Judge Maryellen Noreika
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Adjournments
Must Include
- 1Reason For Request
Communication
Phone
Chambers
Chambers
Detailed Drafting Rules
When a page limit is set by order or rule, parties may use a word-count alternative calculated at 250 words per page.
Where page limits are specified by Order or Rule, the parties may alternatively use a word count limit. The word count limit is 250 words per page and shall not exceed the total word count for the page limit specified in the Order or Rule.
Any submission using a word-count limit must include a certification of total word count.
To the extent that a word count is used, a certification as to the total number of words must be attached as part of the submission.
Document Type
Submission
All phone calls to Chambers must include local counsel.
Local counsel shall be involved on all calls to Chambers.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
Citations must appear in body text rather than in footnotes or endnotes.
All citations (including to cases and to record cites) shall be in the body of the text and not in footnotes or endnotes.
Specified filings and their footnotes must use Times New Roman at minimum 12-point font.
All pleadings, motions, briefs, claim construction charts, proposed orders, and letters to the Court shall be in Times New Roman font of at least 12-point size. Footnotes in such submissions must also appear Times New Roman font of at least 12-point size.
When amendment is by matter of course, counsel must email a PDF amended pleading to the judicial administrator at the specified address.
If by matter of course, counsel shall email a PDF version of the amended pleading to the Court’s judicial administrator, Diana Welham, at diana_welham@ded.uscourts.gov.
Direct to: Chambers
When seeking a detailed post-trial opinion, counsel should include a proposed briefing schedule with page limits in the proposed pretrial order.
If the parties desire a detailed opinion from the Court post-trial, counsel should include a proposed post-trial briefing schedule, including page limits, in the proposed pretrial order.
Document Type
Proposed Pretrial Order
Word count limit of 250 words per page when page limits are specified.
Where page limits are specified by Order or Rule, the parties may alternatively use a word count limit. The word count limit is 250 words per page and shall not exceed the total word count for the page limit specified in the Order or Rule. For example, if the page limit specified is 20 pages, the maximum number of words for the submission is 5,000 (20 x 250). To the extent that a word count is used, a certification as to the total number of words must be attached as part of the submission.
Local counsel must be involved in all calls to Chambers.
Local counsel shall be involved on all calls to Chambers.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
- Status Inquiries
Citations must appear in the body text, not in footnotes or endnotes.
All citations (including to cases and to record cites) shall be in the body of the text and not in footnotes or endnotes.
Times New Roman font, 12-point minimum, required for all pleadings, motions, briefs, claim construction charts, proposed orders, and letters.
All pleadings, motions, briefs, claim construction charts, proposed orders, and letters to the Court shall be in Times New Roman font of at least 12-point size. Footnotes in such submissions must also appear Times New Roman font of at least 12-point size.
Proposed post-trial briefing schedule with page limits should be included in pretrial order if detailed opinion desired.
If the parties desire a detailed opinion from the Court post-trial, counsel should include a proposed post-trial briefing schedule, including page limits, in the proposed pretrial order.
Document Type
Pretrial Order
Page limits for proposed Findings of Fact must be proposed in pretrial order.
The parties shall propose page limits for the proposed Findings of Fact in the pretrial order.
Document Type
Pretrial Order
For this Chambers, sealed envelopes are no longer required for courtesy copies of sealed civil filings, but counsel may still use sealed envelopes if they choose.
THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, for this Chambers, effective immediately it is no longer required that courtesy copies of sealed civil filings be placed in sealed envelopes. Sealed courtesy copies may, however, be placed in sealed envelopes at the discretion of counsel.