I. SCOPE OF RULES; FORM OF ACTION
1. Authority; scope; construction
1.1 Authority
1.2 Short title
1.3 Amendments
1.4 Applicability
1.5 Scope
1.6 Construction
II. COMMENCING AN ACTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS, PLEADINGS, MOTIONS, AND ORDERS
3. Commencement of action; assignment to division and judge
3.1 Fee payment
3.2 Assignment of cases to divisions
3.3.1 Assignment of cases to district judges
(a) Method
(b) Sequence
(c) Procedure
(d) Exceptions
(e) Miscellaneous docket
(f) Effect
(g) Duty of parties
3.3.2 Reassignment of cases
(a) Reassignment of cases on grounds of geographic convenience
(b) Reassignment to promote judicial economy
(c) Reassignment of cognate cases
3.4 In forma pauperis proceedings
(a) Motion and supporting documents
(b) Determination of pauper status
5. Service and filing of pleadings and other papers
5.2 Proof of service
5.3 Filing of discovery materials
5.4 Place of filing
5.5 Rejection of filings
5.6 Pleadings and other papers in particular cases
(a) Actions by prisoners
(b) In pro per petitions
5.7 Filing and service by electronic means
(a) General information; definitions
(b) Mandatory registration; Attorney resources
(c) Initial pleading
(d) Electronic filing
(e) Signature
(f) Proposed pleadings
(g) Proposed orders
(h) Court orders, judgments, writs and other process
(i) Service of electronically filed documents
(j) Remote access to electronically stored documents
(k) Facsimile transmissions
III. PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS
7. Motion practice
7.1 Motions in general
(a) Briefs
(b) Supporting documents
(c) Modification of limits
(d) Concurrence
(e) Motion for expedited consideration
(f) Unavailability of judge
7.2 Dispositive motions
(a) Definition
(b) Briefs
(c) Briefing schedule
(d) Oral argument
7.3 Nondispositive motions
(a) Definition
(b) Briefs
(c) Briefing schedule
(d) Oral argument
7.4 Motions for reconsideration
(a) Grounds
(b) Response to motions for reconsideration
8. General rules of pleading
8.1 Complaints in Social Security cases
(a) Electronic service
(b) Other service
(c) Service of summons and complaint
8.2 Answers and replies
8.3 Answers in Social Security cases
8.4 Presenting an action for decision
(a) Plaintiff's brief
(b) Commissioner's brief
(c) Reply brief
10. Form of pleadings and other papers; filing requirements
10.1 Document size and format
10.2 Binding
10.3 Date and contact information
10.4 Number of copies
10.5 Ex parte submissions
(a) Filing of ex parte submissions
(b) Access to ex parte filings
(c) Filings by the court
(d) Sealed cases
10.6 Sealed documents
(a) Policy
(b) Requests to seal
(c) Access to sealed documents
(d) Service of sealed documents
10.7 Sealed cases
10.8 Exhibits
10.9 Referencing the court record
16. Civil pretrial conferences; Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
16.1 Early scheduling conferences
16.2 Alternative Dispute Resolution: General provisions
(a) ADR favored
(b) Court administration of the ADR program
(c) Consideration of ADR in appropriate cases
(d) Confidentiality
(e) Status of discovery, motions and trial during the ADR process
(f) Qualifications for neutrals
(g) Attorneys' responsibility for payment of fees
(h) Pro bono service
16.3 Voluntary Facilitative Mediation
(a) Definition
(b) Program description
16.4 Early Neutral Evaluation
(a) Definition
(b) Program description
16.5 Case evaluation
(a) Definition
(b) Program description
16.6 Settlement conferences
VI. TRIALS
40. Trial date
40.1 Scheduling
40.2 Continuances
40.3 Notice of settlement
41. Involuntary dismissal for want of prosecution or failure to follow rules
47. Confidentiality of juror information
VII. JUDGMENT
54. Costs and attorney's fees
54.1 Taxation of costs
54.2 Attorney's fees in certain Social Security cases
(a) Scope of rule
(b) Procedure
VIII. PROVISIONAL AND FINAL REMEDIES
65. Bonds and sureties
65.1 Bonds and sureties
67. Deposit in court; payment of judgment
67.1 Deposit of funds
67.2 Payment of judgment
IX. SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
72. Authority of magistrate judges
72.1 Authority, generally
(a) Duties under 28 U.S.C. § 636(a)
(b) Determination of nondispositive pretrial matters 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A)
(c) Recommendations regarding case-dispositive motions 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B)
(d) Prisoner cases under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2254 and 2255
(e) Prisoner cases under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
(f) Other duties
72.2 Assignment of matters to magistrate judges
(a) General cases
(b) Habeas corpus and prisoner civil rights cases
72.3 Review and appeal of magistrate judge decisions
(a) Appeal of nondispositive matters 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A)
(b)Review of case dispositive motions and prisoner litigation 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B)
(c) Special master reports 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(2)
(d) Appeals from other orders of a magistrate judge
73. Consent jurisdiction of magistrate judges
73.1 Conduct of trials and disposition of cases 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)
73.2 Assignment of cases to magistrate judges
73.3 Notice
73.4 Execution of consent
73.5 Reference
X. DISTRICT COURTS AND CLERKS: CONDUCTING BUSINESS; ISSUING ORDERS
77. District courts and clerks; issuance of process
77.1 Times and place of holding court
77.2 Clerk's office
77.3 Issuance of process
XI. GENERAL PROVISIONS
83. Miscellaneous
83.1 Certification of issues to state courts
83.2 Payment to court reporters and transcribers