District of New Jersey Filing Timing and Cure Windows

Exhibits must be filed 14 calendar days before the hearing.

Source text: All documents must be filed electronically in the proceeding as PDFs fourteen (14) days before the hearing

Exhibits must be submitted 14 calendar days before the hearing.

Source text: all exhibits must be exchanged in advance of trial and filed electronically fourteen (14) days before the hearing

All exhibits must be exchanged in advance of hearing or trial per the Judge's prescribed manner and format.

Source text: As indicated, all exhibits must be exchanged in advance of the hearing or trial in the manner and format prescribed by the Judge.

Adversaries must respond to waiver letters within 7 days after receipt.

Source text: Within seven days after receipt of this letter, all adversaries must submit a written response, not to exceed three single-spaced pages.

Submitting a pre-motion letter tolls the deadline to file the motion until the pre-motion conference or Court decision; additional 7 days if no conference held.

Source text: A party’s submission of a pre-motion letter will toll that party’s time to file its motion (or answer) through (i) the date of the pre-motion conference or (ii) the Court’s decision not to conduct such a conference. If the Court determines that a pre-motion conference would not be helpful and instructs a party to proceed with filing its proposed motion without a conference, that party shall have an additional seven (7) days to file after its Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a) deadline, unless additional time is stipulated or the Court so orders.

Permitted sur-reply briefs must be filed and served within 7 days of service of the brief they respond to, unless the Court sets a different schedule.

Source text: Permitted Sur-reply briefs may be filed and served within seven (7) days of service of the brief to which the sur-reply responds unless the Court sets a different schedule.

Joint exhibit list must be submitted at least one week prior to trial.

Source text: The parties must submit, at least one week prior to trial—in hard copy and in Word Format—a consolidated/combined joint exhibit list to minimize the duplication of the exhibits.

Trial briefs must be submitted no later than 45 calendar days before trial.

Source text: Generally, Judge Padin requires the submission of trial briefs no later than forty- five (45) days before trial.

Plea-related documents must be submitted to Chambers at least two weeks before the plea date.

Source text: All plea-related documents shall be submitted to Chambers at least two weeks prior to the plea date.

In limine motions are typically due 45 calendar days before trial.

Source text: Typically, in limine motions are due forty-five (45) days before trial.

Requestors must submit a Request for Disclosure within 48 hours of receiving the Submission Notice.

Source text: Any interested member of the public or press who wishes to obtain a copy of the Sentencing Materials (a “Requestor”) must make a Request for Disclosure on a form prescribed by the Clerk of the Court within 48 hours of receiving the Submission Notice.

Proposed redactions to Sentencing Materials must be filed via CM/ECF within 48 hours after Request for Disclosure is filed.

Source text: All proposed redactions to the Sentencing Materials shall be made prior to disclosure regardless of whether the parties to the underlying criminal via CM/ECF within 48 hours after the Request for Disclosure is filed on the docket.

Parties must file a response to redaction access requests within two days of the written submission.

Source text: Within two days of such written submission, the parties shall electronically file a response (not to exceed 5 pages).

Defendant’s written agreement to a continuance must be submitted no later than 10 business days before sentencing.

Source text: The defendant’s written agreement with the request must be submitted to the Court at the time of the defense motion to arrive no later than ten (10) business days before sentencing.

Motions for home confinement or bracelet monitoring relief must be filed on CM/ECF at least 7 days before the requested modification date, with non-compliance resulting in denial absent extenuating circumstances.

Source text: Any motion for relief must be filed on the CM/ECF docket no later than 7 days prior to date of the requested modification (e.g., release to family for special occasions, medical appointments, etc.). Failure to comply with this deadline, absent extenuating circumstances, will result in a denial of the request.

Movant and adversaries must meet and confer within 7 days of pre-motion letter filing, with substantive verbal communication; failure to participate may result in sanctions.

Source text: Within seven (7) days of the filing of this letter, the movant and all adversaries must meet and confer regarding the issues and substance of the movant’s letter in an attempt to resolve some or all of the issues therein. The parties’ meet and confer efforts must include substantive verbal communications, whether by phone or in person. Exchange of letters or emails is not sufficient. A party’s failure to meaningfully and in good faith participate in meet and confer efforts, or in this pre-motion process, could result in denial of the relief sought or other sanctions by the Court.

Joint resolution letter must be filed within 7 days of meet and confer if issues are resolved.

Source text: In the event the parties then resolve some or all of the outstanding issues, the parties must file a joint letter within seven (7) days of the meet and confer advising the Court of such resolution.

Reply letters must be filed within 5 days of non-movant’s response letter.

Source text: Reply letters, if any, must be filed within five (5) days of the non-movant’s response letter.

Motion filing triggers an automatic motion date that sets the briefing schedule per the District’s website; oral argument is scheduled separately, no appearances required on motion day.

Source text: After any motion is filed with the Court, the Clerk’s Office dockets an automatically generated message stating, “Set Deadlines as to [Motion]. Motion set for [date]….” The only purpose of that “motion date” is to determine the briefing schedule for that motion, which may be viewed on the District’s website at https://www.njd.uscourts.gov/motion-days-0. This briefing schedule applies unless the Court directs otherwise. The Court generally will not hear oral argument on the motion day, and no appearances are required on that date. Rather, if the Court decides to hear oral argument on any issue, it will advise counsel of the argument date via a separation communication on the docket.

Dispositive motions must be filed by a date to be determined.

Source text: Dispositive motions, if any, shall be filed by a date to be determined.

Counsel must file third-party litigation funding disclosures required by L. Civ. R. 7.1.1 by the specified date if applicable.

Source text: If appropriate, counsel must file the disclosure of third-party litigation funding required by L. Civ. R. 7.1.1 no later than Click here to enter a date.

Motions to amend pleadings or join new parties must be filed by the date specified in the scheduling order.

Source text: Any motion to amend the pleadings or to join new parties, whether by amended or third-party complaint, must be filed by Click here to enter a date..

Joint status letters must be submitted three calendar days before the status conference.

Source text: The parties are directed to submit a joint status letter three (3) days prior to the conference.

Responses to discovery dispute letters must be filed within 5 days, be double-spaced, and not exceed 5 pages.

Source text: The party(ies) opposing the relief sought shall file a response within five (5) days, which shall be double-spaced and not exceed five (5) pages in length. No exhibits shall be attached.

The joint proposed final pretrial order must be submitted 14 days before the conference, by email and mail, and must use the Uniform Final Pretrial Order form.

Source text: The parties shall submit, by email to SDA_orders@njd.uscourts.gov and regular mail, one (1) copy of the joint proposed final pretrial order no later than fourteen (14) days before the conference. Counsel shall utilize the Uniform Final Pretrial Order located on the website for the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Settlement memoranda must be submitted via email 5 business days before the conference.

Source text: Each party is required to submit, by email to SDA_orders@njd.uscourts.gov, a confidential settlement memorandum of no more than ten (10) double spaced pages no later than five (5) business days before the conference.

Deposition transcripts used for impeachment may be filed as an exhibit in advance or kept ready for Court sharing during proceedings.

Source text: If a lawyer anticipates using a deposition transcript for impeachment, he or she may either designate the transcript as an exhibit and file it with the other exhibits ahead of the hearing or trial or have the transcript downloaded and readily available to provide to the Court for sharing during the Zoom proceeding.

The Court sets submission timeframes for proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law in non-jury cases based on case complexity.

Source text: The Court will set a timeframe for submitting proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law in non-jury cases depending on the complexity of the matter.