(a) Scheduling and Planning.
(1) Joint Status Report. In all cases, trial counsel for all parties, and pro se parties,
if any, shall confer and prepare a Joint Status Report for submission to the Court,
in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f), using a Joint Status Report form
available in the Court Clerk's office, or from the Court's website at
www.oked.uscourts.gov. The Court will ordinarily order the filing of a Joint
Status Report by a date certain. For purposes of preparing a Joint Status Report,
counsel and pro se parties, if any, shall confer at least 14 days prior to the date
the Report is to be submitted.
(2) Required Attendance at Conference. Counsel with authority to make
appropriate decisions and pro se litigants shall attend any Scheduling Conference
required by the Court. When justified by the circumstances, the Court may allow
counsel or pro se litigants to participate in such conference by telephone. Pro se
litigants and counsel shall be prepared to discuss all relevant matters enumerated
in Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(c).
(b) Pretrial Responsibilities.
(1) Preparation of Status Reports, Final Pretrial Orders, and Other Orders.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, counsel for the plaintiff, with full and
timely cooperation of other counsel and pro se parties, is responsible for
preparing, obtaining approval of all parties, and furnishing the Court any status
reports, pretrial orders or other orders required by the Court or these local rules.
