Local Rule Local Rule 5.1-1: Constitutional Challenge to a Statute – Notice

Local Rule 5.1-1 – Constitutional Challenge to a Statute – Notice

(a) Time for Filing. A notice of constitutional challenge to a statute filed in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.1 must be filed at the same time the parties tender their proposed case management plan, if one is required, or within 21 days of the filing drawing into question the constitutionality of a federal or state statute, whichever occurs later.

(b) Additional Service Requirements. If a federal statute is challenged, in addition to the service requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.1(a), the party filing the notice of constitutional challenge must serve the notice and documents on the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, either by certified or registered mail or by sending it to an electronic address designated for that purpose by that official.