UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
IN RE:
AMENDMENTS TO
FEDERAL RULES OF
CIVIL PROCEDURE 4(m) AND 16
GENERAL ORDER
Considering the amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) reducing the period
for effecting service from 120 days to 90 days, and the amendment to Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 16, requiring the judge to issue a scheduling order within 90 days after any defendant
has been served or within 60 days after any defendant has appeared, both of which shall take
effect on December 1, 2015,
IT IS ORDERED the amendment to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m) requiring any defendant to be
served within 90 days after the filing of the complaint shall apply to all cases filed on or after
December 1, 2015, to the extent practicable, unless otherwise ordered by the presiding judge;
and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the amendment to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 requiring the
issuance of a scheduling order within the earlier of 90 days after any defendant has been served
with the complaint or within 60 days after any defendant has appeared shall apply to any case
filed on or after December 1, 2015, unless otherwise ordered by the presiding judge.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this day of December , 2015.
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KURT D. ENGELHARDT
Chief United States District Judge
