United States District Court - Northern District Court of California

Claudia Wilken, Chief Judge

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk of Court

Capital and Non-Capital Representation

Funding Requests

Beginning June 25, 2012: The New Interactive Electronic Funding Request Form is REQUIRED for all cases presided by most judges.

Details and the downloadable form are are available here

Funding authorization is required for expert or other services in excess of $800, and approval should be obtained prior to the performance of services.  Requests are made by completing the Electronic Funding Request Form and submitting it to the CJA Unit 

Panel members should carefully manage expert services and costs to avoid the need for nunc pro tunc authorizations.

Review Expert Presumptive Rates    

Review Associate and Assistant Counsel Rates