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2023-2024 Proposed Amendments to Local Rules

New proposals for consideration during the 2023-2024 amendments cycle must be submitted by August 31, 2023.

Understanding the Proposed Amendment Format

Instructions for Submitting a New Proposed Local Rule Amendment

2022-2023 Proposed Amendments to Local Rules

The comment period for the 2022-2023 Proposed Amendments closed on July 31, 2023.

Title	File
Summary of Proposed Amendments - 2022-2023 Summary of Proposed Amendments - 2022-2023	2022-2023 LR Proposed Amendments Summary Table.pdf
Various Technical Amendments Various Technical Amendments	Proposed Amendment to Technical Amendments.pdf
LRCiv 3.7(d) ASSIGNMENT OF CASES; CIVIL. Amendment to subparagraph (d). Assigns civil rights actions filed by a prisoner who has an active warrant of execution to the same District judge who presided over the capital habeas corpus petition	Proposed Amendment to LRCiv 3.7.pdf
LRCiv 7.1.1 ~~CORPORATE~~ DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS. Title and text amended to conform to Rule 7.1(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.	Proposed Amendment to LRCiv 7.1.1.pdf
LRCiv 16.1 PROCEDURE IN SOCIAL SECURITY CASES. Amended to reflect opening brief and reply brief deadlines in judicial review of decisions by the Commissioner of Social Security, effective December 2022.	Proposed Amendment to LRCiv 16.1.pdf
LRCiv 72.2(a)(1) OTHER DUTIES OF MAGISTRATE JUDGES. Amended to permit Magistrate Judges to impose non-dispositive sanctions and to remove citations to selected subparagraphs of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.	Proposed Amendment to LRCiv 72.2.pdf
LRCiv 79.1(e) CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF NON-ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED EXHIBITS, ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS, AND SEALED DOCUMENTS. Proposed amendment to extend from 180 days to one year the sealing period for search warrants and similar documents, in order to decrease the significant volume of motions to extend the sealing period filed during the pendency of criminal investigations.	Proposed Amendment to LRCiv 79.1.pdf
Appendices A and B APPENDIX A AND APPENDIX B. Appendix A amended to correct citation, clarify additional time, and remove Notice Time. Appendix B amended to include Juneteenth holiday.	Proposed Amendment to Appendecies.pdf