• The court's Case Management Plan applies to all civil cases - other than patent cases (see below) - in all divisions filed on or after November 16, 2001.

• The Case Management Plan (updated January 1, 2007)is available in the following formats:

PDF      WordPerfect      MS-Word

• In addition to preparing a Case Management Plan, counsel shall prepare a Case Management Plan Summary to submit to the court. The purpose of the summary is to provide the court with a simple, in-chambers reference regarding the case.

• The CMP Summary is available in the following formats:

PDF      WordPerfect      MS-Word

• Uniform Patent Case Management Plan (adopted July 1, 2008, amended October 7, 2008).  Note - this version is not to be used in design patent cases or in cases assigned to Chief Judge David F. Hamilton (see Track 3 below):

  • Phase I (Pre-Markman Ruling)

PDF      MS-Word    

Summary of the general Patent Uniform Case Management Plan

• Phase II (Post-Markman Ruling)

  PDF      MS-Word    

• "Track 3" Uniform Patent Case Management Plan (adopted July 1, 2008) is for use in design patent cases as well as those cases assigned to Chief Judge David F. Hamilton:

PDF      WordPerfect      MS-Word      

Summary of the Track 3 Uniform Patent Case Management Plan