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N.D. Ga. LCrR 1.1
Scope of the Rules
(A) Title and Citation. These rules shall be known as the Local Criminal Rules
of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. They may
be cited as ALCrR __, NDGa."
(B) Effective Date. These rules apply to all cases and proceedings pending on or
commenced after April 15, 1997 unless the judge or magistrate judge to whom the
case has been assigned has ruled that their application in a case pending on April
15, 1997 was not feasible or would work an injustice.
(C) Scope of Rules. These rules shall apply in all proceedings in criminal
actions. Civil local rules shall apply insofar as they do not conflict with any statute,
federal rule, local criminal rule, or individual order.
(D) Rule of Construction and Definitions.
(1) United States Code, Title 1, Sections 1 to 5, shall, as far as applicable,
govern the construction of these rules.
(2) The following definitions shall apply.
(a) The word "Court" refers to the United States District Court for
the Northern District of Georgia and not to any particular judge or
magistrate judge of the Court.
(b) The word "judge" refers to any United States District Judge
exercising jurisdiction with respect to a particular action or proceeding in
this Court.
(c) The word "magistrate judge" refers to any full-time or part-time
United States Magistrate Judge exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.
Section 636, consistent with the policies adopted by this Court.
(d) The word "clerk" refers to the District Court Clerk and deputy
clerks.
(RESERVED)
Provenance
- Source
- www.gand.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-18
- Content hash
3cca60ab5013c56e1607a0dd8fa68a8dfb6ebae726be7974450570c9e8282ea5
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