California Northern District Court

Court's Name	California Northern District
Court's Address	450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36060, San Francisco, CA 94102
Court's Phone Number	(415) 522-2000
Court's Email Address	ecfhelpdesk@cand.uscourts.gov
Court's Hours	9AM-4PM, M-F

Court's Name	California Northern District, Oakland Division
Court's Address	1301 Clay Street, Suite 4008, Oakland, CA 94612
Court's Phone Number	(510) 637-3530

Court's Name	California Northern District, San Jose Division
Court's Address	280 So. First Street, Room 2112, San Jose, CA 95113
Court's Phone Number	(408) 535-5364

County Name	State
Alameda	California
Contra Costa	California
Del Norte	California
Humboldt	California
Lake	California
Marin	California
Mendocino	California
Monterey	California
Napa	California
San Benito	California
San Francisco	California
San Mateo	California
Santa Clara	California
Santa Cruz	California
Sonoma	California

Code	Translation
2255	2255 Motion to Vacate
AdminClosed	Administratively Closed
Administrative ofc. INTERPRETER	Administrative ofc.
ADRMOP	ADR Multi-Option Program
ADRMOPTERM	ADR Multi-Option Program Terminated
Afghanistad INTERPRETER	Afghanistad
Agency services INTERPRETER	Agency services
Albanian INTERPRETER	Albanian
Amharic INTERPRETER	Amharic
AO279	AO279 Patent/Trademark Copy
APPEAL	Appeal
Arabic INTERPRETER	Arabic
ARBITRATION	Arbitration
ARBTERM	Termination of ARB Process
Armenian (Eastern) INTERPRETER	Armenian (Eastern)
Armenian (Western) INTERPRETER	Armenian (Western)
Assyrian INTERPRETER	Assyrian
ATTY DISC	Attorney Disciplinary Case
Bengali INTERPRETER	Bengali
Benin INTERPRETER	Benin
Bosnian INTERPRETER	Bosnian
Bulgarian INTERPRETER	Bulgarian
Burmese INTERPRETER	Burmese
Cantonese INTERPRETER	Cantonese
CAPITAL	Death Penalty Cases
Cart INTERPRETER	Cart
CASE_SEAL_REVIEWED	Case Seal Reviewed
CASREF	Case referred
Castellano INTERPRETER	Castellano
Certification INTERPRETER	Certification
Chaldean INTERPRETER	Chaldean
Chuichow INTERPRETER	Chuichow
CLOSED	Case Closed
CONSENT	Case where all parties have consented to proceed before a Magistrate Judge
CONSOL	Consolidated
COURTRAN	COURTRAN
Courts INTERPRETER	Courts
Creole (Haitian) INTERPRETER	Creole (Haitian)
Croatian INTERPRETER	Croatian
Czech INTERPRETER	Czech
Danish INTERPRETER	Danish
Dari INTERPRETER	Dari
Dutch INTERPRETER	Dutch
E-Filing	Electronic Court Filing
E-ProSe	A pro se party has been granted permission to e-file in this case
Edo INTERPRETER	Edo
ENE	Early neutral evaluation
ENETERM	Termination of ENE Process
Estonian INTERPRETER	Estonian
Ethiopian INTERPRETER	Ethiopian
EXHIBITS	Exhibits in Case
Farsi INTERPRETER	Farsi
Fijian (Hindi) INTERPRETER	Fijian (hindi)
Fijian INTERPRETER	Fijian
Finnish INTERPRETER	Finnish
Foochow INTERPRETER	Foochow
French INTERPRETER	French
Fukien INTERPRETER	Fukien
German INTERPRETER	German
Greek INTERPRETER	Greek
Gujarati INTERPRETER	Gujarati
HABEAS	Habeas Corpus
Hakka INTERPRETER	Hakka
Hausa INTERPRETER	Hausa
Hebrew INTERPRETER	Hebrew
Hindi INTERPRETER	Hindi
Hmong INTERPRETER	Hmong
Hokkien INTERPRETER	Hokkien
Hungarian INTERPRETER	Hungarian
Ibo INTERPRETER	Ibo
ICMS/OLD-PACER	ICMS/OLD PACER
Ijaw INTERPRETER	Ijaw
Ilocano INTERPRETER	Ilocano
Indonesian INTERPRETER	Indonesian
INTERPRETER	DO NOT USE
Italian INTERPRETER	Italian
Japanese INTERPRETER	Japanese
Kai-ping INTERPRETER	Kai-ping
Khmer (Cambodian) INTERPRETER	Khmer (Cambodian)
Korean INTERPRETER	Korean
Laotian INTERPRETER	Laotian
MAGAPP	Appeal from Magistrate Judge's Decision
Mam INTERPRETER	Mam
Mandarin INTERPRETER	Mandarin
MEDIATION	Mediation
MEDTERM	Termination of Mediation Process
MERGE	Merge
Mien INTERPRETER	Mien
Min-non INTERPRETER	Min-non
Mixteco INTERPRETER	Mixteco
MJSELECT	Magistrate Judge Selected
Mongolian INTERPRETER	Mongolian
MOTREF	Motion referred
MULTIPLE_CVB_VIOLATIONS	Multiple CVB Violations
Nepali INTERPRETER	Nepali
Ningbonese INTERPRETER	Ningbonese
NoFile	Cases where the judge has issued an order barring one of the parties from filing any more documents
No language INTERPRETER	No language
Norwegian INTERPRETER	Norwegian
Pakistani INTERPRETER	Pakistani
Pakistani pashto INTERPRETER	Pakistani pashto
Pangasinan INTERPRETER	Pangasinan
Pashto INTERPRETER	Pashto
Persian INTERPRETER	Persian
PMERGE	Partial Merge
