Local Rule 16.2: Pretrial Scheduling Orders

16.2 Pretrial Scheduling Orders Scheduling orders will be issued in conjunction with preliminary pretrial procedures established by the Judges of this Court, which normally will be implemented within ninety days after the filing of an action. In any action assigned to a Magistrate Judge for that purpose, the Magistrate Judge is empowered to enter scheduling orders under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) and to modify scheduling orders upon a showing of good cause. Unless otherwise ordered, the following categories of cases shall be exempt, as inappropriate, from the requirement that a scheduling order be issued under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b):

i. Social Security disability matters;

ii. Habeas corpus petitions;

iii. Forfeitures;

iv. Foreclosures in which the United States is the plaintiff;

v. General collection cases in which the United States is a plaintiff;

vi. Actions brought pro se by persons in custody;

vii. An action to enforce or quash an administrative summons or subpoena; and viii. A proceeding ancillary to a proceeding in another court.