Practice Tip: Use deskbooks and Westlaw's KeyRules for researching federal rules.
There are multiple layers of “federal rules” to consider. Some are statutes, others are court rules.
- FRCP – Federal Rules of Civil (or Criminal) Procedure
- LR (Local Rules) for E.D. Cal.
- LR for N.D. Cal.
- LR for C.D. Cal.
- LR for S.D. Cal.
- Each Judges’ Procedures (see court website)
- FRE – Federal Rules of Evidence
- FRAP – Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
- Local Ninth Circuit Rules
- Title 28, United States Code
- Special courts – e.g., bankruptcy multiple sets of rules
