(a) Public Notice. The public notice provided in 28 U.S.C. § 2071, Fed. R. Civ. P. 83, and Fed.
R. Crim. P. 57 for making and amending local rules consists of:
(1) publishing a notice of the proposed adoption or amendment of these rules on the Court’s
Website; and
(2) inviting written comment.
(b) Proposing Amendments. Procedures for Submitting Proposed Amendments to the Rules
are available on the Court’s website.
(c) Emergency Amendments. When the Court determines there is an immediate need to
implement an amendment, including a technical, clarifying, or conforming amendment, the
amendment may be adopted by the Court without prior comment by the bar or the public.
The effective date of an emergency amendment is the date set forth by the Court in the
General Order adopting the amendment. Amendments adopted under this subsection will
thereafter be circulated to the bar and the public for comment and reevaluated by the
Committee and the Court for possible revision.
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