Local Rule 77.2: Orders

77.2 Orders (Amended January 1, 2020)

(a) With these exceptions, all orders, whether by consent or otherwise, shall be presented for approval and execution to the assigned judge. The Clerk may sign without submission to the assigned judge the following orders:

1. Orders specifically appointing persons to serve process in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 4; and 2. Orders restoring an action to the court docket after the filing of a demand for trial de novo pursuant to L.R. 83.7; (Mandatory Mediation Plan).

(b) If the assigned judge instructs the prevailing party to do so, the prevailing party shall submit a proposed order which the opposing party has approved and which contains the endorsement of the opposing party: "Approved as to form."

When the parties are unable to agree as to the form of the proposed order, the prevailing party shall, on seven (7) days notice to all other parties, submit a proposed order and a written explanation for the form of that order. The Court may award costs and attorney's fees against a party whose unreasonable conduct the Court deemed to have required the bringing of the motion. The provisions of L.R. 7.1 shall not apply to such motion, and the Court shall not hear oral argument.

(c) Orders may be issued as text-only entries on the docket without an attached, signed document. Such orders are official and binding. The Clerk's Office will send a paper copy of the text-only order to any non-ECF parties in the case. See General Order 22, section 8.1.