Pleadings may be filed in the 24-hour box located on the south porch of the Main Street entrance to the Frank E. Moss Courthouse. All court records are maintained at the headquarters location, the Frank E. Moss U.S. Courthouse. The courthouse is located at 350 South Main Street at the corner of Fourth South and Main Streets in downtown Salt Lake City.
All district judges have chambers and courtrooms in Salt Lake City.
There is a courtroom and an unstaffed clerk's office in the Federal Building in Ogden, about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City. Parties may request, for purposes of convenience or other good reason, that proceedings be conducted at Ogden rather than Salt Lake City. Magistrate Judge Authority Magistrate judges hear civil matters pursuant to an order of reference entered in the case by the assigned district court judge. Magistrate judges hear preliminary matters in felony criminal cases pursuant to a general order of reference and independent statutory authority. Magistrate judges have the authority to hear misdemeanor cases and civil cases upon consent of the parties.