Judge Joanna Seybert
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
Filings (>10 pages)
Required
Filings (Motion, Exhibits)
Required
Filings (All filings)
Required • Binding: Securely Bound
Filings (Pretrial Memorandum)
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
Communication
Letter Ecf
Chambers
Phone
Chambers
Chambers
Phone
Clerk
Letter Fax
Chambers
Chambers
Detailed Drafting Rules
Letters to the Court must be no longer than four pages.
Letters shall include the case name and number, and shall not exceed four (4) pages.
Letters to the Court must include the case number information.
Letters shall include the case name and number, and shall not exceed four (4) pages.
Document Type
Letter
Communications with the Court must generally be made by ECF-filed letter with simultaneous service on all counsel.
Except as provided below, communications with the Court shall be by letter filed to ECF, with copies simultaneously served upon all counsel, via ECF notification or other means.
Letter via ECF
Direct to: Chambers
Phone calls to Chambers are allowed only for emergencies requiring immediate attention.
Telephone calls and emails to Chambers are permitted only in emergency situations requiring immediate attention.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
Urgent scheduling matters should be directed to the courtroom deputy, with email preferred.
For urgent scheduling and calendar matters, call or e-mail Doreen J. Flanagan, Courtroom Deputy, at (631) 712-5615 or at Doreen_Flanagan@nyed.uscourts.gov”. E-mail is preferred.
Docketing and ECF-related questions must be directed to the Clerk’s Office by phone.
Questions regarding docketing, ECF filing, and ECF training are to be directed to the Clerk’s Office at (631) 712-6010.
Fax communications require prior court permission.
Faxes are not permitted without prior permission from the Court.
Letter Fax
Direct to: Chambers
- Advance Notice Requiredprior permission from the Court
ECF questions must be directed to the Clerk’s Office by phone.
All questions regarding ECF are to be directed to the Clerk’s Office at (631) 712-6010.
Chambers may not be contacted for ECF or docketing questions.
Do not contact Chambers with ECF or docketing questions.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
A pre-motion conference request must be made by a letter motion capped at four pages and must briefly state the basis for the anticipated motion.
To request a pre-motion conference, the moving party shall file a letter motion of no more than four (4) pages, briefly stating the basis for the anticipated underlying motion.
Pre-Motion Conference
A pre-motion conference is mandatory before filing. You must submit a letter first.
Letter Requirements
The opposing party’s pre-motion response letter is limited to four pages.
The opposing party shall submit a letter response, of not more than four (4) pages, setting forth its position in opposition.
Requests for rebuttals, sur-replies, or exceeding page limits must be submitted by letter motion.
All requests to file rebuttals, sur-replies, etc., and to exceed page limits must be made by letter motion; such requests are granted sparingly.
Document Type
Letter Motion
Support and opposition memoranda are capped at 25 pages absent prior permission.
Unless prior permission has been granted, memoranda of law in support of and in opposition to motions are limited to twenty-five (25) pages, and reply memoranda are limited to ten (10) pages.
Memoranda that are 10 pages or longer must include a table of contents.
all memoranda of ten (10) or more pages shall also contain a table of contents.
Document Type
Memorandum Of Law 10 Or More Pages
Motion papers must follow specified margin, font, spacing, line-count, and footnote formatting requirements.
Motion papers shall have: one-inch margins; 12-point Times New Roman or larger font; and, be double spaced (with no more than 23 lines per page). To the extent necessary, footnotes shall be printed in 10-point Times New Roman or larger font and be single spaced.
Depositions used on summary judgment must be filed in full (condensed) format.
Depositions submitted in support of or in opposition to a summary judgment motion must be submitted in full (condensed) format.
ECF-filed documents longer than 10 pages require one courtesy copy to Chambers.
For all documents filed on ECF that are more than ten (10) pages, one courtesy copy of such document shall be sent to Chambers.
Courtesy Copies Required
Logistics
Pretrial memoranda are limited to 25 pages.
Such memoranda shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages.
Pretrial memoranda are limited to 25 pages.
The memoranda shall include a detailed statement of all claims and defenses, together with a summary of the facts, and shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages.
Electronic copies must be sent to Chambers by email at Seybert_Chambers@nyed.uscourts.gov.
The parties must provide the Court with electronic copies of the documents in Word format (not PDF) via Chambers e-mail: Seybert_Chambers@nyed.uscourts.gov.
Direct to: Chambers