Local Rule LCvR 16.1: Pretrial Procedures
E.D. Okla. — Civil rule
LCvR 16.1 Pretrial Procedures.
(a) Scheduling and Planning.
(1) Joint Status Report. In all cases, trial counsel for all parties, and pro se parties, if any, shall confer and prepare a Joint Status Report for submission to the Court, in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f), using a Joint Status Report form available in the Court Clerk's office, or from the Court's website at www.oked.uscourts.gov. The Court will ordinarily order the filing of a Joint Status Report by a date certain. For purposes of preparing a Joint Status Report, counsel and pro se parties, if any, shall confer at least 14 days prior to the date the Report is to be submitted.
(2) Required Attendance at Conference. Counsel with authority to make appropriate decisions and pro se litigants shall attend any Scheduling Conference required by the Court. When justified by the circumstances, the Court may allow counsel or pro se litigants to participate in such conference by telephone. Pro se litigants and counsel shall be prepared to discuss all relevant matters enumerated in Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(c).
(b) Pretrial Responsibilities.
(1) Preparation of Status Reports, Final Pretrial Orders, and Other Orders. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, counsel for the plaintiff, with full and timely cooperation of other counsel and pro se parties, is responsible for preparing, obtaining approval of all parties, and furnishing the Court any status reports, pretrial orders or other orders required by the Court or these local rules.