Federal District Court civil and criminal trials normally scheduled to be held in the Northeastern Division for the District of North Dakota at Grand Forks, North Dakota will be temporarily transferred to Fargo due to the Flood Emergency in the state. All federal district court proceedings for the eastern half of the district of North Dakota will be held at the Fargo courthouse, 655 1st Avenue North, Fargo, North Dakota.

United States Magistrate Judge Alice Senechal will maintain her offices in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Her address is: P.O. Box 5576, Grand Forks, ND 58206; her telephone number: 701/775-3117. Initial appearances, arraignments and detention hearings scheduled before Magistrate Judge Senechal will be held at the conference room at the Border Patrol Building Office, 2625 24th Avenue South, P.O. Box 1437, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58208.

The United States Probation Office will have temporary quarters at the Old Science Building #100, Rooms 101 & 102, University of North Dakota campus. U.S. Probation Officer Doug Flom's telephone number: 701/746-0259, cell phone: 701/740-5394 or call the Fargo Probation Office 701/239-5123.

The United States Marshal will maintain offices in Grand Forks, North Dakota at a temporary location. Deputy Marshals Stout and Woods are presently located at the Border Patrol Office Building at 2625 24th Avenue South, P.O. Box 1437, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58208, telephone number: 701/775-6753.

The Grand Forks FBI agency can be reached by contacting the Fargo offices at: 701/232-7241, P.O. Box 1167, Fargo, North Dakota.

Rodney S. Webb
Chief Judge