Local Rule LAR (a): Authority and Scope
E.D. Tex. — Civil rule
LOCAL ADMIRALTY RULE (a) Authority and Scope
(a) (1) Authority. The local admiralty rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas are promulgated by a majority of the judges as authorized by and subject to the limitation of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 83 (Federal Rule or Rules).
(a) (2) Scope. The local admiralty rules apply only to civil actions that are governed by Supplemental Rule A of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims (Supplemental Rule or Rules). All other local rules are applicable in these cases, but to the extent that another local rule is inconsistent with the applicable local admiralty rules, the local admiralty rules shall govern.
(a) (3) Citation. The local admiralty rules may be cited by the letters "LAR" and the lower case letters and numbers in parentheses that appear at the beginning of each section. The lower case letter is intended to associate the local admiralty rule with the Supplemental Rule that bears the same capital letter.
(a) (4) Definitions. As used in the Local Admiralty Rules, the word "Rule" followed by a numeral (e.g., Rule 12) means a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure; the word "Rule" followed by a capital letter (e.g., Rule C) means a Supplemental Rule for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims; the word "court" means the district court issuing these LARs; the term "judicial officer" means the United States district judge or a United States magistrate judge; the word "clerk" means the clerk of the district court and includes deputy clerks of court; the word "Marshal" means the United States Marshal and includes deputy Marshals; the word "keeper" means any person or entity appointed by the Marshal to take physical custody of and maintain the vessel or other property under arrest or attachment; and the term "substitute custodian" means the individual or entity who, upon motion and order of the court, assumes the duties of the Marshal or keeper with respect to the vessel or other property arrested or attached.
(a) (5) Bonds. When a bond is posted under the Local Admiralty Rules for any reason, it should be electronically filed in the case by the posting party. The paper original of the bond shall be retained by the posting party unless otherwise directed by the court.