Local Rule LCrR 1.1: Scope and Construction

Local Criminal Rule 1.1 Scope and Construction.

(a) Title and Citation. These rules shall be known as the Local Criminal Rules of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Rules applying to criminal matters should be cited as "M.D. Ala. LCrR ."

(b) Effective Date. These rules become effective on December 1, 2010 and shall govern all proceedings thereafter commenced and, insofar as just and practicable, all proceedings then pending.

(c) Scope and Construction. These rules, along with the Civil and General Provisions in Part I. above, made pursuant to the authority of 28 U.S.C. § 2071, Fed. R. Civ. P. 83, and Fed. R. Crim. P. 57, shall apply to all criminal proceedings, unless specifically provided to the contrary or necessarily restricted by inference from the context.

(d) Relationship to Prior Rules and Subsequent Orders. These rules supersede all previous rules promulgated by this Court or any judge of this Court except for those General and Standing Orders that exist at the time the rules are published and that do not expressly conflict with these rules. These rules, however, may be affected by any general or standing orders entered by this Court after publication of these rules.

(e) Any judge of this Court may suspend application and enforcement of these local rules, in whole or in part, in the interests of justice in individual actions. When any judge of this Court, in a specific action, issues any order which is not consistent with these rules, such order shall constitute a suspension of the rules with respect to that action only, and only to the extent that such order is inconsistent with the rules.

(f) Rules of Construction and Definition. United States Code, Title 1, Sections 1 to 5, shall, as far as applicable, govern the construction of these rules.