District of Columbia Page & Word Limits

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

Source text: 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.

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

Source text: 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).

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

Source text: 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.

Opposition briefs to motions in limine limited to 15 pages.

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

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

Source text: 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.

Oppositions to motions in limine are limited to 15 pages.

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

Motions in limine are limited to 20 pages per side.

Source text: 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]

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

Source text: 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.

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

Source text: 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.

Opposition to reconsideration motions also limited to 10 pages.

Source text: Oppositions are limited to the same page restriction.

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

Source text: 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.

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

Source text: 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.

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

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