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Each district court, acting by a majority of its district judges, may, after giving appropriate public notice and an opportunity for comment, make and amend rules governing its practice. Fed. R. Civ. P. 83(a) (1); Fed. R. Crim. P. 57(a) (1).

We believe that these local rules provide those who litigate in the District with a clear statement of policies and procedures which will be followed by the court and will contribute significantly to improving the administration of justice. However, we always remain open to suggestions and welcome any comments you may have for improving the local rules. Comments should be directed to the Clerk of the Court.

For your convenience, we have made our local rules available in several different formats.

Download a copy of the local rules effective January 1, 2008. PDF format (Acrobat Reader required).

Download a summary of the amendments to the local rules effective January 1, 2008.

Search using Isys-Web. Full-text search of the rules locates all occurrences of a search phrase.

View by Rule allows navigation to a particular section and printing of the rules one rule at a time (HTML) from a table of contents with hypertext links.

Subject Matter Index key words and phrases arranged alphabetically and cross referenced to applicable local rule(s).

Download the Administrative Procedures for ECF.

Download the Amendments to the Administrative Procedures for ECF effective May 15, 2008.

Download an Executive Summary of the Rules for ECF.

The remaining items on the fly away menu provide links to the Administrative Procedures for ECF, the Federal Rules and the local rules for the NH U.S. Bankruptcy Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.