Federal Rules

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

93 rules.

GENERAL PROVISIONS9

Rule 1Review of Social Security Decisions Under 42 U.S.C. §405(g)

Rule 2Complaint

Rule 81Applicability of the Rules in General; Removed Actions

Rule 82Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected

Rule 83Rules by District Courts; Judge’s Directives

Rule 86Effective Dates

Rule 87Civil Rules Emergency

PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS11

Rule 10Form of Pleadings

Rule 11Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Represen- tations to the Court; Sanctions

Rule 12Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Mo- tion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Rule 13Counterclaim and Crossclaim

Rule 14Third-Party Practice

Rule 15Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

Rule 16Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management

Rule 7Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Papers

Rule 7.1Disclosure Statement

Rule 8General Rules of Pleading

Rule 9Pleading Special Matters

PARTIES11

Rule 17Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers

Rule 18Joinder of Claims

Rule 19Required Joinder of Parties

Rule 20Permissive Joinder of Parties

Rule 21Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties Misjoinder of parties is not a ground for dismissing an action. On motion or on its own, the court may at any time, on just terms, add or drop a party. The court may also sever any claim against a party. (As amended Apr. 30, 2007, eff. Dec. 1, 2007.)

Rule 22Interpleader

Rule 23Class Actions

Rule 23.1Derivative Actions

Rule 23.2Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations

Rule 24Intervention

Rule 25Substitution of Parties

DISCLOSURES AND DISCOVERY12

Rule 26Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery

Rule 27Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony

Rule 28Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken

Rule 29Stipulations About Discovery Procedure

Rule 30Depositions by Oral Examination

Rule 31Depositions by Written Questions

Rule 32Using Depositions in Court Proceedings

Rule 33Interrogatories to Parties

Rule 34Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes

Rule 35Physical and Mental Examinations

Rule 36Requests for Admission

Rule 37Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions

TRIALS17

Rule 38Right to a Jury Trial; Demand

Rule 39Trial by Jury or by the Court

Rule 40Scheduling Cases for Trial

Rule 41Dismissal of Actions

Rule 42Consolidation; Separate Trials

Rule 43Taking Testimony

Rule 44Proving an Official Record

Rule 44.1Determining Foreign Law

Rule 45Subpoena

Rule 46Objecting to a Ruling or Order

Rule 47Selecting Jurors

Rule 48Number of Jurors; Verdict; Polling

Rule 49Special Verdict; General Verdict and Questions

Rule 50Judgment as a Matter of Law in a Jury Trial; Related Motion for a New Trial; Conditional Ruling

Rule 51Instructions to the Jury; Objections; Preserving a Claim of Error

Rule 52Findings and Conclusions by the Court; Judgment on Par- tial Findings

COMMENCING AN ACTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS,6

Rule 4.1Serving Other Process

Rule 5Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

Rule 5.1Constitutional Challenge to a Statute—Notice, Certifi- cation, and Intervention

Rule 5.2Privacy Protection For Filings Made with the Court

Rule 6Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers

JUDGMENT11

Rule 54Judgment; Costs

Rule 55Default; Default Judgment

Rule 56Summary Judgment

Rule 57Declaratory Judgment

Rule 58Entering Judgment

Rule 59New Trial; Altering or Amending a Judgment

Rule 60Relief from a Judgment or Order

Rule 61Harmless Error

Rule 62Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment

Rule 62.1Indicative Ruling on a Motion for Relief That is Barred by a Pending Appeal

Rule 63Judge’s Inability to Proceed

PROVISIONAL AND FINAL REMEDIES9

Rule 64Seizing a Person or Property

Rule 65Injunctions and Restraining Orders

Rule 65.1Proceedings Against a Security Provider Whenever these rules (including the Supplemental Rules for Ad- miralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions) require or allow a party to give security, and security is given with one or more security providers, each provider submits to the court’s jurisdiction and irrevocably appoints the court clerk as its agent for receiving service of any papers that affect its liability on the security. The security provider’s liability may be enforced on mo- tion without an independent action. The motion and any notice that the court orders may be served on the court clerk, who must promptly send a copy of each to every security provider whose ad- dress is known. (As added Feb. 28, 1966, eff. July 1, 1966; amended Mar. 2, 1987, eff. Aug. 1, 1987; Apr. 12, 2006, eff. Dec. 1, 2006; Apr. 30, 2007, eff. Dec. 1, 2007; Apr. 26, 2018, eff. Dec. 1, 2018.)

Rule 66Receivers

Rule 67Deposit into Court

Rule 68Offer of Judgment

Rule 69Execution

Rule 70Enforcing a Judgment for a Specific Act

Rule 71Enforcing Relief For or Against a Nonparty

SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS3

Rule 71.1Condemning Real or Personal Property

Rule 72Magistrate Judges: Pretrial Order

Rule 73Magistrate Judges: Trial by Consent; Appeal

DISTRICT COURTS AND CLERKS: CONDUCTING4

Rule 77Conducting Business; Clerk’s Authority; Notice of an Order or Judgment

Rule 78Hearing Motions; Submission on Briefs

Rule 79Records Kept by the Clerk

Rule 80Stenographic Transcript as Evidence