Requests for 2025 renewals are now being accepted. The Court has implemented a new automated system for members of the media to register. The media access application can be found below. Any press inquiries should be submitted via email to: Press_Request@flsd.uscourts.gov.
Special instructions regarding Fort Pierce Courthouse: Pursuant to Administrative Order 2023-47, cellular phones and/or electronic equipment are hereby prohibited for news reporters and other members of the media inside the Alto Lee Adams, Sr. United States Courthouse in Fort Pierce. See Administrative Order Regarding Electronic Equipment (Fort Pierce) .
Release Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 and updated on December 2, 2019
Administrative Order 2018-79, signed by Chief Judge K. Michael Moore on October 17, 2018, vacates Administrative Orders 2006-16, 2008-07, 2009-12, 2011-108 and 2015-21. Administrative Order 2019-87A, signed by Chief Judge K. Michael Moore on November 14, 2019, further limits the use of electronic devices in buildings housing federal courthouses. Reporters must agree to abide by the terms set forth in Administrative Orders 2018-79 and 2019-87. By submitting an application, you are specifically:
- acknowledging receipt of a copy of Administrative Orders 2018-79 and 2019-87A;
- agreeing to comply with Administrative Orders 2018-79 and 2019-87A, in all respects, including but not limited to use electronic devices inside the District's courtrooms only in text function mode consistent with these Orders. Reporters also agree not to record or transmit in any way audio, still photography, or video from anywhere inside courthouses nor from inside courtrooms, including any lobby areas of any building housing a federal court, and agree not to transmit live feed of any of the aforementioned at any time. Nor may reporters create a verbatim record of any proceeding;
- acknowledging that a knowing or willful violation of the agreement may result in contempt of court and/or removal from the court's approved media list.
District and Magistrate Judges retain discretion to maintain order in their courtrooms should the entry and exit of news reporters become disruptive.
Upon submission, your name will be added to a list of reporters who have signed such agreement and the list will be made available to court security personnel assigned to each courthouse.
This authorization expires on December 31st of each year, and must be renewed on an annual basis.
Please complete a Media Access Application and allow five (5) business days for processing.
Virtual Press Box (CM/ECF Access)
A Journalist's Guide to the Federal Courts
Any press inquiries should be submitted via email to: Press_Request@flsd.uscourt.gov.