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Hon. Michael McShane, Chief Judge

Melissa Aubin, Clerk of Court

LR 68 - Offer of Judgment

(See Fed. R. Civ. P. 68)

LR 68-1 Offers of Judgment - Generally

(a) Not Filed With the Court (See LR 5-9)

Unaccepted offers of judgment are not filed with the Court. Counsel must maintain unaccepted offers of judgment and make them available to the parties or the Court upon request.

(b) Use of Non-filed Offers

This rule does not preclude the use of an offer for any purpose allowed by the federal rules.


Amendment History to LR 68
March 1, 2014
LR 68 Changed "Offers" to "Offer" in caption.
LR 68-1(a) Rule cross-reference in title updated from LR 5-2 to LR 5-10. The text of the rule was changed from "Unaccepted offers of judgment are not to be filed with the Court. They will be maintained by counsel and made available to the parties or the Court upon request" to "Unaccepted offers of judgment are not filed with the Court. Counsel must maintain unaccepted offers of judgment and make them available to the parties or the Court upon request."
March 1, 2016
LR 68-1(a) Rule cross-reference in the title updated from "LR 5-10" to "LR 5-11."
January 1, 2019
LR 68-1(a) Rule cross-reference in the title updated from "LR 5-11" to "LR 5-10."
January 21, 2020

LR 68-1(a)

Updated cross-reference from "LR 5-10" to "LR 5-9."

LR 1 - Scope and Purpose

LR 3 - Commencement of Action

LR 4 - Summons

LR 5 - Service and Filing of Pleadings and Papers

LR 5.2 - Redaction of Filings

LR 6 - Computing Time After Service

LR 7 - Motions Practice

LR 7.1 - Disclosure Statement

LR 10 - Form of Pleadings and Other Documents

LR 11 - Signature Requirements

LR 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

LR 16 - Pretrial Conferences, Scheduling, and Case Management

LR 17 – Claims Involving Protected Persons Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c)

LR 23 - Class Actions

LR 26 - Discovery

LR 27 - Depositions: Before Action or Pending Appeal

LR 28 - Depositions in a Foreign Country

LR 29 - Stipulations About Discovery Procedure

LR 30 - Depositions

LR 33 - Interrogatories

LR 34 - Requests for Production

LR 36 - Requests for Admission

LR 37 - Motions to Compel

LR 38 - Right to a Jury Trial

LR 40 - Scheduling Cases for Trial

LR 41 - Dismissal of Action

LR 42 - Consolidation; Separate Trials

LR 45 - Subpoena

LR 47 - Selecting Jurors

LR 48 - Jurors and Participation in the Verdict

LR 51 - Instructions to the Jury

LR 54 - Bill of Costs and Attorney Fees

LR 55 - Default

LR 56 - Summary Judgment

LR 65 - Injunctions and Restraining Orders

LR 65.1 - Securities and Sureties

LR 67 - Deposits in Court

LR 68 - Offer of Judgment

LR 72 - Magistrate Judges: Pretrial Order

LR 73 - Magistrate Judges: Trial by Consent

LR 77 - Conducting Business; Clerk's Authority; Notice of an Order or Judgment

LR 79 - Records Kept by the Clerk

LR 81 - Habeas Corpus Petitions

LR 83 - Rules and Directives - By the District Court

LR 100 - Rule Governing CM/ECF: Case Management and Electronic Case Filing - Practices

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