Page Limits in Death Penalty Habeas Cases
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
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In any post-conviction proceeding seeking to vacate or set aside a death sentence, the following page limits (excluding pages that contain a table of contents and table of authorities) apply: (a) (b) (c) the application, motion, or petition, and any supporting brief memorandum (whether filed contemporaneously with—or after—the application, motion, or petition), must not exceed 100 pages in total; the answer to the application, motion, or petition, and any supporting brief or memorandum (whether filed contemporaneously with, or after, the answer), must not exceed 100 pages in total; and reply, and any supporting brief or memorandum the contemporaneously with, or after, the reply), must not exceed 25 pages in total. (whether filed