ADDITION OF NEW PARTIES
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
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(a) (b) Amendments Adding Parties. Amendments adding parties shall be sought as soon as an attorney reasonably can be expected to have become aware of the identity of the proposed new party. Service on New Party. A party moving to amend a pleading to add a new party shall serve, in the manner contemplated by Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b), the motion to amend upon the proposed new party at least 14 days in advance of filing the motion, together with a separate document stating the date on which the motion will be filed.
A motion to amend a pleading to add a new party shall be accompanied by a certificate stating that it has been served in advance on the new party as required by this rule. Adopted effective October 1, 1992; amended effective January 2, 1995; December 1, 2009. 17