Local Rule Rule 7016-1: Pretrial Order.

Rule 7016-1. Pretrial Order.

(a) When Pretrial Order Required. If the court determines that a pretrial order is required, the court will include in the scheduling order a deadline for lodging the pretrial order.

(b) Contents. The pretrial order must contain—

(1) A concise statement of the nature of the action, including whether trial will be by jury and, if it will, whether the parties have consented to a jury trial being conducted by the bankruptcy judge.

(2) A concise statement of each basis for bankruptcy jurisdiction and the facts relevant to jurisdiction.

(3) All agreed facts, with an asterisk (*) by those where relevance is disputed.

(4) A statement of each claim and defense to that claim with the contentions of the parties. Contentions must not recite the evidence to be offered at trial but must be sufficient to frame the issues presented by each claim and defense.

(5) Other legal issues not stated under either claims or defenses and designating those appropriate for decision before trial.

(6) A statement indicating proposed amendments to the pleadings, if any.

(7) The same format should be used in the order for any counterclaim or crossclaims, followed by any affirmative defenses to each of those claims.

(c) Time for Service and Lodging.

(1) The plaintiff must prepare and serve on all parties a proposed pretrial order at least 30 days before the deadline in the scheduling order.

(2) Within 14 days after service of the proposed pretrial order, each other party must serve on all parties the objections, additions, and changes the party believes should be made to the plaintiff's proposed pretrial order.

(3) All areas of disagreement must be shown in the proposed pretrial order, but the parties must make every effort to resolve such disagreements.

(4) The proposed pretrial order must be signed by the parties, and the plaintiff must lodge it.