Judge Emmet G. Sullivan's rules set a pre-motion procedure for discovery. Parties must confer in good faith before seeking Court involvement in a discovery dispute.
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan's formatting rule includes times new roman font, 12 point type, double spacing and margins top 1 inches, bottom 1 inches, left 1 inches, right 1 inches. All court submissions must be double-spaced, use 12-point Times New Roman, and have one-inch margins.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Amended submissions must include a redline comparing the original and amended pleading.
The rule requires proposed order. Parties must submit a Rule 16.3 report and proposed scheduling order by the stated deadlines unless the Court orders otherwise.
Parties may contact Judge Emmet G. Sullivan's chambers by phone only as allowed by the rule. Ex parte communications, including ex parte telephone calls to chambers, are prohibited.
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan's rules set procedures for sealed or redacted filings. Favorable information the government seeks to withhold must be submitted to the Court for in camera review.
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan's rules specify what an adjournment or extension request must include. Extensions of time must be requested by motion and cannot be obtained by party stipulation alone.
When the standing order is docketed before defendants appear, plaintiffs must provide it with or promptly after service of the complaint.
Ex parte communications, including ex parte telephone calls to chambers, are prohibited.
Parties may not use telephone calls to communicate with the Court about pending-matter status, scheduling, or order clarification.
Emergency telephone contact with chambers is allowed only when all counsel and pro se parties are 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).
When that circumstance arises, parties must call the Courtroom Deputy Clerk (or designated substitute) for instructions.
CM/ECF questions must be directed to the CM/ECF Help Line rather than Chambers.
Amended submissions must include a redline comparing the original and amended pleading.
Parties must submit a Rule 16.3 report and proposed scheduling order by the stated deadlines unless the Court orders otherwise.
The Rule 16.3 report must include a brief statement of the case.
Parties must confer in good faith before seeking Court involvement in a discovery dispute.
Discovery-dispute motions require leave of Court before filing.
Extensions of time must be requested by motion and cannot be obtained by party stipulation alone.
Continuance or scheduling-change motions should be filed at least three business days in advance, include mutually acceptable alternative dates, and may be denied if they do not.
All court submissions must be double-spaced, use 12-point Times New Roman, and have one-inch margins.
Memoranda of points and authorities at or above ten pages must include both a table of contents and a table of authorities.
Submissions with more than one exhibit must include an exhibit index.
A summary judgment movant must file a separate Statement of Material Facts Not in Dispute.
The Statement of Material Facts Not in Dispute must be in a two-column table format.
The moving party must present each claimed undisputed material fact in separately numbered left-column rows with record citations.
Each numbered row in the statement may contain only one undisputed factual assertion.
After filing, the moving party must promptly provide the opposing party an editable electronic copy of the statement.
The opposing party must file a separate Counter-Statement of Disputed Facts.
When partially admitting and partially denying a fact, the opposing party must identify admitted and denied portions with record citations.
Additional facts must be placed at the end of the responsive statement in consecutively numbered right-column rows.
The counter-statement must end with a list of material facts that the opposing party contends are genuinely disputed for trial.
After filing, the opposing party must promptly provide the moving party an editable electronic copy of the counter-statement.
The moving party must file a separate reply to the counter-statement with left-column responses and appropriate citations to additional facts.
Counsel and pro se litigants must comply with Local Civil Rules.
Plaintiffs must serve Standing Order with Complaint or promptly after.