Rule 16 Scheduling Orders in Prisoner Actions.

Rule 16 scheduling conferences are not held in pro se prisoner actions. The court will issue a scheduling order after the first opposing party files an answer or other response to a complaint or petition. The pro se prisoner scheduling order is substantially identical to that in represented cases as set forth in LR16.3, except 64 that motions asserting the affirmative defense of failure to exhaust prison administrative remedies, pursuant to 42 U.S.C.§ 1997e(a), must be filed within seventy (70) days after entry of the scheduling order.