IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                   FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA


IN THE MATTER OF 			)
ALL CIVIL CASES IN THE     		)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT		)
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA		)GENERAL ORDER 94-  09  
CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO CHIEF		)
JUDGE LYLE E. STROM,			)
JUDGE WILLIAM G. CAMBRIDGE		)
and JUDGE THOMAS M. SHANAHAN		)
                               

     On December 1, 1993 the Federal rules of Civil Procedure were
amended.  According to the order of transmittal to the Congress,
they are to be applied to all civil cases pending on that day
"insofar as just and practicable."  In accord with that directive,
     IT IS ORDERED:
     1.  Those cases filed after January 1, 1994 will be governed
entirely by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as amended
December 1, 1993;
     2.  those cases which will be tried before May 1, 1994 will
continue to be governed entirely by the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure in effect November 30, 1993, as modified by the
progression order;
     3.  Cases pending on January 1, 1994 which will be tried on or
after May 1, 1994 will be governed by the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure as amended December 1, 1993, except that counsel by joint
stipulation or motion may apply to the court for relief from
specific sections of the amended rules upon a showing that
application of the rules would be unjust and impracticable.
     




DATED: December   30 , 1993.

     BY THE COURT:

            (signed)                    
     LYLE E. STROM, Chief Judge       
     United States District Court

            (signed)                    
     WILLIAM G. CAMBRIDGE
     United States District Judge

            (signed)                    
     THOMAS M. SHANAHAN
     United States District Judge