Case-management conferences shall be presided over by a judicial officer who, in furtherance of the scheduling order required by LR Civ P 16.1, may:

1. explore the possibility of settlement;
2. identify the principal issues in contention;
3. prepare a specific discovery schedule and plan that may
   1. identify and limit the discovery available to avoid unnecessary, unduly burdensome or expensive discovery, and
   2. sequence discovery into two or more stages, and include time limits for the completion of discovery;
4. establish deadlines for filing motions and a schedule for their disposition;
5. consider the bifurcation of issues for trial as set forth in FR Civ P 42(b); and
6. explore any other matter appropriate for the management of the case.

The judicial officer may require counsel and unrepresented parties to confer before a case-management conference and prepare a statement containing:

1. an agenda of matters that any party believes should be addressed at the case-management conference; and 
2. a report of whether the case is progressing within the allotted time limits and in accord with specified pretrial steps. 

a report of whether the case is progressing within the allotted time limits and in accord with specified pretrial steps.

The judicial officer may convene as many case-management conferences as appropriate. After a case-management conference, the judicial officer shall enter an order reciting the action taken. The order shall control the subsequent course of the action and may be modified in the same manner as a scheduling order under LR Civ P 16.1(f).