Uniform Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan of the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi

UNIFORM CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLAN OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS FOR THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF MISSISSIPPI (As Amended)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREAMBLE

SECTION ONE. GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION TWO. TRACKS, EVALUATION, AND ASSIGNMENT OF CASES

SECTION THREE. EARLY AND ONGOING JUDICIAL CONTROL OF THE PRETRIAL PROCESS

SECTION FOUR. DISCOVERY CONTROL; MOTION PRACTICE

SECTION FIVE. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAMS

SECTION SIX. OTHER FEATURES

Detailed Table of Contents

SECTION ONE. GENERAL PROVISIONS

I. Purpose.

II. Definitions.

A . Differentiated Case Management

B. Judicial Officer

C. Case Management Conference

D. Case Management Plan

E. Court

F. Discovery cut-off

III. Date of Application

IV. Conflicts with Other Rules

SECTION TWO. TRACKS, EVALUATION, AND ASSIGNMENT OF CASES

I. Number and Types of Tracks

A. Expedited

B. Standard

C. Complex

D. Administrative

E. Mass Tort

F. Suspension Track

II. Evaluation and Assignment of Cases

A. Evaluation Criteria

B. Evaluation and Assignment

SECTION THREE. EARLY AND ONGOING JUDICIAL CONTROL OF THE PRETRIAL PROCESS

I. Early Assessment and Pretrial Case Management

A. Early Meeting of Counsel

B. The Case Management Conference

C. Attendance at Case Management Conference

D. The Case Management Order

E. Costs and Expenses

II. Case Status Report

SECTION FOUR.DISCOVERY CONTROL; MOTION PRACTICE

I. Controlling the Extent and Timing of Discovery

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. Methods of Resolving Discovery Disputes

II. Motion Practice

A. Motion Practice in the Context of the Discovery

B. Form and Length of Motions

C. Case Dispositive Motions

D. Rulings on Motions

E. Priority

SECTION FIVE. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAMS

SECTION SIX. OTHER FEATURES

I. Prisoner/Pro Se Cases

II. Role of the Courtroom Clerk

III. Procedures for Monitoring the Court's Case load

IV. Use of Visiting Judges

V. Telephone Conferencing and Video Depositions

VI. Trial Provisions: Rotation of Criminal Duty

VII. Control of Legal Fees

VIII. Attorneys Admitted Pro Hac Vice

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