Order signed by Northern District of Iowa Chief Judge Donald E. O'Brien establishing the membership roster of the district's civil justice advisory group.

Order establishing a partial payment plan for inmate litigants seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis in both the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa

An examination of the local rules federal district courts have developed in response to the 1983 amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16, which calls for increased use of scheduling orders in managing caseloads. An appendix contains sample local rules from fifteen districts.