CIVIL CASE MANAGEMENT

CIVIL CASE MANAGEMENT CIVIL RULES

The court will hold pretrial conferences as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) and as otherwise ordered by the court. The following categories of actions are exempt from Rule 16(b) scheduling conferences unless otherwise ordered by the court: (1) IRS enforcement actions; (2) eminent domain proceedings; (3) forfeitures; (4) habeas corpus actions (28 U.S.C. '' 2241, 2254, and 2255; and 25 U.S.C. ' 1303); (5) Freedom of Information Act proceedings; (6) enforcement of out-of-state judgments; (7) appeals from the bankruptcy court; (8) appeals from administrative agency decisions (including the Social Security Administration); (9) actions brought by the United States to collect debts or recover benefit payments; (10) actions in which one of the parties is incarcerated and appears pro se; (11) student loan cases; (12) overpayment of Veterans Administration benefits; (13) admission to or revocation of citizenship; (14) arbitration actions (to set aside, confirm, or compel arbitration); (15) actions to compel testimony or production of documents; (16) actions to enforce or quash administrative summons or subpoenas; 31 Effective October 6, 2025 (17) cases not reported for statistical purposes as “filed” cases (e.g., registration of foreign judgments, grand jury matters, in forma pauperis requests which are denied, disbarment or reinstatement of attorneys); CIVIL RULES (18) foreclosure actions; and (19) mandamus actions (28 U.S.C. ' 1361). In any case, a party may request a pretrial conference. 32 Effective October 6, 2025