(a) REQUIREMENTS. In every proceeding except a proceeding
described in (d), the parties:
(1) must conduct the planning conference required by the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in person, by telephone, or by
comparable means and
(2) must file a case management report using the standard form
from the clerk or the court’s website.
(b) TIMING. The parties must file the case management report:
(1) within forty days after any defendant appears in an action
originating in this court,
(2) within forty days after the docketing of an action removed
or transferred to this court, or
(3) within seventy days after service on the United States
attorney in an action against the United States, a United States
agency, a United States officer or employee sued only in an
official capacity, or a United States officer or employee sued in
an individual capacity in connection with a duty performed on
behalf of the United States.
(c) SCHEDULING ORDER. After consideration of the case
management report, the judge must enter an order setting deadlines and
scheduling the case for trial.
(d) EXCEPTIONS. These proceedings are excepted from the
requirements in (a):
(1) an action in which the judge enters a special scheduling
order at the outset;
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA LOCAL RULES
(2) an action for review on an administrative record unless the
action is under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974;
(3) a forfeiture action in rem arising under a federal statute;
(4) an application for habeas corpus or another proceeding to
challenge a criminal conviction or sentence;
(5) a pro se action by a person in the custody of the United
States, a state, or a state subdivision;
(6) an action to enforce or quash an administrative summons or
subpoena;
(7) an action by the United States to recover benefit payments;
(8) an action by the United States to collect on a student loan
guaranteed by the United States;
(9) a proceeding ancillary to a proceeding in another court;
(10) an action to confirm or enforce an arbitration award; and
(11) an appeal of an order or judgment by a bankruptcy judge.
