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Court Rules
Judge Erica P. Grosjean
Magistrate Judge

Judge Erica P. Grosjean

Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies

Eastern District of California

Limits & Logistics

Document Limits

Brief
25 pgs
Letter
3 pgs

Adjournments

  • Scheduling Order dates are firm and require good cause to modify, with affidavits/declarations needed.
  • Court disfavors requests to modify established dates due to impacted civil case docket.

Request must include

Reason for Request
Filters:

Page & Word Limits2 rules

Page LimitsCivil cases

Civil motion papers limited to 25 pages (support/opposition) and 10 pages (reply).

Brief
Up to 25 pages
Reply brief
Up to 10 pages

Excluded from page count

  • Exhibits

Exception

More pages with leave of court

Court's wording

Length of Motion Papers - the parties are advised that unless prior leave of Court is obtained before the filing deadline, all moving and opposition briefs or legal memoranda filed in civil cases before Magistrate Judge Grosjean shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages. Reply briefs by the moving party shall not exceed ten (10) pages. These page limits do not include exhibits. Parties may seek leave for additional pages through a telephonic conference with all parties, or by brief motion.

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Page LimitsCivil cases

Informal discovery dispute letter brief limited to 3 pages single-spaced plus 5 pages exhibits.

Informal discovery dispute letter brief
Up to 3 pages

Court's wording

Prior to the conference, the parties shall simultaneously file an “Informal Discovery Dispute Letter Brief,” outlining their positions regarding the dispute. Such letters shall be no longer than three (3) pages single-spaced, and may include up to five (5) pages of exhibits.

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Filing & Service rules

Adjournment & Extension Requirements

Scheduling Order dates are firm and require good cause to modify, with affidavits/declarations needed.

The dates set forth in Scheduling Orders issued by the Court are considered to be firm and will not be modified absent a showing of good cause, even if the parties file a stipulation to modify the schedule. Stipulations extending the deadlines contained in the Scheduling Order will not be considered unless they are accompanied by affidavits or declarations with attached exhibits, where appropriate, which establish good cause for granting the requested relief.

Civil cases

Page 3 | Adherence to Scheduling Order in Civil Cases

Court disfavors requests to modify established dates due to impacted civil case docket.

Due to the impacted nature of the civil case docket, this Court disfavors requests to modify established dates.

Civil cases

Page 3 | Adherence to Scheduling Order in Civil Cases

About United States Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean

United States Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge in the Fresno Division of the Eastern District of California in October 2015. She presides over a wide variety of federal matters including employment discrimination, civil rights, ADA, social security, habeas corpus, and prisoner civil rights cases, and regularly conducts settlement conferences in all types of cases.

Prior to taking the bench, Judge Grosjean was a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan LLP, a litigation-only law firm, working out of its New York and Los Angeles offices. Her practice specialized in structured finance, patent infringement, contract, antitrust, misappropriation, insurance, securities, unfair competition, and constitutional law. After law school, she clerked for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals under the Honorable Herbert Y.C. Choy. She is an adjunct faculty member at San Joaquin School of Law.

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2000 (cum laude, Editor of the Harvard Law Review)
  • University of California at Berkeley, A.B., 1997 (with honors)

Career

  • 2001–2015: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY (Partner)
  • 2000–2001: Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Hon. Herbert Y.C. Choy

Division: Fresno Courthouse: Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse, 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, CA 93721 Chambers: Courtroom 10, 6th Floor Phone: (559) 499-5960 Fax: (559) 499-5273

Chambers Staff

  • Courtroom Deputy: Felicia Navarro, fnavarro@caed.uscourts.gov, (559) 499-5962
Common questions about Judge Erica P. Grosjean's rules

What page or word limits apply to brief before Judge Erica P. Grosjean?

Judge Erica P. Grosjean's rule states these limits: 25 pages; 10 pages. Excludes exhibits. Civil motion papers limited to 25 pages (support/opposition) and 10 pages (reply).

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What page or word limits apply to letter before Judge Erica P. Grosjean?

Judge Erica P. Grosjean's rule states these limits: 3 pages. Excludes exhibits. Informal discovery dispute letter brief limited to 3 pages single-spaced plus 5 pages exhibits.

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How do I request an adjournment or extension before Judge Erica P. Grosjean?

The request must include reason for request. Scheduling Order dates are firm and require good cause to modify, with affidavits/declarations needed.

View ruleSource: page 3, section Adherence to Scheduling Order in Civil Cases
Complete rules summary for Judge Erica P. Grosjean

Scheduling Order dates are firm and require good cause to modify, with affidavits/declarations needed.

Civil motion papers limited to 25 pages (support/opposition) and 10 pages (reply).

Informal discovery dispute letter brief limited to 3 pages single-spaced plus 5 pages exhibits.

Court disfavors requests to modify established dates due to impacted civil case docket.

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