Copy to Each Party

Additional Copy to Same Party

30-Day Transcript (Ordinary) A transcript to be delivered within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of an order

$4.40

$1.10

$0.75

14-Day Transcript A transcript to be delivered within fourteen (14) calendar days after receipt of an order

$5.10

$1.10

$0.75

7-Day Transcript (Expedited) A transcript to be delivered within seven (7) calendar days after receipt of an order

$5.85

$1.10

$0.75

3-Day Transcript A transcript to be delivered within three (3) calendar days after receipt of an order

$6.55

$1.30

$0.90

Next Day Transcript (Daily) A transcript to be delivered on the calendar day following receipt of the order (regardless of whether that calendar day is a weekend or holiday), prior to the normal opening hour of the clerk's office

$7.30

$1.45

$1.10

2-Hour Transcript (Hourly) A transcript of proceedings to be delivered within two (2) hours from receipt of the order

$8.70

$1.45

$1.10

Realtime Transcript A draft unedited transcript produced by a certified realtime reporter as a byproduct of realtime to be delivered electronically during proceedings or immediately following receipt of the order

One feed; $3.70 per page; two-to-four feeds, $2.55 per page; five or more feeds, $1.80 per page.

Orders placed on or before the day of the proceeding will be batched together for purposes of determining the number of feeds; and subsequent orders will be charged at the lowest page rate assessed on the previous orders.

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Transcript Costs Court reporter appearance fees may be awarded in addition to the per page limit, but the fees shall not exceed the published rates on the Court website unless another rate was previously provided by order of court.

Transcript in CJA Cases In multi-defendant cases involving CJA defendants, no more than one transcript should be purchased from the court reporter on behalf of CJA defendants. One of the appointed counsel or the clerk of court should arrange for the duplication, at commercially competitive rates, of enough copies of the transcript for each of the CJA defendants for whom a transcript has been approved. The cost of such duplication will be charged to the CJA appropriation. This policy would not preclude the furnishing of duplication services by the court reporter at the commercially competitive rate.

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Court Reporters

Statutory Authority
"The reporters shall be subject to the supervision of the appointing court and the Judicial Conference in the performance of their duties including dealing with parties requesting transcripts." (28 USC § 753(c).)

"Each reporter may charge and collect fees for transcripts requested by the parties, including the United States, at rates prescribed by the court subject to the approval of the Judicial Conference. He or she shall not charge a fee for any copy of a transcript delivered to the clerk for the records of the court. Fees for transcripts furnished in criminal proceedings to persons proceeding under the Criminal Justice Act (18 USC § 3006A), or habeas corpus proceedings to persons allowed to sue, defend or appeal in forma pauperis, shall be paid by the United States out of money appropriated for that purpose. Fees for transcripts furnished in proceedings brought under section 2255 of this title to persons permitted to sue or appeal in forma pauperis shall be paid by the United States out of money appropriated for that purpose if the trial judge or a circuit judge certifies that the suit or appeal is not frivolous and that the transcript is needed to decide the issue presented by the suit or appeal. Fees for transcripts furnished in other proceeding to persons permitted to appeal in forma pauperis shall also be paid by the United States if the trial judge or a circuit judge certifies that the appeal is not frivolous (but presents a substantial question). The reporter may require any party requesting a transcript to prepay the estimated fee in advance except as to transcripts that are to be paid for the the Unites States." (28 USC § 753.)

Judicial Conference Policy
"The Conference, pursuant to 28 USC § 753(f) authorized district courts to prescribe fees which court reporters may charge and collect for transcripts requested by the parties, including the United States, at the approved rates." (Report of the Proceedings of the Judicial Conference of the United States, March 1980, pages 17 and 18.)