N.D. Ohio LR 1.2

(a) "United States Attorney," unless otherwise indicated, shall also mean the

Assistant United States Attorneys and Department of Justice Attorneys assigned to a

case.

(b) Reference in these Rules to an "attorney" or "counsel" for a party is in no way

intended to preclude a party from proceeding pro se, in which case reference to attorney

or counsel applies to the pro se litigant.

(c) "Clerk" shall be interpreted to include the Clerk of the District Court and any

Deputy Clerk. The Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court will be referred to as the "Bankruptcy

Clerk."

(d) "Judicial Officer" is either a United States District Judge or a United States

Magistrate Judge.

(e) "Judge" shall be interpreted to mean all Judicial Officers, including District

Judges and Magistrate Judges, unless specifically limited or the subject is directed to one

of these Judicial Officers.

(f) "Court" means any United States District Judge, United States Magistrate

Judge, or Clerk of Court personnel to whom responsibility for a particular action or

decision has been delegated by the Judges of the United States District Court for the

Northern District of Ohio.