Authorities to Be Provided to Pro Se Litigants

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Rule Set: Local Civil Rules of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Rule: 7.2

Jurisdiction: SDNY

Bluebook Citation: S.D.N.Y. L. Civ. R. 7.2

In cases involving a pro se litigant, counsel must, when serving a memorandum of law (or other submissions to the court), provide the pro se litigant (but not other counsel or the court) with copies of cases and other authorities cited therein that are unpublished or reported exclusively on computerized databases. Upon request, counsel must provide the pro se litigant with copies of such unpublished cases and other authorities as are cited in a decision of the court and were not previously cited by any party. For relevant historical context for this local rule, consult the Appendix of Committee Notes.

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