) Hearing Date (Status Conf):_____ Defendant, ) Hearing Time:___________ ) Estimated Time:__________ (c) Copies. The clerk of the court shall maintain a list of copy requirements which will specify the minimal number of copies to be submitted for filing. The clerk of the court may from time to time revise the list of copy requirements. When revised, the list of copy requirements shall be reissued in full with a notation of the effective date of the revision. Copies of the list of copy requirements shall be available from the clerk of the court upon request, and shall be posted on the court’s web site at http://www.nvb.uscourts.gov. (1) Unless otherwise required, counsel or persons appearing in pro se shall submit for filing the original and the number of copies indicated in the clerk of the court’s list of copy requirements of all pleadings, summons, orders and other papers; and (2) In the event counsel or persons appearing in pro se desire to receive a file stamped copy of any pleading or other paper presented for filing, counsel or persons appearing in pro se must submit one (1) additional copy; and if by mail, include a self-addressed, postage paid envelope. (d) In camera submissions. (1) Papers submitted for the court’s in camera inspection shall be accompanied by a captioned cover sheet complying with subsection (a) of these rules indicating that it is being submitted in camera. Counsel shall provide to the court, an envelope of sufficient size into which the in camera papers can be sealed without being folded. Counsel shall be permitted to tender to the clerk papers in camera without a prior court order authorizing same. (2) The court will review the in camera submission and enter an appropriate order directing that it be filed under seal, be made part of the official public file, or be permitted to be withdrawn. (3) In the event the court orders such in camera submission to be sealed, the moving party shall submit an order in compliance with LR 9022, which order shall be docketed with the clerk of the court. LR 7015. AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTAL PLEADINGS. (a) Any motion to amend the pleadings shall include a copy of the proposed amended pleading attached to the motion. Unless otherwise permitted by the court, every amended pleading must be reprinted and filed so that it will be complete in itself, including exhibits, without reference to the superseded pleading. (b) If the motion is granted, the moving party has ten (10) days from the entry of the order approving the motion to file and serve an original amended pleading. LR 7016. PRE-TRIAL PROCEDURES. (a) Actions exempted from scheduling order. Except as ordered by the court, the following categories of cases are exempt from the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) as adopted by Fed. R. Bank. P. 7016(b): (1) Contested matters under Fed. R. Bank. P. 9014; and (2) Such other actions or category of actions as ordered by the court from time to time. (b) Time and issuance for scheduling order. (1) At the time a summons is issued, the clerk shall provide a blank “Standard Discovery Plan/Scheduling Order” form, which document shall be served by the plaintiff with the summons. Such standard form, which may be changed from time to time by the court, shall be used by the parties. (2) Within thirty (30) days after the first defendant has answered or otherwise appeared the parties shall meet as required by Fed. R. Bank. P. 7026 and LR 7026. No later than fourteen (14) days after such meeting, the parties shall complete and submit the information required by the Discovery Plan or Request for Waiver of Filing Discovery Plan (“Discovery Plan”). (3) If the parties agree to the standard deadlines or fail to submit the Discovery Plan, the standard deadlines shall govern the course of the proceedings. (4) If the parties have agreed to different deadlines, cannot agree as to deadlines, or wish to seek a waiver of the requirement for a discovery plan, they shall so indicate on the front page of the Discovery Plan. (5) The parties shall appear, unless excused, at any scheduling conference. (6) The court shall approve, disapprove, or modify the discovery plan and enter such other orders as may be appropriate following the first scheduling conference. The court shall also issue an Order Regarding Pretrial and Trial following the scheduling conference. At any time, the court may order a status hearing or a conference of all the parties. (c) Time limits for filing certain motions. Unless otherwise ordered by the court in the Standard Discovery Plan/Scheduling Order or otherwise, the following time periods shall govern the filing of certain motions: (1) All motions to amend the pleadings pursuant to Fed. R. Bank. P. 7015(a) or for the joinder of parties shall be filed so as to be heard no later than the close of discovery. If such amendment or joinder is allowed, and unless otherwise ordered by the court, discovery shall be extended for forty-five (45) additional days for the limited purposes of conducting discovery with respect to such amendments or joinders; (2) All potentially dispositive motions as to any or all issues shall be filed by the close of discovery unless otherwise ordered; and (3) Motions in limine shall be filed at the time of the pretrial conference and any responses thereto shall be filed five (5) business days prior to the start of trial. No reply will be permitted unless requested by the court. (d) Pretrial order and trial setting. (1) The Order Regarding Pretrial and Trial may set the date for the filing of a joint or separate trial statement(s). The court may, however, order the filing of a joint pretrial order at any time. Unless otherwise ordered, the parties shall use the standard Trial Statement which form may be obtained from the clerk and may be changed from time to time by the court. (2) The court may set a trial date in the Order Regarding Pretrial and Trial or by separate written or oral order. Continuances will not be favored. (e) Form of pretrial order. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, counsel shall use the form of Pretrial Order prescribed by the court. (f) Settlement conference and alternative methods of dispute resolution. The court may, in its discretion, set any appropriate adversary proceeding for settlement conference, summary jury trial or other alternative method of dispute resolution. LR 7026. DISCOVERY - GENERAL. (a) Disclosures. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2), as adopted by Fed. R. Bank. P. 7026, shall be made no later than thirty (30) days prior to the close of discovery by the party bearing the burden of proof on the issue in question and no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the close of discovery by the party opposing such issue. Written reports by experts, unless otherwise stipulated by the parties or ordered by the court, are due no later than the time the identity of experts is to be disclosed. (b) Exemptions from the provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). (1) Exemption of an action not otherwise exempted by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(E), may be obtained by order of the court after motion noticed to all parties to the action or by stipulation of all parties prior to the date any meeting under this rule is to be held. (2) The parties obtaining an exemption pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of this rule are exempt from filing a discovery plan. (3) LR 7016 and 7026(c) govern the requirements pertaining to discovery plans. The parties to an action not exempted by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(E) or by order obtained pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of this rule may seek a limited exemption from Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f), insofar as the rule requires the filing of a discovery plan. The parties may request a waiver of the requirement that a discovery plan be submitted under the following conditions: (A) In cases in which the parties certify that no formal discovery is required; (B) Trial may proceed within one hundred twenty (120) days from the date a discovery plan would otherwise be due; and (C) Such waiver shall be sought by so indicating on the standard discovery plan/scheduling form and by the completion of all information requested on that form. (c) Discovery conference and plan. (1) Unless exempted, the parties shall meet and confer no later than thirty (30) days after the first defendant has answered or otherwise appeared. (2) No later than fourteen (14) days after such meeting, the parties shall submit the Discovery Plan or Request for Waiver and Order. If the parties fail to submit a Discovery Plan they may be subject to sanctions. In addition, if they have not requested and been granted a waiver from the requirement to file a Discovery Plan, the deadlines set forth in the standard form shall apply, notwithstanding the failure of the parties to submit a plan. (3) The court may conduct a scheduling conference to consider the submitted Discovery Plan and to issue an Order Regarding Pretrial and Trial. (4) The court may, from time to time, alter such standard form, including without limitation, the deadlines contained therein. Counsel shall use the format then in use and the deadlines set forth in such standard form shall apply unless the court orders other, or different, deadlines. (5) If the parties agree to different deadlines, or cannot agree to deadlines, they shall so indicate on the face of the standard discovery plan/scheduling form and shall attach their proposed plan using Form 35 to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or such other form as the court may from time to time direct.

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