(a) Magistrate Judges may enter and modify Scheduling Orders pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 16(b).
(b) Except as otherwise ordered by a Judge of the Court in a particular case, a Scheduling Order need
not be entered in the following cases:
(i) An action for review on an administrative record;
(ii) A petition for habeas corpus or other proceeding to challenge a criminal conviction or
sentence;
(iii) An action to enforce or quash an administrative summons or subpoena;
(iv) An action by the United States to recover benefit payments;
(v) An action by the United States to collect on a student loan guaranteed by the United
States;
(vi) A proceeding ancillary to proceedings in other courts; and
(vii) An action to enforce an arbitration award.
