Local Rule Rule 7016-2: INITIAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

Rule 7016-2 INITIAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE The Court shall schedule an initial pretrial conference in all adversary proceedings. The date and time of the initial pretrial conference shall be set forth in the summons. Subsequent pretrial conferences may be scheduled in open court or by the Clerk as provided above. If a subsequent pretrial conference is scheduled in open court, the plaintiff shall file a notice of the date and time of such pretrial conference no later than forty-eight (48) hours after it was scheduled in open court. In advance of the initial pretrial conference the parties should confer about the terms of a scheduling order as specified in Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b), made applicable by Bankruptcy Rule 7016, and should be prepared to discuss the scheduling order at the conference.

Comment This rule was added in 2013 to require a pretrial conference in every adversary proceeding and to specify the procedures for giving parties notice of the initial conference and any subsequent conferences. The rule was amended in 2024 to make clear that the initial pretrial conference is intended to be a scheduling conference for purposes of Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b).