Comparison Chart (USFLMD vs DOAH)
| # | Title | USFLMD | DOAH |
|---|
| 1 | Action in Rem | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2 | Actions in Rem and Quasi in Rem: General Provisions | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3 | Actions to Limit Liability | ✓ | ✓ |
| 4 | Agency Enforcement and Disciplinary Actions | | ✓ |
| 5 | Amendments of Pleadings | ✓ | |
| 6 | Answer | | ✓ |
| 7 | Appearance and Withdrawal | ✓ | |
| 8 | Appearance by Law Students | ✓ | ✓ |
| 9 | Applications for Costs or Attorney's Fees | ✓ | ✓ |
| 10 | Arbitration Award and Judgment | ✓ | ✓ |
| 11 | Arbitration Hearing | ✓ | ✓ |
| 12 | Attachment and Garnishment: Special Provisions | ✓ | ✓ |
| 13 | Case Management | ✓ | ✓ |
| 14 | Cases for Arbitration | ✓ | ✓ |
| 15 | Certification; Qualification and Compensation of Mediators | ✓ | ✓ |
| 16 | Class Actions | ✓ | ✓ |
| 17 | Computation of Time | | ✓ |
| 18 | Conduct of Proceedings | | ✓ |
| 19 | Continuances | ✓ | |
| 20 | Court Plans | ✓ | ✓ |
| 21 | Courtroom Decorum | ✓ | ✓ |
| 22 | Discipline | ✓ | ✓ |
| 23 | Disposition of Exhibits and Discovery Materials | ✓ | |
| 24 | Divisions of the Court | ✓ | ✓ |
| 25 | Docketing and Assignment of Cases | ✓ | ✓ |
| 26 | Duties of United States Magistrate Judges | ✓ | |
| 27 | Failure to Prosecute; Dismissal | ✓ | ✓ |
| 28 | Filing Under Seal | ✓ | ✓ |
| 29 | Final Pretrial Procedures | ✓ | |
| 30 | Form of Pleadings; General Requirements | ✓ | |
| 31 | Form of Pleadings; Special Requirements | ✓ | ✓ |
| 32 | General Admission to Practice | ✓ | |
| 33 | General Provisions (Admiralty and Maritime Rules) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 34 | General Provisions (Mediation) | ✓ | |
| 35 | In Forma Pauperis Proceedings | ✓ | ✓ |
| 36 | Initiation of Proceedings | | ✓ |
| 37 | Integrity of Files and Records | ✓ | ✓ |
| 38 | Intervention | | ✓ |
| 39 | Juries - Selection; Instructions; Prohibition of Post-Trial Interviews | ✓ | ✓ |
| 40 | Management of Funds Held on Deposit with this Court | ✓ | ✓ |
| 41 | Marking and Listing Exhibits | ✓ | ✓ |
| 42 | Marshal to Attend Court | ✓ | ✓ |
| 43 | Marshal's Deeds | ✓ | ✓ |
| 44 | Mediation Report; Notice of Settlement; Judgment | ✓ | ✓ |
| 45 | Misdemeanor and Petty Offenses | ✓ | ✓ |
| 46 | Motions to Compel and for Protective Order | ✓ | ✓ |
| 47 | Motions; Briefs and Hearings | ✓ | |
| 48 | Notice of Depositions | ✓ | ✓ |
| 49 | Notice of Settlements; Dismissal | ✓ | ✓ |
| 50 | Photographs; Broadcasting or Televising; Use of Computers and Communication Devices | ✓ | ✓ |
| 51 | Possessoory, Petitory and Partition Actions | ✓ | ✓ |
| 52 | Post-Hearing Submittals | | ✓ |
| 53 | Preliminary Injunctions | ✓ | ✓ |
| 54 | Preparation, Service, and Return of Process; Service of Pleadings Subsequent to Original Complaint | ✓ | |
| 55 | Pre-Sentence Investigation Reports; Pre-sentencing Procedures | ✓ | ✓ |
| 56 | Presiding Officer | | ✓ |
| 57 | Procedures to Refer a Case or Claim to Mediation | ✓ | ✓ |
| 58 | Proceedings under 28 USC §2254 and §2255 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 59 | Provision of Pretrial Services | ✓ | ✓ |
| 60 | Recordation | | ✓ |
| 61 | Referral to Arbitration | ✓ | ✓ |
| 62 | Release of Information | ✓ | ✓ |
| 63 | Removal of Cases from State Court | ✓ | ✓ |
| 64 | Reserved | ✓ | ✓ |
| 65 | Review of Magistrates' Reports and Recommendations | ✓ | |
| 66 | Scheduling the Mediation Conference | ✓ | ✓ |
| 67 | Scope and Construction of Rules | ✓ | |
| 68 | Service of Subpoenas on State and Federal Officers | ✓ | ✓ |
| 69 | Similar or Successive Cases; Duty of Counsel | ✓ | |
| 70 | Special Admission to Practice | ✓ | |
| 71 | Special Filing and Procedural Requirements Applicable to Habeas Corpus Capital Cases | ✓ | ✓ |
| 72 | Statement of Purpose: Certification of Arbitrators | ✓ | ✓ |
| 73 | Subpoenas | | ✓ |
| 74 | Temporary Restraining Orders | ✓ | ✓ |
| 75 | Time of Motion to Join Third Parties | ✓ | |
| 76 | Trial de novo | ✓ | ✓ |
| 77 | Trial of Civil Cases | ✓ | |
| 78 | Trial Upon Impasse | ✓ | ✓ |
| 79 | Types of Cases Subject to Mediation; Withdrawal | ✓ | ✓ |
| 80 | Venue | | ✓ |
| 81 | Written Interrogatories; Filing of Discovery Material; Exchange of Discovery Request by Computer Disk | ✓ | |
| 82 | Written Stipulations Required | ✓ | ✓ |
