SCHEDULING AND CASE MANAGEMENT; TIME AND ISSUANCE OF

SCHEDULING ORDER (a) (b) In cases where a discovery plan is required, the court must approve, disapprove, or modify the discovery plan and enter the scheduling order within 30 days from the date the discovery plan is submitted. In actions by or on behalf of inmates under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 or the principles of Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), and in forfeiture and condemnation actions, no discovery plan is required. In those cases, a scheduling order must be entered within 30 days after the first defendant answers or otherwise appears. (c) The following categories of cases are governed by the entry of an order establishing a briefing schedule and other appropriate matters: (1) Actions for review on an administrative record; (2) (3) Petitions for habeas corpus or other proceedings to challenge a criminal conviction of sentence; Actions brought without an attorney by a person in custody of the United States, a state, or a state subdivision; (4) Actions to enforce or quash an administrative summons or subpoena; (5) Actions by the United States to recover benefit payments; (6) Actions by the United States to collect on a student loan guaranteed by the United States; (7) Proceedings ancillary to proceedings in other courts; and (8) Actions to enforce an arbitration award.

42 (d) In all cases, the court may order the parties to meet and confer to discuss a discovery plan, scheduling order, briefing schedule, or any other matters the court deems appropriate.