Polish INTERPRETER	Polish
Portuguese INTERPRETER	Portuguese
PrisSpecClosed	Administratively Closed as a Result of an Order on Motion to Stay
ProSe	Pro Se Case
PROTO	Protective Order
PRVADR	Referred to Private ADR
PRVADRTERM	Termination of Private ADR
Punjabi INTERPRETER	Punjabi
Quiche (kiche) INTERPRETER	Quiche (kiche)
REFDIS	Referred to MAG - DISCOVERY
REFEVID-AGT	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - AGT
REFEVID-BZ	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - SVK
REFEVID-DMR	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - DMR
REFEVID-EAI	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - EAI
REFEVID-EDL	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - EDL
REFEVID-EMC	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - EMC
REFEVID-HRL	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - HRL
REFEVID-JCS	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - JCS
REFEVID-JL	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - JL
REFEVID-JSC	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - JSC
REFEVID-KAW	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - KAW
REFEVID-LB	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - LB
REFEVID-LJC	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - LJC
REFEVID-MEJ	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - MEJ
REFEVID-NC	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - NC
REFEVID-NJV	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - NJV
REFEVID-PHK	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - PHK
REFEVID-PSG	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - PSG
REFEVID-PVT	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - PVT
REFEVID-RMI	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - RMI
REFEVID-RS	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - RS
REFEVID-SK	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - SK
REFEVID-TJB	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - TJB
REFEVID-TSH	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - TSH
REFEVID-VKD	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - JL
REFEVID-WDB	Referred for Evidentiary Hearing - WDB
REFPLEA	Referred to MAG - PLEA
REFPOSTJGMT- AGT	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - AGT
REFPOSTJGMT-BZ	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - BZ
REFPOSTJGMT-DMR	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - DMR
REFPOSTJGMT-EAI	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - EAI
REFPOSTJGMT-EDL	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - EDL
REFPOSTJGMT-EMC	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - EMC
REFPOSTJGMT-HRL	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - HRL
REFPOSTJGMT-JCS	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - JCS
REFPOSTJGMT-JL	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - JL
REFPOSTJGMT-JSC	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - JSC
REFPOSTJGMT-KAW	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - KAW
REFPOSTJGMT-LB	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - LB
REFPOSTJGMT-LJC	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - LJC
REFPOSTJGMT-MEJ	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - MEJ
REFPOSTJGMT-NC	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - NC
REFPOSTJGMT-NJV	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - NJV
REFPOSTJGMT-PHK	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - PHK
REFPOSTJGMT-PSG	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - PSG
REFPOSTJGMT-PVT	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - PVT
REFPOSTJGMT-RMI	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - RMI
REFPOSTJGMT- RMI	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - RMI
REFPOSTJGMT-RS	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - RS
REFPOSTJGMT-SK	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - SK
REFPOSTJGMT-SVK	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - SVK
REFPOSTJGMT-TJB	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - TJB
REFPOSTJGMT- TSH	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - TSH
REFPOSTJGMT-TSH	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - TSH
REFPOSTJGMT-VKD	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - VKD
