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Local Rules — S.D. Cal.

116 local rules for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. See the court's official website for the authoritative text.

Civil Rules 68

Rule Title
Civil Rule 1.1 Scope and Availability of Local Rules
Civil Rule 1.2 Availability of Local Rules
Civil Rule 12.1 Extension of Time to Answer
Civil Rule 15.1 Amended Pleadings
Civil Rule 16.1 Pretrial and Setting for Trial
Civil Rule 16.2 Status and Scheduling Conferences
Civil Rule 16.3 Settlement Conferences and Proceedings
Civil Rule 16.4 Assessment of Jury Costs
Civil Rule 17.1 Actions Involving Minors or Incompetents
Civil Rule 2.1 Professionalism
Civil Rule 23.1 Class Actions
Civil Rule 26.1 Deposition and Discovery
Civil Rule 30.1 Depositions
Civil Rule 3.1 Designation of Nature of Action (Civil Cover Sheet)
Civil Rule 3.2 Actions in Forma Pauperis
Civil Rule 33.1 Interrogatories
Civil Rule 36.1 Requests for Admission
Civil Rule 38.1 Jury Demand
Civil Rule 40.1 Assignment of Civil Cases
Civil Rule 40.2 Notice of Party with Financial Interest
Civil Rule 4.1 Service
Civil Rule 41.1 Dismissal for Want of Prosecution and for Failure to Comply with Local Rules
Civil Rule 4.5 Fee Schedule
Civil Rule 47.1 Examination of Jurors
Civil Rule 5.1 Form; Paper; Legibility; Nature of Documents to be Filed
Civil Rule 51.1 Filing, Service, and Form of Proposed Instructions
Civil Rule 5.2 Proof of Service
Civil Rule 5.3 Facsimile Filings
Civil Rule 53.1 Special Master Reports 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(2)
Civil Rule 5.4 Electronic Case Filing
Civil Rule 54.1 Costs
Civil Rule 55.1 Default Judgments
Civil Rule 58.1 Entry of Court-Issued Document
Civil Rule 65.1.2 Bonds and Sureties
Civil Rule 66.1 Receivers
Civil Rule 67.1 Deposit and Disbursements of Registry Funds
Civil Rule 69.1 Proceedings to Enforce Judgments (In District and Out of District)
Civil Rule 7.1 Motion Practice, Extensions, Enlargements or Shortening of Time, Submission of Orders
Civil Rule 7.2 Stipulations/Joint Motions
Civil Rule 72.1 United States Magistrate Judges
Civil Rule 72.2 Assignment and Designation Procedures
Civil Rule 72.3 Assignment of § 1983 Prisoner Civil Cases to United States Magistrate Judges
Civil Rule 73.1 Special Provision for the Disposition of Civil Cases by a Magistrate Judge on Consent of the Parties 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(2)
Civil Rule 73.2 Consent to United States Magistrate Judges in Social Security Cases
Civil Rule 77.1 Location and Hours of the Clerk
Civil Rule 77.2 Orders Grantable by Clerk
Civil Rule 77.3 Notice of Court Orders and Judgments
Civil Rule 77.4 Sessions of Court
Civil Rule 77.6 Court Library
Civil Rule 79.1 Custody and Disposition of Exhibits and Transcripts
Civil Rule 79.2 Books and Record of the Clerk
Civil Rule 8.1 Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983)
Civil Rule 83.1 Sanctions for Noncompliance with Rules
Civil Rule 83.11 Persons Appearing Without an Attorney in Propria Persona
Civil Rule 83.2 Security of the Court
Civil Rule 83.6 Gratuities
Civil Rule 83.7 Free Press – Fair Trial Provisions
Civil Rule 83.8 Non-Appropriated Funds Plan for Administration of the Court Library Fund and Pro Bono Fund
Civil Rule 83.9 Correspondence and Communications with the Judge
Civil Rule 9.2 Three-Judge Court
Civil Rule A.1 Scope of Rules for Admiralty and Maritime Claims
Civil Rule B.1 Attachment and Garnishment Provisions
Civil Rule C.1 Actions in Rem
Civil Rule E.1 Actions in Rem and Quasi in Rem
Civil Rule F.1 Limitation of Liability
Civil Rule HC.1 Habeas Corpus Proceedings – Venue
Civil Rule HC.2 Habeas Corpus Proceedings - (28 U.S.C. § 2254) - Petitions Not Involving the Death Penalty
Civil Rule HC.3 Habeas Corpus Proceedings - (28 U.S.C. § 2254) - Petitions Involving the Death Penalty

Criminal Rules 24

Rule Title
Criminal Rule 10.1 Arraignments
Criminal Rule 1.1 Scope and Availability of Rules
Criminal Rule 11.1 Referral of Felony Cases to Magistrate Judges for Taking of Guilty Pleas
Criminal Rule 12.1 Rule 12 Motions
Criminal Rule 16.1.a Meet and Confer Requirement
Criminal Rule 16.1.b Pleadings and Motions Before Trial Defenses and Objections
Criminal Rule 17.1 Subpoenas
Criminal Rule 2.1 Professionalism
Criminal Rule 2.2 Discipline
Criminal Rule 23.1 Trial Briefs
Criminal Rule 28.1 Interpreters
Criminal Rule 30.1 Jury Instructions
Criminal Rule 32.1 Sentence, Judgment and Probation
Criminal Rule 44.1 Right to and Assignment of Counsel
Criminal Rule 46.1 Release from Custody
Criminal Rule 47.1 Motions
Criminal Rule 57.1 Sanctions for Noncompliance with Rules
Criminal Rule 57.2 Assignment
Criminal Rule 57.2.1 Related Cases
Criminal Rule 57.3 Assignment and Designation Procedures Matters to Magistrate Judges
Criminal Rule 57.4 United States Magistrate Judges
Criminal Rule 57.5 Procedure in Imperial County Cases
Criminal Rule 58.1 Misdemeanors
Criminal Rule 58.2 Disposition of Misdemeanor Cases, 18 U.S.C. § 3401

Attorney Rules 2

Rule Title
Civil Local Rule 2.2 Discipline
Civil Rule 83.3 Attorneys – Admission to Practice, Standards of Conduct, Duties

Patent Rules 22

Rule Title
Patent L.R. 1.1 Title
Patent L.R. 1.2 Effective Date
Patent L.R. 1.3 Scope and Construction
Patent L.R. 1.4 Application of Rules When No Specified Triggering Event
Patent L.R. 1.5 Notice of Related Patent Case
Patent L.R. 2.1 Governing Procedure
Patent L.R. 2.2 Confidentiality
Patent L.R. 2.3 Certification of Initial Disclosures
Patent L.R. 2.4 Admissibility of Disclosures
Patent L.R. 2.5 Relationship to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Patent L.R. 3.1 Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions
Patent L.R. 3.2 Document Production Accompanying Disclosure
Patent L.R. 3.3 Invalidity Contentions
Patent L.R. 3.4 Document Production Accompanying Invalidity Contentions
Patent L.R. 3.5 Disclosure Requirements in Patent Cases for Declaratory Relief
Patent L.R. 3.6 Amended and Final Contentions
Patent L.R. 3.7 Advice of Counsel
Patent L.R. 4.1 Exchange of Preliminary Claim Construction and Extrinsic Evidence
Patent L.R. 4.2 Joint Claim Construction Chart, Worksheet and Hearing Statement
Patent L.R. 4.3 Completion of Claim Construction Discovery
Patent L.R. 4.4 Claim Construction Briefs
Patent L.R. 4.5 Claim Construction Hearing