1-4. Applicant Need Only File Original Complaint, Petition, or Motion...... 110 1-5. Revocation of Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis............................. 110 1-7. Abuse of Privilege to Proceed In Forma Pauperis................................. 110 1-8. Expenses of Litigation.................................................................................. 111 2-1. Civil Rights Complaint Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983; Pro Se Plaintiff to Use Standard Form 111 2-2. Change of Address...................................................................................... 111 3-1. Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2254 111 3-2. Statement of All Available Grounds for Relief......................................... 111 4-1. Motion Attacking Sentence Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255; Motion to Correct or Reduce Sentence Pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 35; Petition Form..................................................................... 111 4-2. Statement of All Available Grounds for Relief......................................... 112 5-1. Death Penalty Case; Caption; Facsimile Filing........................................ 112 5-2. Additional Information: Scheduled Execution Date................................ 112 5-3. Evidentiary Hearing: Transcript................................................................. 112 6-1. Appeal Bond; Ninth Circuit or Other Appellate Courts......................... 112 LSR Part V. Local Rules of Special Proceedings and Appeals—(Continued) 6-2. Designation and Preparation of Reporter’s and Recorder’s Transcripts 113 6-3. Clerk’s Record on Appeal, Designation and Costs of Reproduction... 113 INDEX............................................................................................................ 115 LOCAL RULES OF PRACTICE for the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the DISTRICT OF NEVADA Local Rules IA – Introduction LR IA 1-1. TITLE. These are the Local Rules of Practice for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. These rules are divided into the following parts: Part IA (Introduction); Part IB (United States Magistrate Judges); Part II (Civil); Part III (Bankruptcy); Part IV (Criminal); and Part V (Rules Applicable in Special Proceedings and Appeals). The rules in Parts II, III and IV are numbered to correspond to their Federal Rules of Civil, Bankruptcy or Criminal Procedure counterparts. The rules in Parts IA through III may be cited as “LR___;” those in Part IV, as “LCR___;” and the rules in Part V, as “LSR___.” LR IA 2-1. SCOPE OF THE RULES; CONSTRUCTION. These rules shall be construed so as to be consistent with the Federal Rules of Civil, Bankruptcy and Criminal Procedure they supplement. The provisions of Parts IA and II apply to all actions and proceedings, including civil, criminal, bankruptcy and admiralty, except where they may be inconsistent with rules or provisions of law specifically applicable thereto. The provisions of Part IB apply to all actions and proceedings, excluding bankruptcy, except where they may be inconsistent with rules or provisions of law specifically applicable thereto. LR IA 3-1. SUSPENSION OR WAIVER OF THESE RULES. The court may sua sponte or on motion change, dispense with, or waive any of these rules if the interests of justice so require. LR IA 4-1. SANCTIONS. The court may, after notice and opportunity to be heard, impose any and all appropriate sanctions on an attorney or party appearing in pro se who, without just cause: (a) Fails to appear when required for pretrial conference, argument on motion, or trial; (b) Fails to prepare for a presentation to the court; (c) Fails to comply with these rules; or (d) Fails to comply with any order of this court. LR IA 5-1. EFFECTIVE DATE. These rules, as amended, shall take effect on December 1, 2000, and govern all proceedings in actions pending on or after that date. LR IA 6-1. COURT STRUCTURE; DIVISIONS OF THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA. The State of Nevada constitutes one judicial district. The district has two unofficial divisions: Southern Division: Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln and Nye Counties. Northern Division: Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, Washoe and White Pine Counties. LR IA 7-1. OFFICES OF THE CLERK. The clerk of the court maintains offices at Las Vegas for the southern division of the court and at Reno for the northern division of the court. The clerk’s offices are open to the public from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, legal holidays excepted. The clerk may institute administrative procedures for filing pleadings and papers and, in an emergency, shall on request transact public business at other times. LR IA 8-1. PLACE OF FILING. (a) Civil actions shall be filed in the clerk’s office for the division of the court in which the action allegedly arose. However, in civil rights actions filed by inmates proceeding in pro se, the action shall be filed in the division in which the inmate is held when the complaint is submitted for filing or, if the inmate is not held in this district, then in the division in which the events giving rise to a cause of action are alleged to have occurred.

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