Rule 48 Special Master
Article VII: General Provisions
Rule Text
(a) Appointment; Powers. The Court may appoint a special master to hold hearings, if necessary, and to recommend factual findings and dispositions in matters ancillary to proceedings in the Court. Unless an order referring a matter to a master specifies or limits the master’s powers, those powers include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Regulating all aspects of a hearing;
(2) Taking all appropriate action for the efficient performance of the special master’s duties under the order;
(3) Requiring the production of evidence on all matters included in the reference; and
(4) Administering oaths and eliciting testimony from witnesses and parties.
(b) Compensation. If the special master is not a judge or NMI Judiciary employee, the Court must determine the special master’s compensation and whether the cost of such compensation is to be charged to any party.