UNIFORM LOCAL RULES - UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS MISSISSIPPI   Effective January 1, 1986, Including Amendments through September 1, 1998

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preamble
Division Sites and Counties
RULES
Rule 1.1 PURPOSES
Rule 1.2 DEFINITIONS
(A) Differentiated Case Management
(B) Judicial Officer
(C) Court
Rule 1.3 TRACKS, EVALUATION, AND ASSIGNMENT OF CASES
Rule 1.4 EVALUATION AND ASSIGNMENT
(A) Expedited
(B) Standard
(C) Complex
(D) Administrative
(E) Mass Torts
(F) Suspension
Rule 3.1 ORIGINAL FILINGS
(A) Copies of Pleadings
(B) Civil Cover Sheet
(C) Filing Fees
Rule 4.1 CIVIL PROCESS
(A) Preparation
(B) Service
Rule 5.1 NON-FILING OF PRE-DISCOVERY DISCLOSURES AND DISCOVERY MATERIALS.
(A) Pre-discovery Disclosures
(B) Depositions
(C) Interrogatories and Requests for Production or Inspection
(D) Filing in Relation to Discovery Motions
(E) Filing for Use at Trial or in Relation to Dispositive Motions
(F) Filing for Use on Appeal
(G) Requests for Admissions
Rule 5.2 PLEADINGS
(A) Facsimile Filings
(B) Certificate of Service
Rule 7.1 BRIEFS AND MEMORANDA
(A) Trial Briefs
(B) Motion Briefs
(C) Citation of Authorities
(D) Submission of Briefs and Memoranda
Rule 7.2 MOTION PRACTICE
(A) Applicability
(B) Filing; Proposed Orders
(C) Responses
(D) Memoranda; Documents Required with Motions to Dismiss or for Summary Judgment;
       Time Limits; Failure to Submit Required Documents
(E) Length of Memoranda
(F) Notice and Hearings
(G) Priority
(H) Urgent or Necessitous Matters
(I) Service
(J) Court Reporters
(K) Untimely Motions
Rule 11.1 SIGNING OF PLEADINGS, MOTIONS AND OTHER PAPERS
Rule 11.2 SANCTIONS - UNREASONABLE DELAYS
Rule 11.3 SANCTIONS - FRIVOLOUS MOTIONS OR OPPOSITION
Rule 16.1 CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND SCHEDULING ORDER
(A) Early Assessment and Pretrial Case Management
(B) Case Status Report
(C) Settlement Conference
(D) Cases Excluded From Scheduling Requirements
(E) Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs
Rule 16.2 FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCES AND PRETRIAL ORDERS
(A) Cases in Which Conference to be Held; Scheduling; Role of Magistrate Judge
(B) When Conference May be Dispensed With; Pretrial Order Still Required; Contents
(C) Submission by Magistrate Judge to Trial Judge
(D) Duty of Counsel to Confer; Exhibits; Matters to be Taken up at Conference; Sanctions
(E) Depositions
(F) Procedure at Final Pretrial Conference
(G) Effect of Pretrial Order
(H) Conference Scheduling; Conflicting Settings
(I) Discretion of District Judge
Rule 16.3 CONFLICTING SETTINGS AND REQUESTS FOR CONTINUANCES
Rule 23.1 CLASS ACTIONS
Rule 26.1 DISCOVERY CONTROL
(A) Pre-discovery Disclosure of Core Information/Other Cooperative Discovery Devices
(B) Setting Discovery Deadlines
(C) Attorney/Party Signatures for Requests to Extend Discovery Deadlines
(D) Limits on the Use of Discovery
(E) Motion Practice in the Context of Discovery
Rule 30.1 VIDEOTAPE DEPOSITIONS
Rule 30.2 DEPOSITIONS OF EXPERTS
Rule 35.1 PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL EXAMINATIONS
Rule 37.1 DISCOVERY VIOLATIONS
(A) Good Faith Certificate
(B) Motions Must Quote Disputed Language
(C) Uniform Local Rule 26.1 Violation Order
Rule 37.2 MOTION TO LIMIT OR QUASH A DEPOSITION
Rule 38.1 DEMAND FOR JURY
Rule 42.1 CONSOLIDATION OF CASES
Rule 45.1 WITNESSES
Rule 48.1 SIZE OF JURIES
Rule 51.1 REQUESTS FOR JURY INSTRUCTIONS
Rule 54.1 JURY COSTS
(A) Postponement in Advance of Trial
(B) Postponement After the Case is Called
Rule 54.2 TAXATION OF COSTS AND MOTIONS FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES
(A) Bill of Costs
(B) Motions for Attorney's Fees
(C) Proceedings after Appeal
Rule 72.1 AUTHORITY OF A MAGISTRATE JUDGE
(A) Special Designation to Exercise Consent Authority
(B) Special Designation to Conduct Misdemeanor Trials
Rule 72.2 PROCEDURES BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE -- SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS
(A) Matters which a Magistrate Judge is Empowered to Hear and Determine
(B) Effect of Ruling by a Magistrate Judge
(C) Response to Objection to a Magistrate Judge's Order
(D) Matters Upon Which a Magistrate Judge is Required to Submit a Report and
       Recommendations
(E) Rule Not Applicable to Consent Cases
Rule 72.3 ASSIGNMENTS TO A MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Rule 72.4 NOTIFYING PARTIES OF A NON-AUTOMATIC ASSIGNMENT
Rule 72.5 REFERRAL TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Rule 72.6 HEARING OF NONDISPOSITIVE MOTIONS WHEN ASSIGNED MAGISTRATE
                   JUDGE IS UNAVAILABLE
Rule 73.1 PROCEDURES BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE -- CIVIL CONSENT CASES
(A) Notice of Consent Option
(B) Execution of Consent
(C) Time for Consent
(D) Reference of Civil Consent Case
(E) Party Added After Consent Occurs
Rule 77.1 CALENDARS
(A) Court Always Open
(B) Sessions
Rule 83.1 ATTORNEYS: ADMISSION AND CONDUCT
(A) Admission of Attorneys
(B) Appearances
(C) Discipline and Reinstatement
(D) Attorney Admission Fee; Presentation to any District or Magistrate Judge.
Rule 83.2 ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES
Rule 83.3 EXHIBITS
(A) Custody and Disposition of Exhibits
(B) Custody of Sensitive Exhibits
Rule 83.4 PHOTOGRAPHS AND BROADCASTING
Rule 83.5 MISSISSIPPI RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
Rule A.1 ADMIRALTY
(A) Applicability
(B) Deposit of Fees with Marshal
(C) Regarding In Rem Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction
(D) Post-Seizure Hearing
(E) Release of Seizures
(F) Advertisement of Seizures
(G) Verification of Pleadings
(H) Jury Trials in Cases Containing Claims Within the Purview of Rule 9 (h)
(I) Intervention
(J) Notice of Sale
(K) Judicial Sale; Marshal's Return
(L) Confirmation of Sale
(M) Taxation of Costs
 
OFFICIAL FORMS APPENDIX
Form 1(a) -- NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF ORIGINAL DEPOSITION
Form 1(b) -- NOTICE OF SERVICE OF INTERROGATORIES OR REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION
                       OF DOCUMENTS OR RESPONSES THERETO
Form 1(c) -- NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PRE-DISCOVERY DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
Form 2 -- PRETRIAL ORDER
Form 3 -- RECEIPT OF SEIZED PROPERTY
Form 4 -- GOOD FAITH CERTIFICATE
Form 5 -- UNIFORM LOCAL RULE 26.1 VIOLATION ORDER