Local Rule 40.2: Preferences

40.2 Preferences Only the following causes shall be entitled to preferences:

1. Issues in bankruptcy framed by an answer to a bankruptcy petition which are triable by a jury;

2. Causes entitled to a preference under any statute of the United States;

3. Causes restored to the calendar for a new trial by the setting aside of a former verdict, by reversal of a former judgment, or after a mistrial;

4. Causes to which a receiver appointed by any court or a trustee or debtor-in-possession in a bankruptcy proceeding is a party;

5. Causes which, in the discretion of the assigned judge, are entitled to a preference for meritorious reasons.

Preferences shall be obtained only by order of the Court on seven-days notice of the application.