REFPOSTJGMT-WDB	Referred for Post Judgement/Collection Matters - WDB
REFR&R-AGT	Referred for Report & Recommendation - AGT
REFR&R-BZ	Referred for Report & Recommendation - BZ
REFR&R-DMR	Referred for Report & Recommendation - DMR
REFR&R-EAI	Referred for Report & Recommendation - EAI
REFR&R-EDL	Referred for Report & Recommendation - EDL
REFR&R-EMC	Referred for Report & Recommendation - EMC
REFR&R-HRL	Referred for Report & Recommendation - HRL
REFR&R-JCS	Referred for Report & Recommendation - JCS
REFR&R-JL	Referred for Report & Recommendation - JL
REFR&R-JSC	Referred for Report & Recommendation - JSC
REFR&R-KAW	Referred for Report & Recommendation - KAW
REFR&R-LB	Referred for Report & Recommendation - LB
REFR&R-LJC	Referred for Report & Recommendation - LJC
REFR&R-MEJ	Referred for Report & Recommendation - MEJ
REFR&R-NC	Referred for Report & Recommendation - NC
REFR&R-NJV	Referred for Report & Recommendation - NJV
REFR&R-PHK	Referred for Report & Recommendation - PHK
REFR&R-PSG	Referred for Report & Recommendation - PSG
REFR&R-PVT	Referred for Report & Recommendation - PVT
REFR&R-RMI	Referred for Report & Recommendation - RMI
REFR&R-RS	Referred for Report & Recommendation - RS
REFR&R-SK	Referred for Report & Recommendation - SK
REFR&R-SVK	Referred for Report & Recommendation - SVK
REFR&R-TJB	Referred for Report & Recommendation - TJB
REFR&R-TSH	Referred for Report & Recommendation - TSH
REFR&R-VKD	Referred for Report & Recommendation - VKD
REFR&R-WDB	Referred for Report & Recommendation - WDB
REFSET-AGT	Referred for Settlement - AGT
REFSET-BZ	Referred for Settlement - BZ
REFSET-DMR	Referred for Settlement - DMR
REFSET-EAI	Referred for Settlement - EAI
REFSET-EDL	Referred for Settlement - EDL
REFSET-EMC	Referred for Settlement - EMC
REFSET-HRL	Referred for Settlement - HRL
REFSET-JCS	Referred for Settlement - JCS
REFSET-JL	Referred for Settlement - JL
REFSET-JSC	Referred for Settlement - JSC
REFSET-KAW	Referred for Settlement - KAW
REFSET-LB	Referred for Settlement - LB
REFSET-LJC	Referred for Settlement - LJC
REFSET-MEJ	Referred for Settlement - MEJ
REFSET-NC	Referred for Settlement - NC
REFSET-NJV	Referred for Settlement - NJV
REFSET-PHK	Referred for Settlement - PHK
REFSET-PSG	Referred for Settlement - PSG
REFSET-PVT	Referred for Settlement - PVT
REFSET-RMI	Referred for Settlement - RMI
REFSET-RS	Referred for Settlement - RS
REFSET-SK	Referred for Settlement - SK
REFSET-SVK	Referred for Settlement - SVK
REFSET-TJB	Referred for Settlement - TJB
REFSET-TSH	Referred for Settlement - TSH
REFSET-VKD	Referred for Settlement - VKD
REFSET-WDB	Referred for Settlement - WDB
RELATE	Related Case
REMAND	Case Remanded back to Court of Appeals
REMOVE	Rule 5 Removal
REOPEN	Case Reopened
Romanian INTERPRETER	Romanian
Russian INTERPRETER	Russian
Samoan INTERPRETER	Samoan
SEALED	Case Sealed
Serbian INTERPRETER	Serbian
Shanghainese INTERPRETER	Shanghainese
Sign (American)	Sign (american sign language)
Sign (Certified Deaf Interpreter)	Sign (deaf interp,cdi,relay)
Sign ASL INTERPRETER	Sign (american sign language)
Sign Deaf CDI Relay INTERPRETER	Sign (deaf interp,cdi,relay)
SM	Special Master
Somali INTERPRETER	Somali
Spanish INTERPRETER	Spanish
STANDING COMM REF	Cases referred to the Standing Committee on Professional Conduct pursuant to Civil L.R. 11-6
STAYED	Case Stayed
STUDENT LOAN	STUDENT LOAN
Sun-woi INTERPRETER	Sun-woi
Swedish INTERPRETER	Swedish
Tagalog INTERPRETER	Tagalog
Taiwanese INTERPRETER	Taiwanese
Tamil INTERPRETER	Tamil
Telugu INTERPRETER	Telugu
Thai INTERPRETER	Thai
Tigrinya INTERPRETER	Tigrinya
Toishanese INTERPRETER	Toishanese
Tongan INTERPRETER	Tongan
TRANJUR	Transfer of Jurisdiction - Probation/Supervised Release
TRANSF	CASE TRANSFERED
TRO	Temporary Restraining Order
Turkish INTERPRETER	Turkish
Twi INTERPRETER	Twi
Ukrainian INTERPRETER	Ukrainian
Urdu INTERPRETER	Urdu
Vietnamese INTERPRETER	Vietnamese
Visayan INTERPRETER	Visayan
Yemeni INTERPRETER	Yemeni
Yoruba INTERPRETER	Yoruba
Yugoslavian INTERPRETER	Yugoslavian

Court Name	California Northern District
Circuit	09
Software Version	NextGen CM/ECF Release 1.8 (Revision 1.8.4)
ECF Go Live Date	April 1, 2001
Maximum PDF File Size	50 MB
Maximum Merge Document Size	51 MB

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