99-4

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

 

IN RE:  :  
  : STANDING ORDER NO. 99-4
PRO BONO FUND :  

STANDING ORDER

    Effective August 16, 1999, the court hereby amends the policy for administering the court's Pro Bono Fund, a non-appropriated fund established for the purpose of reimbursing court-appointed pro bono attorneys for costs necessarily incurred representing indigent litigants in civil cases.    
    The special admission fee, which is collected by the Clerk of Court pursuant to Local Rule 83.9.5 in an amount established by Standing Order, shall be deposited into the court's Pro Bono Fund. The Pro Bono Fund shall be maintained by the Clerk of Court "as Trustee" in the depository designated by the court. The fund shall be capped at $10,000.00 with any surplus to be transferred to the Library Fund.    
    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Trustee shall account for and disburse from the Pro Bono Fund such sums as shall be authorized and approved pursuant to the guidelines established for the fund. The total amount for the reimbursement of counsel may not exceed $500.00 in any case.

                      /s/                                                                                             /s/                                 
SYLVIA H. RAMBO, Chief Judge                                        WILLIAM J. NEALON, District Judge

 

                       /s/                                                                                            /s/                                 
JAMES F. McCLURE, JR., District Judge                             MALCOLM MUIR, District Judge

 

                        /s/                                                                                               /s/                                 
THOMAS I. VANASKIE, District Judge                               RICHARD P. CONABOY, District Judge

 

                         /s/                                                                                             /s/                                 
A. RICHARD CAPUTO, District Judge                                 WILLIAM W. CALDWELL, District Judge

 

                         /s/                                                                                             /s/                                 
JAMES M. MUNLEY, District Judge                                     EDWIN M. KOSIK, District Judge

 

                         /s/                               
YVETTE KANE, District Judge 

 

Dated:  August 16, 1999