Rules and Orders

For your convenience, we have provided links to the Federal Rules of Civil & Criminal Procedure. In addition to the Federal Rules, the Local Rules for the United States District Court of Connecticut are provided here. These rules govern the conduct of all actions filed in this court. They are specific to the United States District Court only. Our rules were last modified on December 01, 2009. The Local Rules for the District of Connecticut also contain several Standing Orders. For Orders not listed in our Local Rules, please see the Orders below.