Central District of California · C.D. Cal. · 9th Circuit
PanelTime™ is the only AI tool that converts your CJA timesheet — handwritten, Word, Excel, Google Docs, or PDF — into an eVoucher-ready file automatically. No manual data entry. No service codes to look up.
The United States District Court for the Central District of California is the largest federal district in the country by active judges and one of the busiest by caseload. It serves Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties — covering a region of more than 18 million people. The court operates divisions in Los Angeles (the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building), Riverside, and Santa Ana.
The Central District's federal criminal docket is among the most active in the nation, with significant caseloads in drug trafficking, fraud, cybercrime, gang-related offenses, and public corruption. The CJA panel is one of the largest in the country, with hundreds of appointed attorneys across all three divisions. The Supervising Attorney's office, staffed by Lauren Eskenazi-Ihrig and a team of CJA analysts, manages panel administration, eVoucher support, and voucher review for the district.
Panel attorneys in C.D. Cal. submit compensation through the national eVoucher platform. CJA-20 vouchers cover attorney time and expenses; appellate work is submitted separately. PanelTime™ works with both and handles the full range of service codes used in this district.
Works with any format C.D. Cal. panel attorneys already use.
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Upload your timesheet — handwritten notes, Word, Excel, Google Docs, PDF, or any format you already use, as long as it has a date, description, and hours. (
see requirements)
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PanelTime™ reads your entries — automatically assigns the correct eVoucher service codes, sorts services from expenses, and builds a clean import file. No service code lookup needed.
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Import into C.D. Cal. eVoucher with one click. Use our free Chrome extension to automatically populate your expenses tab as well. Services and expenses, done.
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Review, correct, and submit — you stay in control. PanelTime™ only works from what you recorded. It removes the manual retyping step; the voucher is still yours to approve.
Does PanelTime™ work with the C.D. Cal. eVoucher system?
Yes. PanelTime™ produces a CSV formatted for the national eVoucher platform used by all 94 federal districts, including C.D. Cal. The import process is the same regardless of division — Los Angeles, Riverside, or Santa Ana.
Do I need to know the CJA service codes?
No. PanelTime™ reads your time entry descriptions and assigns the correct eVoucher service codes automatically. You review the result before importing and can correct anything that needs adjustment.
Can I use my existing handwritten timesheet?
Yes — take a photo or scan it and upload the image or PDF. As long as your sheet has a date, description of work, and hours, PanelTime™ can read it.
What about expenses — mileage, copies, travel?
PanelTime™ separates expenses from time entries automatically. For the expenses tab in eVoucher, our free Chrome extension imports your expenses with one click after you've imported your time entries.
Does this work for CJA-21 service providers?
Yes. For investigators, interpreters, and experts filing CJA-21 vouchers, include your hourly rate somewhere on the timesheet — for example, "RATE = $85" — and PanelTime™ will calculate compensation automatically.
Designed for easy data entry and clean uploads to PanelTime™.