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Rule 81. CASES EXEMPTED FROM THESE RULES These Local Rules do not apply to petitions or actions brought by a person:

(a) who seeks a writ of habeas corpus or otherwise challenges a criminal conviction or sentence;

(b) who is proceeding without an attorney and who is in the custody of the United States, a state or a state subdivision and whose claims relate to conditions of confinement; or

(c) who is appealing a decision by the Social Security Administration.

Such actions are governed by orders entered in the particular case itself.