Federal courthouses in Brooklyn and Suffolk County to scale back services due to shutdown

The federal courthouses in Brooklyn and Suffolk County will reduce services to the public on Nov. 14 and 21 because of the “lapse in appropriations” from the ongoing government shutdown, according to an order from Chief District Judge Margo Brodie.

The clerk’s offices will be closed in both courthouses during those days. Any deadlines that fall on those days will be extended, the judge said. Electronic filings will continue to be available to lawyers and pro se litigants, but no public intake counters will be open. Paper submissions may be deposited in the drop box in the lobby of 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, Brodie said in her order. Some proceedings will be held, the judge said, but did not specify which ones.