Local Rule LR PL P 9: Court Personnel Cannot Provide Legal Advice
N.D. W.Va. — Civil rule
LR PL P 9. Court Personnel Cannot Provide Legal Advice.
Court personnel are forbidden from interpreting any rules of procedure or giving any legal advice. This includes offering interpretations of rules, recommending a course of action, predicting a decision a judicial officer might make on any given matter or interpreting the meaning or effect of any Court order or judgment.
Prisoners are prohibited from having oral or written communications with the Court or Court personnel on matters in a pending case, other than to request copies of documents.