Local Rule LR 16.1: CONTROL OF PRETRIAL PROCEDURE BY INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
D. Minn. — Civil rule
LR 16.1 CONTROL OF PRETRIAL PROCEDURE BY INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
(a) Each judge may prescribe any pretrial procedures that the judge deems appropriate and that are consistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and with these rules.
(b) When a judge schedules a conference authorized by LR 16.2-16.6, the judge must give the parties reasonable notice of the date and time for the conference.
(c) At a conference authorized by LR 16.2-16.6, the judge may require attendance by the parties, the parties' attorneys, the parties' representatives, or representatives of insurance companies whose coverage may apply.
[Adopted effective February 1, 1991; amended November 1, 1996; amended January 3, 2000; amended July 23, 2012]
2012 Advisory Committee's Note to LR 16.1
The language of LR 16.1 has been amended in accordance with the restyling process described in the 2012 Advisory Committee's Preface on Stylistic Amendments.
The language about alternative dispute resolution in former subsections (d) and (e) of this rule has been moved to LR 16.5. The language requiring parties to consider the use of ADR has been removed because it is addressed in LR 26.1 and Forms 3-4.