Civil Motions

Parties should not notice motions for presentment. Upon the filing of a contested motion, the Court will enter a minute order in due course either setting a motion hearing, setting a briefing schedule, or otherwise providing further direction to the parties.

Before filing a motion, the movant's counsel must ask opposing counsel whether there is an objection to the motion. Motions that are agreed or unopposed MUST include "agreed" or "unopposed" in the title of the motion.

For motions to extend time, the movant must indicate whether the motion is opposed or unopposed and specify any prior extensions granted. If the motion is opposed, the movant must include a statement from the opposing party indicating the specific grounds for their objection.

Memoranda of Law
Absent prior approval of the court, all briefs in support of or in opposition to any motion shall comply with the fifteen (15) page limit set forth in Local Rule 7.1. In addition to these page limits, the Court applies the other format requirements of Local Rule 5.2(e) to electronically filed briefs. See Local Rule 5.2(e) for those page-size, font-size, margin, and spacing requirements.

Citations
Counsel shall cite to Westlaw citations for unpublished opinions, if available. It is not necessary to attach copies of unpublished opinions if they are available on Westlaw. Please attach copies of any cited authorities that are not available on Westlaw. To the extent possible, briefs and other filings (such as Rule 56.1 statements of fact) should cite exhibits by the ECF docket number and page, not exhibit number.

Searchable Text
All electronically filed documents shall be made word searchable before being filed on ECF. For any filing of any kind (including exhibits in support of a motion or any Local Rule 56.1 Statement), counsel must run an OCR conversion on it before uploading it onto CM/ECF.