Court's Mediation brochure on the Court’s website for a discussion of timing
considerations – www.dcd.uscourts.gov – under Attorney Information > Court Mediation
Program > Mediation Brochure.
(c) PRO SE CASES.
Cases in which one of the parties is proceeding pro se are generally considered ineligible
for mediation, unless the pro se party is represented by counsel for the purpose of
mediation.
(d) MAGISTRATE JUDGES CONSENT CASES.
In cases in which the parties have consented to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge under
28 U.S.C. § 636(c), the magistrate judge shall have the same authority to refer cases to
the Mediation Program as do district judges under LCvR 84.1(b) above.
(e) BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS.
Mediation is also available to litigants in bankruptcy proceedings.
