Local Rule 16.2: Exemptions from Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) and 26(f)

RULE 16.2. Exemptions from Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) and 26(f).

The following categories of action are exempt from the scheduling conference and order requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) and 26(f):

(a) All actions in which one of the parties appears pro se and is incarcerated;

(b) All actions for judicial review of administrative decisions of government agencies or instrumentalities where the review is conducted on the basis of the administrative record;

(c) Prize proceedings, actions for forfeitures and seizures, for condemnations, or for foreclosure of mortgages or sales to satisfy liens of the United States;

(d) Bankruptcy appeals;

(e) Proceedings for admission to citizenship or to cancel or revoke citizenship;

(f) Proceedings for habeas corpus or in the nature thereof, whether addressed to federal or state custody;

(g) Proceedings to compel arbitration or to confirm or set aside arbitration awards;

(h) Proceedings to compel the giving of testimony or production of documents under a subpoena or summons issued by an officer, agency or instrumentality of the United States not provided with authority to compel compliance;

(i) Proceedings to compel the giving of testimony or production of documents in connection with discovery, or testimony de bene esse, or for perpetuation of testimony for use in a matter pending or contemplated in a United States District Court of another District;

(j) Proceedings for the temporary enforcement of orders of the National Labor Relations Board;

(k) Civil actions for recovery of erroneously paid educational assistance; and

(l) Proceedings for execution on a judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 64 or 69 or 28 U.S.C. Chapter 127.