Judge Emmet G. Sullivan
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Adjournments
Must Include
- 1Proposed New Dates
- 2Adversary Position
- 3Proposed Rescheduled Date
Communication
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Chambers
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Clerk
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Intake Unit
Letter Ecf
Chambers
Detailed Drafting Rules
Ex parte communications, including ex parte telephone calls to chambers, are prohibited.
Ex parte communication with Judge Sullivan – either directly or through his law clerks – is inappropriate. Chambers does not accept ex parte telephone calls.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
Parties may not use telephone calls to communicate with the Court about pending-matter status, scheduling, or order clarification.
Parties are to communicate with the Court in writing by motion, opposition, and reply; not by letter or telephone call. This includes, but is not limited to, inquiries regarding the status or scheduling of any pending matter, or inquiries regarding the clarification of Court Orders.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
- Status Inquiries
Emergency telephone contact with chambers is allowed only when all counsel and pro se parties are on the call.
In an extraordinary circumstance or actual emergency, counsel may contact chambers via telephone only if all counsel/pro se parties are on the call.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
- Advance Notice Requiredall counsel/pro se parties must be on the call
If all parties cannot join an emergency call, parties must call the Courtroom Deputy Clerk at the listed number (or his substitute).
If all parties are not on the call in such a circumstance, the parties shall contact Mr. Mark Coates, the Courtroom Deputy Clerk, at (202) 354-3364, or if he is unavailable, the staff person in the Clerk’s Office designated as his substitute.
When that circumstance arises, parties must call the Courtroom Deputy Clerk (or designated substitute) for instructions.
In that circumstance, the parties shall contact Mr. Mark Coates, the Courtroom Deputy Clerk, at (202) 354-3364, or if he is unavailable, the staff person in the Clerk’s Office designated as his substitute, for instructions.
Phone
Direct to: Clerk
CM/ECF questions must be directed to the CM/ECF Help Line rather than Chambers.
Chambers does not assist with questions regarding CM/ECF; inquiries shall be directed to the CM/ECF Help Line at (202) 354-3190.
All court submissions must be double-spaced, use 12-point Times New Roman, and have one-inch margins.
All submissions to the Court shall be double spaced, and use 12-point Times New Roman font and one inch page margins.
Memoranda of points and authorities at or above ten pages must include both a table of contents and a table of authorities.
Every memorandum of points and authorities that is ten pages or longer must contain a table of contents and table of authorities, regardless of
The Statement of Material Facts Not in Dispute must be in a two-column table format.
This document shall be formatted as a two-column table.
Each numbered row in the statement may contain only one undisputed factual assertion.
The statement must contain only one undisputed factual assertion per numbered row.
After filing, the moving party must promptly provide the opposing party an editable electronic copy of the statement.
Following the filing of this document with the Court, the moving party shall promptly provide an electronic copy in editable format to the opposing party.
Additional facts must be placed at the end of the responsive statement in consecutively numbered right-column rows.
If the opposing party has additional facts that are not directly relevant to its response to a specific paragraph, it must identify such facts in consecutively numbered rows in the right hand column at the end of its responsive statement of facts.
After filing, the opposing party must promptly provide the moving party an editable electronic copy of the counter-statement.
Following the filing of this document with the Court, the opposing party shall promptly provide an electronic copy in editable format to the moving party.
Ex parte communication with Judge Sullivan is prohibited.
Ex parte communication with Judge Sullivan – either directly or through his law clerks – is inappropriate. Chambers does not accept ex parte telephone calls.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
- Status Inquiries
All communications with Court must be in writing via motion/opposition/reply.
Parties are to communicate with the Court in writing by motion, opposition, and reply; not by letter or telephone call. This includes, but is not limited to, inquiries regarding the status or scheduling of any pending matter, or inquiries regarding the clarification of Court Orders.
Letter via ECF
Direct to: Chambers
- Status Inquiries
Emergency phone calls to chambers require all parties on call; otherwise contact Clerk’s Office.
In an extraordinary circumstance or actual emergency, counsel may contact chambers via telephone only if all counsel/pro se parties are on the call. If all parties are not on the call in such a circumstance, the parties shall contact Mr. Mark Coates, the Courtroom Deputy Clerk, at (202) 354-3364, or if he is unavailable, the staff person in the Clerk’s Office designated as his substitute.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
- Advance Notice Requiredall_parties_must_be_on_call
CM/ECF questions must be directed to the CM/ECF Help Line, not chambers.
Chambers does not assist with questions regarding CM/ECF; inquiries shall be directed to the CM/ECF Help Line at (202) 354-3190.
All submissions must be double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman, with 1-inch margins.
Format. All submissions to the Court shall be double spaced, and use 12-point Times New Roman font and one inch page margins.
Memoranda of 10+ pages must include table of contents and table of authorities.
Every memorandum of points and authorities that is ten pages or longer must contain a table of contents and table of authorities, regardless of
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