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| Exhibit III-1. Sample Scheduling Order | Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7016, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7026, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 16, Fed. R. Civil P. 26, Federal Rules of Evidence, Fed. R. Evid. 402, Fed. R. Evid. 403 | January 1, 2009 |
| Exhibit III-2. Sample Discovery Order | Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7026, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9014 | January 1, 2009 |
| Exhibit III-4. Local Rule on Omnibus Objections to Claims | Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1009, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3001, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3007, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7015 | January 1, 2009 |
| Exhibit III-5. Sample Order on Omnibus Objections to Claims | Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 4001, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9024 | January 1, 2009 |
| Exhibit III-7. Sample Order Regarding Estimation of Claims Through Summary Trial | Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7016, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 16, Fed. R. Civil P. 27, Fed. R. Civil P. 28, Fed. R. Civil P. 29, Fed. R. Civil P. 30, Fed. R. Civil P. 31, Fed. R. Civil P. 32, Fed. R. Civil P. 33, Fed. R. Civil P. 34, Fed. R. Civil P. 35, Fed. R. Civil P. 36, Fed. R. Civil P. 37 | January 1, 2009 |
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Federal Courts’ Electronic Filing by Pro Se Litigants We learned from several dozen federal clerks of court and members of their staffs that pro se litigants are sometimes able to file electronically using the federal courts’ Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system, but many courts are hesitant to allow pro se filing in CM/ECF. Prisoners do not have access to the Internet, so it is not feasible for them to use CM/ECF. We conducted this research at the request of the federal rules committees’ working group on pro se electronic filing. The most salient rules-related lessons of this research are (1) perhaps paper filers should not be required to serve their filings on parties already receiving electronic service; and (2) because electronic filing is sometimes understood to mean filing using CM/ECF and sometimes understood to mean submitting filings electronically, such as by email, perhaps the rules should clarify their references to electronic filing. |
Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure | May 10, 2022 |
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Federal Judicial Center Exploratory Study of the Appellate Cost Bond Provisions of Rule 7 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure At its Fall 2007 meeting, the Appellate Rules Advisory Committee discussed the current circuit split over whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 7 authorizes the inclusion of attorney fees in a bond for costs on appeal. This item has been brought back before the Committee as it determines whether, in light of recent case law developments, to proceed with a proposed amendment approved by the Committee in 2003 which made clear that FRAP 7 bond "costs" do not include attorney fees. This report describes an exploratory study undertaken by the FJC of FRAP 7 bond activity in three federal district courts: the Southern District of New York, the Central District of California, and the Eastern District of Michigan. These districts are in circuits that permit attorney fees to be included in FRAP 7 cost bonds. |
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Fed. R. App. P. 7 | April 1, 2008 |
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Federal Judicial Center National, Case-Based Civil Rules Survey: Preliminary Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules This report presents preliminary findings from a survey of attorneys in recently closed civil cases which the Federal Judicial Center conducted in May and June 2009. Nearly half of the attorneys invited to participate responded. The report covers discovery activities and case management in the closed cases; electronic discovery activities in the closed cases; attorney evaluations of discovery in the closed cases; the costs of litigation and discovery; and attitudes toward specific reform proposals and, more generally, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure | October 1, 2009 |
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Federal Judicial Center Staff Paper: District Court Implementation of Amended Civil Rule 16: A Report of New Local Rules Research on the local impacts of Federal Civil Rule 16(b) |
Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 16 | April 1, 1984 |
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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a) Consolidation, Appellate Finality, and Hall v. Hall This study examines the incidence of consolidated cases in the district courts with a focus on how often “original action final judgments” (OAFJs) create scenarios in which litigants may lose their appeal rights because of confusion about when to file a notice of appeal. |
Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 42 | May 12, 2022 |