Case Administrator

United States Courts; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The United States Courts in Fort Wayne, Indiana, seeks a Case Administrator to support the Clerk's Office in processing civil and criminal cases from opening to disposition. The role involves docketing, noticing, maintaining official records, monitoring procedural steps, and preparing documents for appeal. The position requires professionalism, sound judgment, and flexibility as you interact with judges, attorneys, pro se litigants, government agencies, and the public.

Responsibilities

• Docketing and noticing filings.
• Maintaining official case records and docket entries.
• Monitoring completion of required procedural steps.
• Preparing case documents for appeal and disposition.
• Reviewing filed documents for conformity and taking action as needed.
• Ensuring orders and automated entries are accurately docketed.
• Making summary docket entries for documents and proceedings.
• Interacting with judges' chambers, attorneys, pro se litigants, and the public.

Job description

Overview of the Position

The Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana is accepting applications for a full-time Case Administrator. This position is located in the Clerk's Office in the Fort Wayne Division. The incumbent performs various functions and is responsible for maintaining and processing case information and managing the progression of civil and criminal cases from opening to appeals to final disposition in accordance with approved internal controls, procedures, and rules. The Case Administrator performs docketing, noticing, maintains official case records, monitors the completion of required procedural steps, prepares case documents for appeal, reviews filed documents to determine conformity and takes appropriate action, ensures that all orders and automated entries are appropriately and accurately docketed, and makes summary entries on the docket of all documents and proceedings. The Case Administrator interacts extensively with judges' chambers, attorneys, pro se litigants, government agencies, and the public. This position requires professionalism, sound judgment, trustworthiness, and flexibility.

The federal Judiciary is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.