Local Rule Local Admiralty Rule (a): Authority and Scope

LOCAL ADMIRALTY RULE (a)

AUTHORITY AND SCOPE

(1) Authority. The Local Admiralty Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia are promulgated by a majority of the judges as authorized by and subject to the limitations of Fed. R. Civ. P. 83. Any reference to Federal Rule or Federal Rules shall be to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

(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. 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 in admiralty cases.

Effective March 26, 2007, all documents filed with the Court must be filed through the Electronic Case Filing System, except as provided otherwise in the Court's Electronic Case Filing Policies and Procedures manual ("manual") which is promulgated and revised by the Clerk. The manual governs if there is a conflict between it and these Local Rules as to the technicalities of electronic case filing. These Local Rules govern where the manual provides for filing paper documents, and in all other matters not involving electronic case filing.

(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.

(4) Officers of Court. As used in the Local Admiralty Rules, "judicial officer" means a United States District Judge or a United States Magistrate Judge; "Clerk" or "Clerk of Court" means the Clerk of the District Court and includes deputy Clerks of Court; and "Marshal" means the United States Marshal and includes deputy Marshals.