These rules, as amended from time to time, first took effect in 1986. Amendments
to these rules take effect upon entry of each Joint General Order ordering such
amendments. Except for jury plans, speedy trial plans and criminal justice plans for
each district, these rules supersede all previous local rules and court orders.
INDEX
JOINT LOCAL RULES OF CIVIL PRACTICE
ADMISSION TO PRACTICE
General Admissions LR 83.1
Pro Hac Vice LR 83.2
Government Attorneys LR 83.2
Attorneys Appointed – Criminal Justice Act LR 83.2
AFFIDAVITS
Appearance bond LR 65.1
Attorney admission to practice LR 83.1
Extension of time LR 83.11
In forma pauperis application LR 5.4
Real property surety LR 65.1.1
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION LR 16.2
APPEARANCES AND WITHDRAWALS
Appearance as attorney LR 83.5
Withdrawal of appearance LR 83.6
ASSIGNMENT OF CASES
Among judges LR 40.1
Jury divisions LR 3.2
LR 8.1
Motions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 LR 3.2
Pro se filings LR 5.3
ATTORNEYS
Admissions LR 83.1
Appearance LR 83.5
Discipline LR 83.3
Fees LR 54.4
LR 83.11
Local counsel LR 83.4
Pro hac vice LR 83.2
Withdrawal LR 83.6
BANKRUPTCY MATTERS LR 83.12
BILL OF COSTS LR 54.3
BONDS LR 65.1
CALENDARING LR 40.1
CERTIFICATE
Of admission LR 83.1
Of judgment LR 4.3
CHANGE OF ADDRESS LR 5.3
COMPLAINT
In forma pauperis LR 5.4
Pro se LR 5.3
Residence information LR 8.1
Service LR 4.1
Social Security LR 83.11
COMPUTATION OF TIME LR 6.2
CONSENT TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE LR 73.1
CORPORATIONS
Venue LR 3.2
COSTS
Assessment of jury costs LR 54.1
Bill of costs LR 54.3
Filing time LR 54.4
COUNSEL
Appearance LR 83.5
Local LR 83.4
COURT FILES LR 79.1
COURTROOM DECORUM LR 83.9
DEADLINE EXTENSIONS LR 7.1
DISBARMENT LR 83.3
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS LR 83.3
DISCOVERY
Exhibits LR 83.10
Motions LR 37.1
Responses LR 26.1
DISMISSAL OF ACTION
For failure to file court-supplied form LR 5.3
For failure to prosecute LR 41.1
For failure to provide address change LR 5.3
DISPOSITION OF EXHIBITS LR 83.10
ELECTRONIC FILING
Document filing LR 5.5
Service LR 5.5
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT LR83.9
EVIDENCE
Electronic presentation LR 83.9
Mediation proceedings LR 16.2
EXHIBITS
Disposition LR 83.10
Identification LR 83.10
EXTENSION OF TIME
Generally LR 7.1
Social Security cases LR 83.11
EXEMPTIONS TO RULE 16 LR 16.1
EXPENSES, ATTORNEY LR 54.4
LR 83.11
FAILURE TO PROSECUTE LR 41.1
FEES
Advance payment LR 83.13
Attorney fees LR 54.4
LR 83.11
In forma pauperis status LR 5.4
Lis pendens notice LR 65.1
Seamen’s suit LR 83.13
FILING OF PLEADINGS
Place of filing LR 5.1
Bankruptcy matters LR 83.12
Court-supplied forms LR 5.3
Electronically LR 5.5
FORMS
Appearance bond LR 65.1
Pro se actions LR 5.3
Process LR 4.3
Summons by marshal LR 4.2, LR 45.1
