Judge James M. Wicks
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
Filings (>20 pages)
Required
Filings (Motion)
Required
Filings (Exhibits)
Required
Filings
Required
Filings (Motion, Stipulation Of Facts)
Required
Filings (Administrative Record)
Required
Adjournments
Must Include
- 1Original Date
- 2Number Of Previous Requests
- 3Previous Requests Granted Or Denied
- 4Reason For Request
- 5Adversary Position
- 6Affects Other Dates
- 7Proposed New Dates
Must Include
- 1Proposed New Dates
Communication
Phone
Clerk
Phone
Intake Unit
Letter Ecf
Clerk
Letter Fax
Chambers
Chambers
Phone
Clerk
Chambers
Detailed Drafting Rules
Docketing and scheduling questions should be directed to the Courtroom Deputy.
All questions regarding docketing, scheduling, or criminal matters should be directed to the Courtroom Deputy.
Phone
Direct to: Clerk
Phone calls to Chambers are allowed only when counsel for all parties is on the line.
Telephone calls to Chambers are permitted so long as counsel for all parties are on the line, subject to the rules set forth below in Rule 1.D.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
Pro se parties must contact the pro se office rather than Chambers by phone.
Parties appearing pro se should not call Chambers but rather should call the pro se office ((631) 712-6060) with any inquiries.
Phone
Direct to: Intake Unit
Letters to the Court must be filed via ECF unless otherwise directed, and ex parte submissions are barred except confidential settlement materials.
All letters sent to the Court are to be filed via ECF (see Rule 2 below) unless otherwise directed by the Court. There shall be no ex parte submissions to the Court, except for the confidential settlement materials outlined in Rule 5.B, infra.
Letter via ECF
Direct to: Clerk
Fax communications to Chambers require prior authorization.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted without prior authorization.
Letter Fax
Direct to: Chambers
- Advance Notice Requiredprior authorization
Emergency adjournment or extension applications may be made by phone to Chambers.
True emergency applications for an adjournment or extension may be made by telephoning chambers.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
Requests for disability or religious accommodations may be sent to Chambers by email.
Requests for reasonable accommodations on account of disability or religion with respect to the Court’s rules or in connection with any proceeding before Judge Wicks may be emailed to chambers.
Direct to: Chambers
In civil cases, documents directed to Magistrate Judge Wicks must be filed electronically except as specifically exempted.
Regardless of the District Judge assigned, all documents directed to Magistrate Judge Wicks in civil actions MUST be filed electronically, with a limited exception as stated in Rule C below.
Letter via ECF
Direct to: Clerk
ECF filing and training questions should be directed by phone to the listed clerk contacts.
Questions regarding ECF filing or training should be directed to Grisel Ortiz in Central Islip at (631) 712-6031, or Evelyn Levine in Brooklyn at (718) 260-2312.
A courtesy copy is required when a letter motion with exhibits or attachments exceeds 20 pages.
Hard copies or courtesy copies generally do not need to be sent to Chambers, with the following exceptions: (1) where a letter motion with exhibits or attachments exceeds 20 pages;
Courtesy Copies Required
Logistics
Letter motions are capped at 1,500 words, double-spaced, including footnotes, excluding attachments.
Letter motions shall not exceed 1,500 words double spaced, including footnotes, in length, exclusive of attachments.
Responses to letter motions are limited to 1,500 words and must be filed within four days of receipt.
A response not exceeding 1,500 words double spaced including footnotes, in length, exclusive of attachments, must be served and filed within four (4) days of receipt of the letter motion.
Letter-motion practice requires an opposition within four days and does not permit replies.
A response not exceeding 1,500 words double spaced including footnotes, in length, exclusive of attachments, must be served and filed within four (4) days of receipt of the letter motion. Replies are not permitted on letter motions.
Pre-Motion Conference
Check specific requirements before filing.
Briefing Schedule
Opp: 4d • Reply: 0d
Support/opposition memoranda are limited to 6,500 words and reply memoranda to 2,500 words, excluding tables of contents and authorities.
Unless prior permission has been granted, memoranda of law in support of and in opposition to motions on notice are limited to 6,500 words double spaced including footnotes, and reply memoranda are limited to 2,500 words double spaced including footnotes. The word count limitations are exclusive of tables of contents and authorities.
Memoranda of law must use one-inch margins, double spacing, and 12-point font.
All memoranda of law must use one-inch margins, double spacing, and 12-point font.
Before filing a dispositive motion before Judge Wicks, parties must submit a double-spaced pre-motion letter capped at 1,000 words (including footnotes) with specified content.
Prior to filing a motion dispositive motion returnable before Judge Wicks, the parties are required to submit a letter of no more than 1,000 words double spaced, including footnotes, in length (1) requesting a pre-motion conference, (2) briefly outlining the motion, and (2) stating the relief sought by the motion.
For deposition disputes requiring court intervention, parties must immediately call the Court and may not stop the deposition before attempting contact.
If a resolution cannot be achieved, thus necessitating court intervention, then pursuant to Local Rule 37.3(b), the parties are directed to contact the Court immediately by telephone. Under no circumstances may the parties discontinue the deposition without first attempting to contact the Court.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
- Advance Notice Requiredimmediately
Chambers email must be used to transmit the stipulation of facts in represented-plaintiff cases.
In all cases in which the plaintiff is represented by counsel, the parties are to electronically transmit a Microsoft Word Document version of the stipulation of facts to Chambers via the Chambers email.
Direct to: Chambers
Confidential ex parte settlement statements must be filed at least seven days before the conference and are limited to 5,000 double-spaced words including footnotes.
At least seven (7) days prior to the scheduled settlement conference, the parties shall submit confidential ex parte settlement statements no longer than 5,000 words double spaced, including footnotes.
Settlement statements and supporting documents must be emailed to Chambers at the listed address and must not be served on adversaries or filed on ECF.
All settlement statements and supporting documents shall be emailed to the Court at Wicks_Chambers@nyed.uscourts.gov and NOT shared with the adversary and NOT filed on ECF.
Direct to: Chambers
Parties must email Word versions of specified jury-trial submissions to Chambers at the listed email address.
In addition to filing the documents via ECF, the parties shall email Microsoft Word versions of the voir dire questions, joint introductory statement of the case, proposed jury charge, and proposed verdict sheet (items (1)-(4) listed above) to Chambers at: Wicks_Chambers@nyed.uscourts.gov.
Direct to: Chambers
When plaintiff is represented by counsel, parties must send a Microsoft Word version of the stipulation of facts to Chambers by email.
In all cases in which the plaintiff is represented by counsel, the parties are to electronically transmit a Microsoft Word Document version of the stipulation of facts to Chambers via the Chambers email.
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