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E.D. Mo. L.R. 5.01
Case Management Tracks
Differentiated Case Management (DCM) is a system for managing civil cases based on
their relative complexity and the need for judicial involvement. All civil cases filed on or after
January 1, 1995 will be assigned to one of the following five tracks:
Track 1 - Expedited. Track 1 cases are expected to be concluded within 12
months of filing, with minimal judicial involvement. Motion and discovery deadlines are
established by a standardized Case Management Order.
Track 2 - Standard. Track 2 cases are expected to be concluded within 18
months of filing. Motion and discovery schedules are established by a Case Management Order
issued after a Rule 16 Scheduling Conference.
Track 3 - Complex. Track 3 cases are expected to be concluded within 24
months of filing. Motion and discovery schedules are established by a Case Management Order
issued after a Rule 16 Scheduling Conference, and the Court may require periodic case
management conferences.
Track 4 - Administrative. Track 4 governs bankruptcy, Social Security, and
Administrative Procedure Act appeals, petitions for writ of habeas corpus, and motions
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Such cases are expected to be concluded in accordance with the
requirements of each case, but typically within 24 months of filing. Event deadlines are
established by a standardized Case Management Order unique to each type of case.
Track 5 - Prisoner. Track 5 cases are those in which the plaintiff is, at the time
the complaint is filed, proceeding as a self-represented litigant and is confined in a federal,
state or local penal facility under the authority of any federal, state, or local law (including, but
not limited to, a plaintiff who is a convicted inmate, a pretrial detainee, an immigration
detainee, a sexually violent predator, or a plaintiff confined in a mental facility after being
found not guilty of a criminal offense by reason of mental disease or defect). Special case
management guidelines govern these cases.
(Amended July 10, 2006, effective August 28, 2006; Amended October 2, 2019, effective November 1, 2019)
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