Local Rule LR 16.1: Scheduling Orders

LR 16.1 Scheduling Orders.

(a) Magistrate Judges may enter and modify Scheduling Orders pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b).

(b) Except as otherwise ordered by a Judge of the Court in a particular case, a Scheduling Order need not be entered in the following cases:

(i) An action for review on an administrative record;

(ii) A petition for habeas corpus or other proceeding to challenge a criminal conviction or sentence;

(iii) An action to enforce or quash an administrative summons or subpoena;

(iv) An action by the United States to recover benefit payments;

(v) An action by the United States to collect on a student loan guaranteed by the United States;

(vi) A proceeding ancillary to proceedings in other courts; and

(vii) An action to enforce an arbitration award.