Forms Required to Start an Action

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Civil Cover Sheet

Consent Form Waiving Presence

Consent form Agreeing to Participate Remotely

AO 458 (Rev. 06/09)

Updated 10-01-2020

Contains Fields to Complete on-line (print out for filing)
IH-32 (Rev. 01/14)

Contains Fields to Complete on-line (print out for filing)
(Rev. 12/22)

Contains Fields to Complete on-line

AO 85A (Rev. 02/17)

Contains Fields to Complete on-line

AO 85 (Rev. 02/17)

Latest version of AO 398 on uscourts.gov. Contains Fields to Complete on-line (print out for filing)