Updated List: Local Rules of United States District Courts Addressing E-Discovery Is

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At least 32 United States District Courts have enacted special rules addressing electronic discovery. Here is an updated and current collection of United States District Court local rules, standards, guidelines and forms that specifically address e-discovery issues.
Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
Local Rule 26.1 Outline for Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) Report
District of Alaska
Local Form 26(f): Scheduling and Planning Conference Report (see item 4(B))
Local Rule 16.1 Pre-Trial Procedures (requiring use of Local Form 26(f) or one substantially similar)
Northern District of California
Standing Order For All Judges Of The Northern District Of California: Contents Of Joint Case Management Statement (see item 6)
Local Rule 16-9 Case Management Statement and Proposed Order (requiring parties' Joint Case Management Statement to include all topics listed in Standing Order)
District of Colorado
Appendix F: Scheduling Order
Instructions for Preparation of Scheduling Order
District of Connecticut
January 19, 2007 Order Amending Local Rules
Local Rules 16(b), 26, 37 and Form 26(F)
District of Delaware
Default Standards for Discovery of Electronic Documents
Middle District of Florida
Civil Discovery Practice Handbook (see Part VII “Technology”)
Southern District of Florida
Rule 16.1 Pretrial Procedure in Civil Actions
Rule 26.1 Discovery and Discovery Material (Civil)
Appendix A: Discovery Practices Handbook (see Part III, in particular)
Southern District of Georgia
Rule 26(f) Report
Central District of Illinois
Magistrate Judge Byron G. Cudmore's Rule 16 Scheduling Order
Magistrate Judge David G. Bernthal’s Suggested Form for Proposed Discovery Plan (Urbana Division)

Northern District of Indiana
Report of Parties' Planning Meeting
Southern District of Indiana
Uniform Case Management Plan (see Part III(K))
Rule 16.1 Pretrial Procedures (requiring use of Uniform Case Management Plan)
Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa
Scheduling Order and Discovery Plan
Instructions and Worksheet for Preparation of Scheduling Order and Discovery Plan and Order Requiring Submission of Same
Local Rule 16.1 Scheduling Order and Discovery Plan (requiring use of form)
Local Rule 26.1 Pretrial Discovery and Disclosures (requirement to submit discovery plan satisfied by submission of form Scheduling Order and Discovery Plan)
District of Kansas
Guidelines for Discovery of Electronically Stored Information
Initial Order Regarding Planning and Scheduling
District of Maryland
Suggested Protocol for Discovery of Electronically Stored Information
Eastern District of Missouri
Local Rule 3.01. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26
District of New Hampshire
Local Rule 26.1 Discovery Plan
Civil Form 2: Sample Discovery Plan
District of New Jersey
Local Rule 26.1 Discovery (see subpart (d))
Northern District of Ohio
Local Rules, Appendix K: Default Standards for Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (“E-Discovery”)
Rule 16.3 Track Assignment and Case Management Conference
Southern District of Ohio
Rule 26(f) Report of Parties (Western Division at Dayton)
Rule 26(f) Report of Parties (Eastern Division)
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Report of Rule 26(f) Meeting
Order Governing Electronic Discovery (District Judge Timothy J. Savage)
District Judge Timothy J. Savage’s Scheduling and Motion Policies and Procedures
Middle District of Pennsylvania
Local Rule 26.1 Duty to Investigate and Disclose
Western District of Pennsylvania
Local Rule 16.1.1 Scheduling and Pretrial Conferences - Generally (see item (B), requiring use of Appendix B form)
Appendix B: Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) Report of the Parties (see item 11)
Eastern District of Tennessee
Form Scheduling Order (Knoxville) (Senior District Judge Leon Jordan) (see Item 4(d))
Form Scheduling Order (Knoxville) (District Judge Thomas A. Varlan) (see Item 4(d))
Form Scheduling Order (Chattanooga) (Magistrate Judge Susan K. Lee) (see Item 5(a))
Western District of Tennessee
Form Scheduling Order (Western Division) (Magistrate Judge Diane K. Vescovo)
Eastern District of Texas
Notice of Scheduling Conference, Proposed Discovery Order, and Proposed Dates for Docket Control Order (Magistrate Judge John D. Love) (see item 2(A))
Northern District of Texas
Miscellaneous Order No. 62 (Dallas Division, Patent Cases) (see item 2.1(a)(2))
District of Vermont
Local Rule 26.1 Discovery
Local Form Rule 26.1(b): Stipulated Discovery Schedule/Order
Southern District of West Virginia
Report of Parties’ Planning Meeting
Local Rule 16.1 Scheduling Conferences (requiring use of court’s form)
District of Wyoming
Local Rule 26.1 Discovery and Appendix D: Rule 26 Conference Checklist (see subpart (e) of local rule)
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