Local Rule Rule A (Admiralty): Scope of the Rules

Rule A Scope of the Rules

(a) 1. Authority A majority of the judges have promulgated this Court's local admiralty rules as authorized by and subject to the limitations of the Fed. R. Civ. P. 83.

(a) 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 ( "Supplemental Rule or Rules"). 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.

(a) 3. Citation The local admiralty rules may be cited by the letter "LAR" and the lowercase letters and numbers in the 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.

(a) 4. Definitions As used in the local admiralty rules, "court" refers to United States District Court for the Northern District of New York; "judge" refers to a United States District Judge or to a United States Magistrate Judge; "clerk" refers to the Clerk of the Court and includes deputy clerks of the Court; "marshal" refers to the United States Marshal of this district and includes deputy marshals; "keeper" refers to any person or entity that the Marshal appoints to take physical custody of and maintain the vessel or other property under arrest or attachment; and "substitute custodian" refers to the individual or entity who, upon motion and order of the Court, assumes the duties of the marshal or keeper with respect to the vessel or other property arrested or attached.