These Local Rules do not apply to petitions or actions brought by a person:
(a) who seeks a writ of habeas corpus or otherwise challenges a criminal conviction or
sentence;
(b) who is proceeding without an attorney and who is in the custody of the United
States, a state or a state subdivision and whose claims relate to conditions of
confinement; or
(c) who is appealing a decision by the Social Security Administration.
Such actions are governed by orders entered in the particular case itself.
