Judge Daniel J. Calabretta
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Adjournments
Must Include
- 1Original Date
- 2Reason For Request
- 3Number Of Previous Requests
- 4Previous Requests Granted Or Denied
Detailed Drafting Rules
Moving/opposition briefs limited to 25 pages; reply briefs limited to 15 pages.
All moving and opposition briefs or legal memoranda in civil cases shall not exceed twenty-five pages without prior leave of court. Reply briefs filed by moving parties shall not exceed fifteen pages.
Briefs must use 12 pt font; footnotes no more than 2 sizes smaller; sans serif fonts encouraged.
All briefs must be submitted using a font of 12 pt size. Footnotes must be no more than two sizes smaller than the text size. Parties are encouraged to use a sans serif font such as Arial or Helvetica for ease of electronic reading.
Multi-page exhibits must be internally paginated starting at 1, with references including exhibit and page number.
Multi-page exhibits shall be internally paginated, with the pagination for each exhibit beginning with the number 1; references to those exhibits shall refer to the exhibit designation and page number (i.e., Ex. A at 7, etc.).
Memoranda limited to 25 pages (support/opposition) and 10 pages (reply).
Memoranda of law in support of and in opposition to a motion shall not exceed 25 pages. Reply memoranda shall not exceed 10 pages.