On December 1, 2022, Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16 was amended for the purpose of outlining new expert disclosure requirements. Specifically, Rule 16’s amendment now requires the court to set deadlines for expert witness disclosures by “order or local rule.” Accordingly, upon the review and recommendation of this district’s Criminal Law Subcommittee, the board of judges have approved an amendment to the district’s standard Criminal Pretrial Order to include a new section on expert disclosures as follows:

General Order #117 (pdf)