifications include five years of active criminal law practice, significant supervisory experience, and active membership in a bar association of any state. The current salary is $195,200. The 2026 salary has not been released yet. Although the incumbent Federal Public Defender, Joseph F. DeBelder, intends to seek reappointment to this position, the Court will consider all applications under the same standards. 

The full job announcement and application are available on the Court’s website at www.ca11.uscourts.gov; from any Federal Clerk of Court in the states of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia; and from Ashlyn D. Beck, Circuit Executive, 56 Forsyth Street, NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Applications should be emailed in confidence as one single PDF attachment to the Circuit Executive’s Office at ca11_appointments@ca11.uscourts.gov on or before February 12, 2026. Please indicate Federal Public Defender – FLND in the subject line.

The United States Courts Are Equal Opportunity Employers

The Court has published for comment proposed revisions to the Eleventh Circuit Rules. Click here to view.

On October 16, 2025, PACER released an update that allows users with CM/ECF-level access (e.g., filers, interested parties, etc.) whose account search status becomes inactive due to search inactivity the ability to reset their own password without contacting the PACER Service Center (PSC).

Users with CM/ECF-level filing access can still file even if their search status shows as “inactive” due to six months of inactivity. 

Some common questions are answered on the PACER website on the MFA Tips and Resources page. Please visit this page before contacting the PSC, as most issues can be handled by following the steps outlined on the website. 

When to contact the PSC

• You will need to contact the PSC to reactivate your PACER search status if your account has been deactivated.  

When you do not need to contact the PSC

• If you do not receive an MFA enrollment prompt when logging into PACER, no action is necessary.
• If you receive an MFA enrollment prompt, you can enroll on your own by following the steps outlined on the MFA Tips and Resources page. Support from the PSC is not required for enrollment.  

Thank you for your patience as we work to reduce call wait times and strengthen account security. Contacting the PSC only when necessary will help ensure support is available for those who have an urgent need.  

To review the December 1, 2025, version of the Eleventh Circuit Rules, click here.