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L.R. 58-5 Judgment by Clerk. Judgments may be entered by the Clerk without further direction from the judge in the following instances:

(a) Judgments on the verdict of a jury as provided in F.R.Civ.P. 58 unless the judge directs otherwise; (b) Judgments by default as set forth in F.R.Civ.P. 55(b)(1), provided that no judgment shall be entered without a declaration that any natural person against whom it is sought is not an infant, incompetent person, or exempted under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 1940; and (c) Judgments on offers of judgment as set forth in F.R.Civ.P. 68.

The Clerk may require the party obtaining a judgment or order to prepare and present same.