6 Cir. I.O.P. 1: Scope and Title

(a) Purpose. The purpose of these internal operating procedures is to provide useful information about the court’s procedures and facilities, as distinguished from requirements of practice and procedure. Although they include practices and procedures that the court and practitioners generally follow, the internal operating procedures are not rules and do not impose requirements of practice and procedure.

(b) General Content. These internal operating procedures describe the responsibilities, functions, organization, and procedures in the day-to-day administration of the court’s operation. They also set out the work of the judges, bench assignments, calendaring, processing of opinions, and other operating procedures. The court may test and adopt new procedures that may not immediately be included in the internal operating procedures.

Cite these operating procedures as 6 Cir. I.O.P. ___.