Does a federal district court have the authority to adopt its own local court rules?
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The following excerpt is from Transamerica Corp. v. Transamerica Bancgrowth Corp., 627 F.2d 963 (9th Cir. 1980):
28 U.S.C. 2071 and Rule 83 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure expressly empower district courts to adopt their own local court rules to cover areas not specifically covered by the federal rules. See United States v. Hvass, 355 U.S. 570, 78
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