The clerk or deputy clerk is authorized to enter the orders and judgments listed below
without further direction of the court. However, such action may be suspended,
altered, or rescinded by the court for cause shown.
(a) Consent orders for substitution of attorneys.
(b) Orders enlarging time periods in civil actions authorized to be entered by the
court by Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b).
(c) Orders extending for a reasonable amount of time the period within which
an act must be performed under the local rules of this court.
(d) Consent order dismissing an action, except in bankruptcy proceedings and
in cases to which Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 66 apply.
(e) Orders canceling liability on bonds.
(f) Orders changing the time of opening and adjourning court in the absence of
the judge.
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(g) Entries of default and judgments by default as provided for in Fed. R. Civ.
P. 55(a) and 55(b)(1).
(h) Orders authorizing service of process by a person other than a United States
Marshal pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c).
(i) Certification of law students and supervising attorneys pursuant to Local
Civil Rule 83.2
.
(j) Any other motion, rule, or order that may be granted of course or without
notice.
(k) Pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 956, when there is need to serve a
complaint and attachment upon a vessel or any other process incident to
admiralty and maritime claims, either in rem or in personam, the clerk or a
deputy clerk is empowered to grant and enter an order authorizing any sheriff
or any deputy sheriff or other suitable person to serve all such process.
