The proposed amendments to the Local Rules of the United
States District Court for the District of Maryland will modify the rules
regarding civil law, criminal law, attorney admission/ discipline; bankruptcy;
and admiralty law. The amendments are expected to become effective by December
1, 2009. Appendix A, the Discovery Guidelines Manual, has been substantially
rewritten and several of the civil filing deadlines have been modified.
The proposed amendments to the Local Rules of the United
States District Court for the District of Maryland, as they relate to civil
cases, are summarized as follows:
Local Rule 101.2(a) and 101.2(b) would be amended to extend
the time for serving written notice upon your client of your intent to withdraw
your appearance as counsel from five (5) to seven (7) days.
Local Rule 104.4 would be amended to delay the requirement
for a conference of counsel until a scheduling order has issued.
Local Rule 104.8(a) and 105.2(a) would be amended to extend
the time for serving reply memoranda to any motion from eleven (11) to fourteen
(14) days after opposition memoranda is served.
Local Rule 104.11(b) would be amended to raise the fees
permitted to be paid to treating physicians for work performed in discovery
matters.
Local Rule 105.10 would extend the time for a Motion to
Reconsider from ten (10) to fourteen (14) days after the entry of the Order.
Local Rule 106.3 would reduce the amount of time for
Plaintiff's counsel to serve draft copies of the Pretrial Order upon opposing
counsel from fifteen (15) to fourteen (14) days and extend the amount of time
for opposing counsel to serve revisions from five (5) to seven (7) days.
Local Rule 106.4(a) would extend the time for submitting the
Pretrial Order to the Court, from five (5) to seven (7) days.
Local Rule 301.4(a) and 301.4(b) would extend the time for
objecting to a Magistrate Judges's order of findings of fact from ten (10) to
fourteen (14) days.
Local Rule 303 would be amended to provide authority for the
chief magistrate judge or designee to reassign referred matters among magistrate
judges.
After December 1, 2009, counsel is advised to refer to the
Local Rules regarding all filing deadlines.
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