USCS Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Set

[Rules 23.1 to 26 (notes 1– 378 ) appear in this volume.]

 TITLE I. SCOPE OF RULES; FORM OF ACTION

 Rule

 1. Scope and Purpose

 2. One Form of Action

 TITLE II. COMMENCING AN ACTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS, PLEADINGS,
 MOTIONS, AND ORDERS

 3. Commencing an Action

 4. Summons

 4.1. Serving Other Process

 5. Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

 5.1. Constitutional Challenge to a Statute—Notice, Certification, and Intervention

 5.2. Privacy Protection For Filings Made with the Court

 6. Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers

 TITLE III. PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS

 7. Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Papers

 7.1. Disclosure Statement

 8. General Rules of Pleading

 9. Pleading Special Matters

 10. Form of Pleadings

 11. Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions

 12. Defenses and Objections; When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

 13. Counterclaim and Crossclaim

 14. Third-Party Practice

 15. Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

 16. Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management

 TITLE IV. PARTIES

 17. Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers

 18. Joinder of Claims

 19. Required Joinder of Parties

 20. Permissive Joinder of Parties

 21. Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties

 22. Interpleader

 23. Class Actions

 23.1. Derivative Actions

 23.2. Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations

 24. Intervention

 25. Substitution of Parties

 TITLE V. DISCLOSURES AND DISCOVERY

 26. Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery

 27. Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony

 28. Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken

 29. Stipulations About Discovery Procedure

 30. Depositions by Oral Examination

 31. Depositions by Written Questions

 32. Using Depositions in Court Proceedings

 33. Interrogatories to Parties

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

 35. Physical and Mental Examinations

 36. Requests for Admission

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

 
 TITLE VI. TRIALS

 38. Right to a Jury Trial; Demand

 39. Trial by Jury or by the Court

 40. Scheduling Cases for Trial

 41. Dismissal of Actions

 42. Consolidation; Separate Trials

 43. Taking Testimony

 44. Proving an Official Record

 44.1. Determining Foreign Law

 45. Subpoena

 46. Objecting to a Ruling or Order

 47. Selecting Jurors

 48. Number of Jurors; Verdict

 49. Special Verdict; General Verdict and Questions

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

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

 52. Findings and Conclusions by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings

 53. Masters

 TITLE VII. JUDGMENT

 54. Judgment; Costs

 55. Default; Default Judgment

 56. Summary Judgment

 57. Declaratory Judgment

 58. Entering Judgment

 59. New Trial; Altering or Amending a Judgment

 60. Relief From a Judgment or Order

 61. Harmless Error

 62. Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment

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

 63. Judge's Inability to Proceed

 TITLE VIII. PROVISIONAL AND FINAL REMEDIES

 64. Seizing a Person or Property

 65. Injunctions and Restraining Orders

 65.1. Proceedings Against a Surety

 66. Receivers

 67. Deposit into Court

 68. Offer of Judgment

 69. Execution

 70. Enforcing a Judgment for a Specific Act

 71. Enforcing Relief For or Against a Nonparty

 TITLE IX. SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

 71.1. Condemning Real or Personal Property

 71A. [Transferred]

 72. Magistrate Judges; Pretrial Order

 73. Magistrate Judges; Trial by Consent; Appeal

 74. [Abrogated]

 75. [Abrogated]

 76. [Abrogated]

 TITLE X. DISTRICT COURTS AND CLERKS: CONDUCTING BUSINESS; ISSUING
 ORDERS

 77. Conducting Business; Clerk's Authority; Notice of an Order or Judgment

 78. Hearing Motions; Submission on Briefs

 79. Records Kept by the Clerk

 80. Stenographic Transcript as Evidence

 TITLE XI. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 81. Applicability of the Rules in General; Removed Actions

 82. Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected

 83. Rules by District Courts; Judge's Directives

 84. Forms

 85. Title

 86. Effective Dates

 APPENDIX OF FORMS

 Form

 1. Caption

 2. Date, Signature, Address, E-mail Address, and Telephone Number

 3. Summons

 4. Summons on a Third-Party Complaint

 5. Notice of a Lawsuit and Request to Waive Service of a Summons

 6. Waiver of the Service of Summons

 7. Statement of Jurisdiction

 8. Statement of Reasons for Omitting a Party

 9. Statement Noting a Party's Death

 10. Complaint to Recover a Sum Certain

 11. Complaint for Negligence

 12. Complaint for Negligence When the Plaintiff Does Not Know Who Is Responsible

 13. Complaint for Negligence Under the Federal Employers' Liability Act

 14. Complaint for Damages Under the Merchant Marine Act

 15. Complaint for the Conversion of Property

 16. Third-Party Complaint

 17. Complaint for Specific Performance of a Contract to Convey Land

 18. Complaint for Patent Infringement

 19. Complaint for Copyright Infringement and Unfair Competition

 20. Complaint for Interpleader and Declaratory Relief

 21. Complaint on a Claim for a Debt and to Set Aside a Fraudulent Conveyance Under Rule 18(b)

 30. Answer Presenting Defenses Under Rule 12(b)

 31. Answer to a Complaint for Money Had and Received with a Counterclaim for Interpleader

 40. Motion to Dismiss Under Rule 12(b) for Lack of Jurisdiction, Improper Venue, Insufficient Service of Process, or Failure to State a Claim

 41. Motion to Bring in a Third-Party Defendant

 42. Motion to Intervene as a Defendant Under Rule 24

 50. Request to Produce Documents and Tangible Things, or to Enter onto Land Under Rule 34

 51. Request for Admissions Under Rule 36

 52. Report of the Parties' Planning Meeting

 60. Notice of Condemnation

 61. Complaint for Condemnation

 70. Judgment on a Jury Verdict

 71. Judgment by the Court without a Jury

 80. Notice of a Magistrate Judge's Availability

 81. Consent to an Assignment to a Magistrate Judge

 82. Order of Assignment to a Magistrate Judge

 SUPPLEMENTAL RULES FOR ADMIRALTY OR MARITIME CLAIMS AND ASSET FORFEITURE ACTIONS

 Rule

 A. Scope of Rules

 B. In Personam Actions: Attachment and Garnishment

 C. In Rem Actions: Special Provisions

 D. Possessory, Petitory, and Partition Actions

 E. Actions in Rem and Quasi in Rem: General Provisions

 F. Limitation of Liability

 G. Forfeiture Actions in Rem