HABEAS CORPUS
Ad testificandum LR 83.8
Forms LR 5.3
In forma pauperis LR 5.4
Jury division assignment LR 3.2
Pro se LR 5.3
HEARINGS
Attorney admission LR 83.1
Disciplinary LR 83.3
Motions LR 7.1
IN FORMA PAUPERIS LR 5.4
INTERROGATORIES LR 26.1
JURY
Assessment of jury costs LR 54.1
Contact with jurors LR 47.1
Divisions LR 3.1
LR 3.2
Excuse from service LR 47.1
Peremptory challenges LR 47.1
LACK OF PROSECUTION LR 41.1
LAST DAY LR 6.1
LOCAL COUNSEL LR 83.4
LOCAL RULES
Citation LR 85.1
Effective date LR 86.1
Joint Local Rules Commission LR 83.14
Modification and amendment LR 83.14
Scope and purpose LR 1.1
MAGISTRATE JUDGES
Consensual reference to LR 73.1
Duties LR 72.1
Objections To Non-Dispositive Rulings of LR 72.2
MARSHALL
Fees LR 83.13
Service of subpoenas LR 45.1
Service of summons LR 4.2
MEDIATION LR 16.2
MEMORANDA LR 7.1
MOTIONS
Attorney fees and costs LR 54.4
Discovery LR 37.1
Format of LR 5.2
Generally LR 7.1
In forma pauperis LR 5.4
Place of filing LR 5.1
Pro hac vice LR 83.2
Pro se LR 5.3
NOTICE OF
Attorney discipline LR 83.3
Change of address LR 5.3
Consent to judgment by magistrate judge LR 73.1
Electronic equipment restrictions LR 83.9
Electronic filing (NEF) LR 5.5
Lis pendens LR 65.1
Settlement LR 54.1
Removal LR 81.1
NUMBERING OF EXHIBITS LR 83.10
ORDERS PREPARED BY COUNSEL LR 7.1
PAGE LIMITATIONS LR 7.1
PAPERS
Not on court-supplied forms LR 5.3
Removal of LR 79.1
Size and format LR 5.2
PHOTOGRAPHY LR 83.9
PRISONER CASES LR 5.3
PRO HAC VICE LR 83.2
PRO SE
Actions generally LR 5.3
Mailing address LR 5.3
Preparation of process LR 4.3
PROCESS
Preparation LR 4.3
Service through Secretary of State LR 4.1
REAL ESTATE BOND LR 65.1
RELATED CASES LR 40.1
REMOVAL CASES LR 3.2
REPLIES LR 7.1
REQUEST FOR ADMISSION LR 26.1
RESPONSES LR 7.1
RULE (CivPro) 16 EXEMPTIONS LR 16.1
RULE (CrimPro) 42 LR 83.3
RULE (CivPro) 83 LR 83.14
SANCTIONS
Attorney discipline LR 83.3
Failure to comply with rules or orders LR 5.3
Unprofessional conduct LR 83.2
LR 83.3
SCOPE OF LOCAL RULES LR 1.1
SERVICE
Electronically LR 5.5
Secretary of State LR 4.1
Social Security number separate LR 83.11
United States Marshal LR 4.2
LR 45.1
Court Judgments and Orders LR 5.7
SETTLEMENT LR 54.1
SEALED DOCUMENTS LR 5.6
SOCIAL SECURITY APPEALS LR 83.11
SUBPOENAS LR 4.3
LR 45.1
SUMMONS LR 4.1
LR 4.2
LR 4.3
SURETY REQUIREMENTS LR 65.1
TIME
Attorney fees and non-taxable expenses LR 54.4
Bill of costs LR 54.3
Completion of pleading LR 4.3
Extensions LR 7.1
Last Day LR 6.1
Reply LR 7.1
Response LR 7.1
Social Security answer LR 83.11
TRIAL
Exhibits LR 83.10
Scheduling LR 40.1
TRANSFER
Intradistrict LR 3.2
VENUE
Bankruptcy LR 83.12
Corporations LR 3.2
Governmental LR 3.2
VERIFICATIONS
Electronic filing LR 5.5
Pro se filing LR 5.3
WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY LR 83.6
28 U.S.C. § 2255 LR 5.3
LR 5.4
