U.S. District Court

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

The Court has issued an Opinion and Order in Federal Trade Commission et al v. Kroger Company et al, 3:24-cv-00347.  It can be accessed via PACER.

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

On September 28, 2025, the current term of office of U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew D. Hallman will expire.  The United States District Court for the District of Oregon is required by law to establish a panel of citizens to consider the reappointment of Magistrate Judge Hallman to a new four-year term.

The duties of a magistrate judge in this Court include the following:  (1) conducting most preliminary proceedings in criminal cases; (2) trial and disposition of misdemeanor cases; (3) conducting various pretrial matters and evidentiary proceedings in civil cases; and (4) trial and disposition of civil cases upon consent of the litigants.

Comments from members of the bar and public are invited as to whether United States Magistrate Judge Hallman should be recommended by the panel for reappointment by the Court.  Comments must be received by 4:30 p.m. on January 29, 2025, and should be addressed to: Office of the Clerk, Human Resources Division, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, 1000 S.W. Third Avenue, Suite 740, Portland, OR 97204.

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

The Judicial Conference of the United States has authorized the appointment of a full-time United States Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon to fill the vacancy created by Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai's recent confirmation as a U.S. District Judge. The term of office is eight (8) years. The current annual salary of the position is $223,836. The official location of the position is in Eugene, Oregon.

Applications must be received by 4:30 p.m. on January 17, 2025.

• Video - U.S. Magistrate Judges: Serving the Judiciary and the Public
• U.S. Magistrate Judges are subject to the Code of Conduct for United States Judges
• Public Notice for Appointment of a Full-Time U.S. Magistrate Judge
• Application for the Position of U.S. Magistrate Judge
• U.S. Magistrate Judge Applicant Demographic Survey – This survey is voluntary. Please send separately to .

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Hon. Mustafa T. Kasubhai has been confirmed as a United States District Judge for the District of Oregon on November 19, 2024, and will begin his service upon taking the oath of office November 22, 2024.

Judge Kasubhai served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Oregon since September 21, 2018, until his appointment as a U.S. District Judge. Before joining the federal bench, Judge Kasubhai served as a Judge on the Lane County Circuit Court since 2007. Before that time, Judge Kasubhai served as board member of the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board and practiced law in Eugene and Klamath Falls. Judge Kasubhai received his law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1996 and attended college at the University of California, Berkeley.

Judge Kasubhai fills the seat vacated by Judge Ann L. Aiken.

Friday, January 28, 2022

U.S. Magistrate Judges Acosta and Sullivan have assumed Recall status and continue to be available to lawyers in the district to conduct settlement conferences in their cases. Lawyers interested in scheduling a settlement conference with Judge Acosta are invited to e-mail a request to . Lawyers interested in scheduling a settlement conference with Judge Sullivan are invited to e-mail a request to .

The District of Oregon has received information that fake Notices of Electronic Filing (NEF) are circulating nationwide, including those that appear to originate with Oregon CM/ECF. If the recipient responds to the message, they are sent a follow-up email containing a link to access a document that leads the recipient to a malicious website.

The court would like to remind its users and the public that any e-mail that is not expected, encourages urgent action, or includes an attachment should be treated with caution, including e-mails purporting to be from the court. If in doubt, do not click any links or open any attachments, and verify the authenticity against the docket in PACER. The court does not send notifications to parties and attorneys that filings are due.

In addition, an official NEF from the District of Oregon CM/ECF system will always have the following characteristics:

• The subject line will be "Activity in Case [case number] [case title] [filing]"
• The message will be from
• Any links within will direct to ecf.ord.uscourts.gov
• The message will not be directly addressed to the recipient (recipients of NEFs are bcc'd)
• NEFs do not issue to individuals who are not already users of Oregon CM/ECF
• The NEF will not have any attachments
• The NEF will not include instructions for next steps, e.g. the filing of a response
• The NEF will include a list of all attorneys and parties to whom the NEF was also sent

When you provide a check as payment, you authorize the Court either to use information from your check to make a one-time electronic fund transfer from your account or to process the payment as a check transaction.  For inquiries, please call the Clerk's Office at 503-326-8000.

Privacy Act – A Privacy Act Statement required by 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3) that states our authority for soliciting and collecting the information from your check and explaining the purposes and routine uses which will be made of your check information, is available from the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury, and may be obtained through the mail by calling 1-866-945-7920 (toll free). Furnishing the check information is voluntary, but a decision not to do so will require you to make payment by some other method.

Members of the public are being targeted by phone calls, text messages, and e-mails that threaten prosecution or fines for failing to respond to a jury summons or subpoena or failing to appear for a proceeding. These communications are fraudulent and are not connected with the federal courts. 

Recipients of such communications are pressured to provide confidential data such as banking information or to provide payment in the form of gift cards, credit cards, or similar to cover an alleged fine or remove an alleged warrant. Recipients are threatened with fines and jail time if they do not comply.

Members of the public are urged to learn to recognize and avoid such scams by watching for their hallmarks: demands for urgent action, requests for personal and/or financial information, or offers that are too good to be true.

Most contact between a District of Oregon court staff member and prospective juror or other member of the public will be through the U.S. mail or by e-mail, and any telephone contact by real court officials will not include requests for sensitive information. Federal officials do not demand payment of money in lieu of being arrested. Federal courts will also not serve a warrant or notify you of a warrant by e-mail, phone, or fax. If in doubt regarding a communication purporting to be from the District of Oregon, contact us for accurate information.

It is a crime for anyone to falsely represent a federal court official.  The federal judiciary takes such offenses seriously. If you believe that you have been the victim of fraud or have received a scam phone call, text, phishing e-mail, or fax, contact your local police department or the United States Marshals Service (503-326-2209 or www.usmarshals.gov/district/or/).

Registered users of Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) should be aware of the potential to inadvertently share docket and/or hearing information when using third-party services or software. Sharing your PACER account credentials with a third-party service provider or designating that provider as a secondary recipient of a Notice of Electronic Filing or Notice of Docket Activity (NEF) can potentially allow that third party access to restricted information. You are urged to use caution in your computer security practices to ensure that restricted information to which you have access is not disclosed.