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Exempt Actions

W.D. Ark. Local Rule 16.2

The following categories of cases are exempt from the Fed.R.Civ.P. 16(b) Scheduling Order: (1) Actions for review of an administrative record; (2) Habeas corpus petitions; (3) Pro se actions brought by persons in federal, state or local custody; (4) Actions to enforce or quash administrative summons or subpoena; (5) Actions by the United States to recover benefit payments or to collect on student loans; (6) Proceedings ancillary to proceedings in other courts; (7) Actions to enforce arbitration awards; and (8) Eminent domain and foreclosure actions. Effective December 1, 2000. Amended and effective December 3, 2002.
Official source: https://www.arwd.uscourts.gov/sites/arwd/files/ARWD%20Local%20Rules.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-23