RULE 110. PRETRIAL CONFERENCES
- (a) General: In appropriate cases, the Court will undertake
to confer with the parties in pretrial conferences with a view to
narrowing issues, stipulating facts, simplifying the presentation
of evidence, or otherwise assisting in the preparation for trial or
possible disposition of the case in whole or in part without
trial.
- (b) Cases Calendared: Either party in a case listed on any
trial calendar may request of the Court, or the Court on its own
motion may order, a pretrial conference. The Court may, in its
discretion, set the case for a pretrial conference during the trial
session. If sufficient reason appears therefor, a pretrial
conference will be scheduled prior to the call of the calendar at
such time and place as may be practicable and appropriate.
- (c) Cases Not Calendared: If a case is not listed on a trial
calendar, the Chief Judge, in the exercise of discretion, upon
motion of either party or sua sponte, may list such case for a
pretrial conference upon a calendar in the place designated for
trial, or may assign the case for a pretrial conference either in
Washington, D.C., or in any other convenient place.
- (d) Conditions: A request or motion for a pretrial
conference shall include a statement of the reasons therefor.
Pretrial conferences will in no circumstances be held as a
substitute for the conferences required between the parties in
order to comply with the provisions of Rule
91, but a pretrial conference, for the purpose of assisting the
parties in entering into the stipulations called for by Rule 91, will be held by the Court where the
party requesting such pretrial conference has in good faith
attempted without success to obtain such stipulation from such
party's adversary. Nor will any pretrial conference be held where
the Court is satisfied that the request therefor is frivolous or is
made for purposes of delay.
- (e) Order: The Court may, in its discretion, issue
appropriate pretrial orders.
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