Courtesy copies are required only when requested by chambers. Unless otherwise ordered, each party must provide three tabbed binders of pre-marked exhibits and bring them to the final pre-trial conference.
Judge Joseph A. Marutollo's rules set a pre-motion procedure for other. For objected pro hac vice motions, opposition is due two business days before return date and replies are not allowed.
Judge Joseph A. Marutollo's rule states these limits: 5 pages. Excludes attachments. Ex parte settlement letters are limited to five pages, excluding attachments.
Judge Joseph A. Marutollo's rule states these limits: 3 pages. Each party is limited to three pages in its portion of the discovery joint submission.
Judge Joseph A. Marutollo's formatting rule includes written submissions and supporting materials must be text-searchable, to the extent practicable.. Written submissions and supporting materials must be text-searchable where practicable, and non-compliant filings may be stricken.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. An attorney must file a notice of appearance on ECF before appearing before the Court.
The rule requires proposed order. Pro hac vice motions must include a proposed order and be served and filed electronically at least seven business days before the return date.
Parties may contact Judge Joseph A. Marutollo's chambers by phone only as allowed by the rule. Telephone communication with Chambers is prohibited.
A motion to seal is required for covered sealed filings before Judge Joseph A. Marutollo. A court order specifically identifying the documents is required before any sealed filing.
Judge Joseph A. Marutollo's rules specify what an adjournment or extension request must include. Requests for extensions of time must be filed on ECF using the motion event type.
Yes. Judge Joseph A. Marutollo requires bundling for covered papers. When pre-motion conferences are required, parties must hold motion papers and file them only once briefing is complete.
Telephone communication with Chambers is prohibited.
Rule 5.2-authorized redactions are exempt from the requirement to apply to the Court.
All submissions must follow Local Rules, including Local Civil Rule 7.1(c) length and formatting requirements for briefs, motions, and other papers.
Written submissions and supporting materials must be text-searchable where practicable, and non-compliant filings may be stricken.
Requests for extensions of time must be filed on ECF using the motion event type.
Courtesy copies are to be provided only when the Court requests them.
Communications with Chambers must generally be made by ECF-filed letter, with simultaneous copies to any pro se litigant.
Hard-copy letters may not be delivered to Chambers or the Court.
For emergencies or inquiries, Chambers should be contacted by email at the listed address.
An attorney must file a notice of appearance on ECF before appearing before the Court.
Ex parte settlement letters must be emailed to Chambers at the listed address by the court-set deadline.
Ex parte settlement letters are limited to five pages, excluding attachments.
Adjournment and extension requests must be filed as ECF motions at least two business days before the deadline or appearance.
Late adjournment requests made within two business days must also be emailed to Chambers with all counsel copied.
Adjournment or extension requests must include original and proposed dates, reasons, prior requests and outcomes, adversary position, and impact on other dates.
Pro hac vice motions must include a proposed order and be served and filed electronically at least seven business days before the return date.
For objected pro hac vice motions, opposition is due two business days before return date and replies are not allowed.
Before discovery motions, parties must confer in good faith and, if unresolved, file a jointly composed single dispute letter on ECF as a motion.
Discovery joint letters must start with a brief statement of claims and defenses.
Each party is limited to three pages in its portion of the discovery joint submission.
Dispositive motions go to the presiding District Judge unless the parties have consented to Judge Marutollo or the court directs otherwise.
Pre-motion conferences are required for specified dispositive and related motions except in Social Security, habeas, and pro se matters.
A party requesting a pre-motion conference must file a pre-motion letter capped at three pages with legal citations and a brief motion overview.
A pre-motion letter seeking leave to amend must include both the proposed amended pleading and a redline against the operative pleading.
Opposing parties must respond to pre-motion letters within five business days in a three-page response, include specified Rule 12 response positions, and may not file replies.
A Local Civil Rule 56.1 statement is not required at the pre-motion-letter stage for anticipated Rule 56 motions.
Memoranda must use 12-point text (11-point footnotes), one-inch margins, and be filed in text-searchable format.
The Court may treat the pre-motion materials as the motion and may bypass a pre-motion conference by setting a briefing schedule directly.
A party may bypass timing aspects of these practices and file within federal-rule deadlines if delay would forfeit a substantive right, but must include an explanatory basis.
When pre-motion conferences are required, parties must hold motion papers and file them only once briefing is complete.