(a) Except where otherwise ordered by a district judge, arraignments in criminal proceedings
shall be conducted by the magistrate judge.
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(b) A trial date, based upon the requirements of the Speedy Trial Act (18 U.S.C. §3161 et
seq.) shall be set at the time of arraignment. The magistrate judge is authorized to
address all requests for change of a trial date; however, any such request made within two
(2) weeks of the trial date shall be addressed only by the assigned judge.
(c) At arraignment, the court shall issue a trial scheduling order setting deadlines for the
production of discovery, the filing of pretrial motions, responses and replies thereto, the
filing of trial documents, such as witness lists and exhibits lists, etc., and pretrial
conference dates.
(d) Duty of Defendant to Disclose True Name. At arraignment, the defendant shall be
informed that if the name by which he is indicted or charged is not his true name, he must
then declare his true legal name. The proceedings shall continue against the defendant
under the name in the indictment or information, unless the defendant declares a different
true name. If the defendant declares a different true name, the court shall order that the
caption of the indictment or information be changed accordingly, and the court’s records
shall show the true name of the defendant and the alias name under which the defendant
was indicted or charged.
