It is the Court’s general practice to enter scheduling orders on motions in civil cases, with the exception of motions for attorney’s fees in cases brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).  In the event the Court does not enter a scheduling order, the default deadlines set forth in Local Rules of Civil Procedure 5.5 and 7 shall apply.

Pursuant to L. R. Civ. P. 7(a)(2)(C) and L. R. Crim. P. 12(c), a memorandum of law in support of or in opposition to any motion shall not exceed twenty-five pages in length, and a reply memorandum shall not exceed ten pages in length.  However, a party may request leave to exceed this page limit by letter sent by fax or email to Chambers, with copies to all counsel, at least one business day before the filing deadline.  The request shall identify the amount of additional pages requested.

The Court strongly encourages parties represented by counsel to include a table of contents and table of authorities with all memoranda of law.  Citations to legal authority should be included in the text of the memoranda of law – not footnotes.  

Courtesy copies (in printed paper, hard-copy form) of all motion papers shall be provided to Chambers.  Courtesy copies must include the headers generated upon filing with CM/ECF.  PDF copies of motion papers sent via email are not compliant with the Court’s requirement that the parties provide courtesy copies.  When the copies are voluminous, the Court requests that courtesy copies be three-hold punched, tabbed, and placed in three-ring binders.