Printing, Copying, and Style Requirements

(a) Printing. All pleadings or other papers not filed electronically must be typewritten and double-spaced, printed on one side only on white unglazed paper, 8.5 by 11 inches in size, securely fastened in the top left corner. All printed matter, including footnotes, must appear in proportional type, e.g., Times New Roman, in fourteen-point type. Margins must be at least one inch on all four sides. Page numbers may be placed in the margin, but no text may appear in the margin. (b) Copying. (1) Copies of typewritten pleadings and papers may include those produced by any process capable of producing a clearly legible black image on white paper. If papers are filed that do not conform to this Rule, the Clerk will require the substitution of new copies, but such substitution will not affect the filing date of the papers or pleadings involved. See Rule 36. (2) Except for: (i) classified information, (ii) electronically filed pleadings, and (iii) audio and video recordings, an original and seven copies of all pleadings or other documents must be filed. (c) Style. (1) All pleadings that consist of ten or more pages must be preceded by a subject index of the matter contained therein, with page references, and a table of cases 41 (alphabetically arranged with citations), statutes, and other authorities cited, referencing the pages cited. (2) Citations must conform with The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. (3) All references to the record of trial must include page numbers or exhibit designations, as appropriate. (4) No pleading or other paper filed with the Court may incorporate by reference any material from any other source. (d) Word Count. The person preparing the certificate may rely on the word count of the word-processing system used to prepare the pleading. The certificate must state the number of words in the pleading.