Courtesy copies are required only when requested by chambers. Courtesy copies must not be sent unless Chambers specifically requests them.
Judge Lara K. Eshkenazi's rules set a pre-motion procedure for discovery. Parties must meet and confer in good faith before filing a discovery motion, and noncompliance can lead to denial.
Judge Lara K. Eshkenazi's rule states these limits: 5 pages; 5 pages. Excludes exhibits. Discovery motion letters and responses are each limited to five pages, excluding exhibits, with responses due within three days of receipt.
Judge Lara K. Eshkenazi's rule states these limits: 3 pages. Protective-order change letter motions are capped at three pages.
Judge Lara K. Eshkenazi's formatting rule includes 12 point type, reasonable margins, and applies to discovery letter motions and responses. Discovery letter motions and responses must use reasonable margins and 12-point font.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Attorneys of record are required to file a Notice of Appearance.
The rule requires certificate of service. In cases with pro se litigants, counsel must serve ECF-filed documents on the pro se party and file proof of service on ECF.
Parties may contact Judge Lara K. Eshkenazi's clerk by letter ecf only as allowed by the rule. Letters and motions must be electronically filed (including letter applications for relief via the Motions event), but pro se litigants are exempt.
Requests should be made at least 2 business days in advance when this rule applies before Judge Lara K. Eshkenazi. The request must include original date, reason for request, adversary position, number of previous requests, proposed new dates, and proposed rescheduled date. Adjournment/extension requests must be filed in writing at least two business days in advance and include specified required details, with conference adjournments also requiring at least three alternative dates.
Attorneys of record are required to file a Notice of Appearance.
Letters and motions must be electronically filed (including letter applications for relief via the Motions event), but pro se litigants are exempt.
Adjournment/extension requests must be filed in writing at least two business days in advance and include specified required details, with conference adjournments also requiring at least three alternative dates.
Courtesy copies must not be sent unless Chambers specifically requests them.
Phone calls to Chambers are allowed only for emergencies needing same-day court attention.
Fax communications to Chambers are prohibited.
Parties must immediately email Chambers at the listed address when specified triggering events occur.
Attorneys must file a Notice of Appearance before appearing in court.
In cases with pro se litigants, counsel must serve ECF-filed documents on the pro se party and file proof of service on ECF.
Pro se litigants are directed to contact the Pro Se Office by phone for case-related questions.
Parties must jointly file the completed Proposed Discovery Plan/Scheduling Order five business days before the Initial Conference.
Parties must meet and confer in good faith before filing a discovery motion, and noncompliance can lead to denial.
Discovery motions must be filed as letter motions.
Discovery motion letters and responses are each limited to five pages, excluding exhibits, with responses due within three days of receipt.
Discovery letter motions and responses must use reasonable margins and 12-point font.
Parties must immediately email Chambers when an on-record deposition dispute cannot be resolved.
Deposition-dispute emails to Chambers must include a brief dispute description and callback number.
Protective-order change letter motions are capped at three pages.
Protective-order change letter motions must attach clean and redlined proposed orders as exhibits.
A settlement-conference request must be a joint letter motion listing at least three available dates with full-authority participants.
Ex parte settlement letters are due at least five days before the conference and are limited to five single-spaced pages.
Ex parte settlement letters must be emailed to Chambers at least five days before the settlement conference.
Ex parte settlement letters must include prior demand/offer, case strengths and weaknesses, and supporting legal arguments with citations.
For dispositive motions, parties must seek a pre-motion conference by letter, with five-page limits for request and response, a seven-day response deadline, and no reply letters without permission.
Dispositive-motion support/opposition memoranda are capped at 25 pages and reply memoranda at 10 pages.
All memoranda of law must be double-spaced, in 12-point font, with reasonable margins.
Courtesy copies are required only if the Court specifically requests them.
Any request to revise the schedule requires Court approval.
A party may file within federal time limits to avoid loss of substantive rights but must include an explanation of that conclusion.
By the scheduling-order date, parties must file a joint pretrial order containing required listed components.