TITLE AND SCOPE OF RULES

(a) Title. These are the Local Admiralty and In Rem Rules for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. (b) Applicability. These Local Admiralty and In Rem Rules apply to maritime and admiralty proceedings as defined in Supplemental Rule A of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions (Supplemental Rules) and to all in rem and quasi in rem proceedings referenced in Supplemental Rule A pending or filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Local Rules 100 through 399 also apply to all civil actions, including maritime and admiralty proceedings and in rem proceedings. See L.R. 100(b). (c) Inconsistency with Other Local Rules. If a general, civil, criminal, or magistrate judges’ Local Rule is inconsistent with one of these Local Rules 500 through 599, these Rules shall control all proceedings within the scope of Supplemental Rule A. L.R. 151 shall have no application to proceedings governed by the Supplemental Rules and these Local Admiralty and In Rem Rules.

(d) Supplemental Rule G governs civil forfeiture actions. 171