(b) Cases shall be designated by the Clerk to their appropriate tracks as follows:
(B) a petition for habeas corpus or other proceeding to challenge a criminal conviction or sentence;
(C) an action brought without counsel by a person in custody of the United States, a state, or a state subdivision;
(D) an action to enforce or quash an administrative summons or subpoena;
(E) an action by the United States to recover benefit payments;
(F) an action by the United States to collect on a student loan guaranteed by the United States;
(G) a proceeding ancillary to proceedings in other courts; and
(H) an action to enforce an arbitration award.
(3) Track Three Cases shall include those cases involving class action or antitrust claims, securities litigation, mass disaster or other complex tort cases, or those actions presenting factual or legal issues arising from the presence of multiple parties or multiple claims portending extensive discovery procedures or numerous legal issues such that the management techniques recommended in the current edition of the Manual For Complex Litigation should be considered and applied as appropriate to the circumstances of the case. Track Three Cases shall also include any action so imminently affecting the public interest (e.g. legislative redistricting, school desegregation, voting rights) as to warrant heightened judicial attention or expedited treatment.
(B) Other Track One cases will normally be referred at the time of filing to the Magistrate Judges for management by them in accordance with other provisions of these local rules or standing orders entered in each Division of the Court governing the duties and responsibilities of the Magistrate Judges. Such cases will then be managed by them pursuant to notices or orders entered by the Magistrate Judge, or by the Clerk under the Court's direction, in each such case.
(B) Counsel and any unrepresented party shall meet within 60 days after service of the complaint upon any defendant, or the first appearance of any defendant, regardless of the pendency of any undecided motions, for the purpose of preparing and filing a Case Management Report in the form prescribed below. Unless the Court orders otherwise, parties represented by counsel are permitted, but are not required, to attend the case management meeting. The Case Management Report must be filed within 14 days after the meeting. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, a party may not seek discovery from any source before the meeting.
(C) The Case Management Report shall include:
(ii) A date by which the parties have agreed to prediscovery disclosures of core information, either voluntarily or as may be required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or other provisions of these rules, and a detailed description of the information scheduled for disclosure.
(iii) A discovery plan which shall include a detailed description of the discovery each party intends to pursue (requests for admission, requests for production or inspection, written interrogatories, oral depositions), the time during which each form of discovery will be pursued, the proposed date for completion of discovery, and such other matters relating to discovery as the parties may agree upon (e.g., handling of confidential information, limits on the number or length of depositions, assertion of privileges).
(iv) A final date for the filing of all motions for leave to file third party claims or to join other parties and specification of a final date for the filing of any motions for summary judgment.
(v) A statement concerning the intent of the parties regarding alternative dispute resolution (settlement negotiations, court annexed arbitration under Chapter Eight or court annexed mediation under Chapter Nine of these rules), and specification of a date by which the parties will either report to the court concerning prospective settlement or apply for an order invoking arbitration or mediation.
(vi) A date by which the parties will be ready for a final pretrial conference and subsequent trial.
(vii) The signature of all counsel and all unrepresented parties either in a single document or duplicate originals.
(viii) A statement assessing the need for a preliminary pretrial conference before entry of a Case Management and Scheduling Order.
(ii) enter a Case Management and Scheduling Order. The Case Management and Scheduling Order will establish a discovery plan and a schedule of dates including the dates of a final pretrial conference and trial (or specify dates after which a pretrial conference or trial may be scheduled on twenty-one (21) days' notice).
(B) Upon receipt of the Case Management Report, if not sooner in some cases, the Court will schedule and conduct a preliminary pretrial conference to discuss with the parties the content of the report and the subjects enumerated in Rule 16, F.R.Civ.P., before the entry of a Case Management and Scheduling Order.
(C) The Case Management and Scheduling Order will establish a discovery plan and will also schedule such additional preliminary pretrial conferences as may seem necessary as well as a final pretrial conference and trial (or specify dates after which a pretrial conference or trial may be scheduled on twenty-one (21) days' notice).
(D) It is the goal of the court that a trial will be conducted in all Track Three Cases within three years after the filing of the complaint, and that most such cases will be tried within two (2) years after the filing of the complaint or on an acutely accelerated schedule if the public interest requires. A motion to amend any pleading or to continue any pretrial conference, hearing or trial is severely disfavored because, in light of the need for special judicial attention, counsel should prosecute or defend a Track Three Case only if able to accommodate the scheduling demands.
