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LRCiv 77.2 ORDERS AND JUDGMENTS GRANTABLE OF COURSE BY THE CLERK

(a) Authority. The Clerk or any deputy authorized by the Court under standing order is authorized to sign and enter any order permitted to be signed by a Clerk under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and particularly the following orders, without further direction by the Court:

(1) Orders specially appointing persons to serve process under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

(2) Orders on stipulation of all counsel, approved in writing by the client being represented, for the substitution of attorneys.

(3) Orders regarding exhibits and the administrative record under Rule 79.1, Local Rules of Civil Procedure.

(4) Orders in stipulation noting satisfaction of an order for the payment of money, or withdrawing stipulations, or annulling bonds, or exonerating sureties, or setting aside a default.

(5) Entering judgments or verdicts or decisions of the Court in circumstances authorized in Rule 58, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; entering judgments by default in the circumstances authorized in Rule 55(b)(1), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and entering judgments pursuant to offers of judgment and acceptances thereof in the circumstances authorized in Rule 68, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

(6) Any other order which, under Rule 77(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, does not require special direction by the Court.

(7) Orders authorizing the filing, without payment of fees, of prisoner civil complaints and habeas corpus petitions providing the affidavit in forma pauperis of the complainant or petitioner conforms to the requirements of Local Rules of Civil Procedure Rules 3.4(a) or 3.5(b) as appropriate.

(b) Suspension, Altered, or Rescinded by the Court. Any order so entered may be suspended, altered, or rescinded by the Court for cause shown, upon such terms and within such time limits as may be established by any applicable rule or procedure.

(c) Attachment and Garnishment. The Clerk may issue a writ of attachment and garnishment in the circumstances and in the manner provided by the laws of the State of Arizona.