District of Columbia Page & Word Limits

CRITICALCivil cases

Attorney limit

45 pages

Attorney limit

25 pages

Applies to

Brief

Support/opposition memoranda limited to 45 pages; reply memoranda limited to 25 pages.

Absent leave of the Court, memoranda of points and authorities in support of, and in opposition to, motions may not exceed 45 pages, and reply memoranda may not exceed 25 pages. See LCvR 7(e).

CRITICALCriminal cases

Attorney limit

45 pages

Attorney limit

25 pages

Applies to

Brief

Support/opposition memoranda limited to 45 pages; reply memoranda limited to 25 pages.

Absent leave of the Court, memoranda of points and authorities in support of, and in opposition to, motions may not exceed 45 pages, and reply memoranda may not exceed 25 pages.

CRITICAL

Attorney limit

45 pages

Attorney limit

25 pages

Memoranda in support/opposition limited to 45 pages; reply limited to 25 pages.

A memorandum of points and authorities in support of or in opposition to a motion shall not exceed 45 pages and a reply memorandum shall not exceed 25 pages, without prior approval of the Court. Documents that fail to comply with this provision shall not be filed by the Clerk.

CRITICAL

Limit

25 pages

Applies to

Amicus brief

Amicus curiae briefs may not exceed 25 pages and must conform to LCvR 5.4.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, a brief filed by an amicus curiae shall conform to the requirements of LCvR 5.4 and may not exceed 25 pages.

CRITICAL

Limit

45 pages

Limit

25 pages

Memoranda in support of objections or responses are limited to 45 pages; reply memoranda are limited to 25 pages, without prior court approval.

Without prior approval of the District Court, a party must not file a memorandum of points and authorities in support of objections filed under Bankruptcy Rule 9033(b), or filed in response to the objections, that exceeds 45 pages, or a reply memorandum that exceeds 25 pages.

CRITICALCivil cases

Attorney limit

20 pages

Applies to

Motion in limine

Motions in limine limited to 20 pages, oppositions to 15 pages, with specific deadlines.

All evidence that a party plans to offer at trial under Fed. R. Evid. 404(b) must be disclosed to all other parties by no later than [Date]. Motions in limine should be fully briefed at the time of filing of the parties’ Joint Pretrial Statement. Accordingly, one omnibus motion per side of not more than twenty (20) pages raising all issues in limine shall be filed with the court and served on opposing counsel no later than [Date]; oppositions of not more than fifteen (15) pages shall be due not later than [Date]. A party may not file a reply without first requesting leave of the court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Limit

15 pages

Applies to

Opposition

Opposition briefs to motions in limine limited to 15 pages.

oppositions of not more than fifteen (15) pages shall be due not later than [Date].

CRITICALCivil cases

Limit

20 pages

Applies to

Motion in limine

Motions in limine are limited to 20 pages per side.

one omnibus motion per side of not more than twenty (20) pages raising all issues in limine shall be filed with the court and served on opposing counsel no later than [Date]

CRITICALCivil cases

Limit

15 pages

Applies to

Opposition

Oppositions to motions in limine are limited to 15 pages.

oppositions of not more than fifteen (15) pages shall be due not later than [Date]

CRITICALCivil cases

Limit

10 pages

Applies to

Motion for reconsideration

Motions for reconsideration are limited to 10 pages.

If such a motion is filed, it shall not exceed ten (10) pages in length.

CRITICALCivil cases

Attorney limit

45 pages

Attorney limit

25 pages

Applies to

Brief

Support/opposition memoranda limited to 45 pages; reply memoranda limited to 25 pages.

Memoranda of points and authorities filed in support of or in opposition to any motion may not, without leave of the Court, exceed forty-five (45) pages, and reply memoranda may not exceed twenty-five (25) pages, with margins set at one inch and with all text double-spaced (excepting footnotes) and in twelve-point Times New Roman (including footnotes).

CRITICALCivil cases

Attorney limit

10 pages

Applies to

Motion for reconsideration

Motions for reconsideration limited to 10 pages and only when FRCP 59(e) or 60(b) requirements are met.

Motions to alter or amend judgments (commonly known as “motions for reconsideration”) are strongly discouraged. Such motions shall be filed only when the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) and/or Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) are satisfied. If such a motion is filed, it shall not exceed ten (10) pages in length.

WARNING

Limit

10 pages

Applies to

Mediation statement

Mediation statements are limited to 10 pages.

The mediation statement shall not exceed ten pages

CRITICALCivil cases

Defendant must answer or file Rule 12 motion within 21 days of transfer.

A defendant who did not answer the complaint before transfer must answer or make any motion otherwise authorized under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12 within twenty- one days after the transfer order is filed in this Court’s docket.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Discovery

Discovery limits: max 10 depositions and 25 interrogatories per side.

Absent agreement of the parties or Order of the Court to the contrary, the parties shall be limited to no more than ten (10) depositions and no more than twenty-five (25) interrogatories per side.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Opening statements limited to 30 minutes per side unless case is complex or Court authorizes otherwise.

Except for especially complex cases, or as otherwise authorized by the Court, opening statements shall be limited to no more than thirty (30) minutes per side.

CRITICALCivil cases

Page limits from Local Civil Rule 7(e) apply, waived only for good cause.

Page limitations are prescribed in Local Civil Rule 7(e). Only in rare instances, and for good cause shown, will these page limitations be waived by the Court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Opposition to reconsideration motions also limited to 10 pages.

Oppositions are limited to the same page restriction.

WARNINGCivil cases

Parties are limited to 10 depositions and 25 interrogatories per side unless otherwise agreed or ordered.

Absent agreement of the parties or Order of the Court to the contrary, the parties shall be limited to no more than ten (10) depositions and no more than twenty-five (25) interrogatories per side.

INFO

Applies to

Reply brief

A party may file a reply memorandum within 7 days after service of a response to Bankruptcy Rule 9033(b) objections.

Within 7 days after service of a response to objections filed under Bankruptcy Rule 9033(b), the party who filed the objections may file with the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court and serve a memorandum in reply to the response.

INFOCivil cases

Caption, signature blocks, and required tables excluded from page limits.

The caption, signature blocks, and any required tables, shall not count toward these limits.