In the United States District Court for the District of Utah
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTION OF AMENDED GENERAL ORDER LOCAL RULES OF PRACTICE No. 16-006 Proposed amendments to the local rules of practice were published for comment and the comment period has expired. The court has reviewed the proposals and the comments. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following local rules be amended in accordance with the copy attached: DUCivR 37-1 Discovery: Motions and Disputes; Referral to Magistrate Judge Sets forth a procedure for filing a Short Form Discovery Motion. DUCivR47-2 Communication with Jurors Clarifies that juror contact information will not be disclosed by the court or its employees without a court order. DUCivR 83-1.1 Attorneys - Admission to Practice Provides a more streamlined admission procedure for non-resident attorneys appearing before the Court on behalf of the United States or its agencies. DUCrimR 23-1 Number of Jurors and Alternatives in Criminal Cases Deletes rule because it is redundant with the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. DUCrimR 24-1 Impanelment and Selection of Jury Deletes rule because it is redundant with the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. DUCrimR 56-1 Office of Record; Court Library; Hours and Days of Business Deletes reference to the twenty-four hour filing box, which no longer exists. DUCrimR 57-16 Review of Magistrate Judge Orders Corrects statutory reference and changes the word "appeal" to "review" to correspond with statutory language. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the amended local rules as attached hereto shall be adopted and become effective on December 1, 2016; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall cause notice of the attached amendments to the local rules to be published to the Bar and the public. Dated this __ day of November, 2016. David Nuffer, Chief Judge, ~~?-=-~~,/d~ Clark Waddoups, District Judge ~n.£~ Jill N. rnsh, D1stnct Judge 2 David Sam, Senior Judge ~.,~ Tena Campbell, Senior Judge De~nson,Sen~Judge 3 .