UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE
EASTERN AND WESTERN DISTRICTS OF KENTUCKY
JOINT GENERAL ORDER No. 2024-03
IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO JOINT LOCAL RULES
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Pursuant to LR 83 .14 and LCrR 57. 7 of the Joint Local Rules of the Eastern and Western
Districts of Kentucky, and pursuant to the authority granted by Rule 83 of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure and Rule 57 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, upon recommendation
of the Joint Local Rules Commission, and in the absence of any comments after Notice, the
Judges of the Eastern and Western Districts hereby ORDER that the following amendments be
made to the Joint Local Rules:
A. LR 5.3(b) Pro Se Actions - is amended as follows in order to expressly allow for
sanctions other than dismissal:
LR5.3 Pro Se Actions
(b) Papers Not on Court-Supplied Forms. If a pro se litigant submits a paper
identified in (a) above that is not on a court-supplied form, the Clerk will accept the paper
for filing and forward it to an appropriate judicial officer for review. If directed by the
appropriate judicial officer, the Clerk shall provide sufficient copies of the prescribed form,
and instructions for preparing the form, to the pro se litigant along with directions to file
the petition on the appropriate court-supplied form within thirty (30) days thereafter. When
required to do so, a pro se litigant's failure to file his or her petition on a court-supplied
form within thirty (30) days may be grounds for dismissal result in the dismissal of the
litigant's case or other appropriate sanctions.
The amendments reflected in this Joint General Order shall be incorporated into the
Courts' Joint Local Rules published on the Courts' respective websites. Copies of this Order
shall be made available to the public on the Courts' respective websites and made available to
the various publishing companies that publish the Joint Local Rules of the Eastern and Western
Districts of Kentucky. The amendments noted in this Order shall take effect upon entry of this
Order.
IT IS SO ORDERED:
Greg N. Stivers, Chief Judge
United States District Court
Hon:--ffanny C. Reeve 9/" Hon. Greg N. Stivers
Chief Judge, United Stat istrict Chief Judge, United States District
Court, Eastern District of Kentucky Court, Western District of Kentucky
ENTERED
JAMES J. VILT JR., CLERK
12/18/2024
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
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