Courtesy copies are required for all covered filings. Details: delivery upon filing. Courtesy copies are required for electronically filed submissions except filings under 25 pages, Rule 7(a) pleadings, and filings directed to the assigned magistrate judge (subject to the Section III.B.2 exception).
Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall's rules set a pre-motion procedure for rule 12, rule 56, venue change, and rule 15 leave. In civil cases, parties must request a pre-motion conference before Rule 12, Rule 56, venue-change, or Rule 15-leave motions, with stated exceptions.
Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall's rule states these limits: 25 pages. Excludes table of contents, table of authorities, appendices, and attachments. Support and opposition memoranda are limited to 25 pages, excluding TOC, TOA, appendices, and attachments.
Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall's rule states these limits: 10 pages. Excludes table of contents, table of authorities, appendices, and attachments. Reply memoranda are limited to 10 pages, excluding TOC, TOA, appendices, and attachments.
Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall's formatting rule includes times new roman font, 12 point type, double spacing, no kerning or font compression, margins top 1 inches, bottom 1 inches, left 1 inches, right 1 inches, and footnotes must be at least 10-point font.. Memoranda must use double spacing, one-inch margins, Times New Roman 12-point font, footnotes of at least 10-point font, and no condensed or kerned spacing.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Related ECF papers must state how associated non-text exhibits were filed.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. A motion for leave to seal must include the proposed sealed document as an attachment.
Parties may contact Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall's chambers by letter ecf only as allowed by the rule. Non-emergency communications with Chambers must be made by ECF letter and simultaneously provided to parties not receiving ECF notifications.
A motion to seal is required for covered sealed filings before Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall. Sealed filing requires a motion for leave filed via ECF and compliance with EDNY sealed-filing instructions.
Requests should be made at least 2 business days in advance when this rule applies before Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall. Adjournment or extension requests must be made at least two business days before the deadline or appearance unless there is an emergency.
Yes. Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall requires bundling for covered papers. Motions in limine must be bundled into one single submission.
Non-emergency communications with Chambers must be made by ECF letter and simultaneously provided to parties not receiving ECF notifications.
Copies of correspondence among counsel may not be sent to Chambers unless annexed to pleadings or motion papers.
Telephone calls to Chambers are prohibited.
Emails to Chambers are allowed only in emergencies and only with prior Court authorization (except as required by Section II.C).
Docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters must be handled by calling the Courtroom Deputy at the listed phone number.
Adjournment or extension requests must be made at least two business days before the deadline or appearance unless there is an emergency.
Pre-motion conference letters are not required for non-enumerated motions, including Rules 50, 59, and 60 motions.
Adjournment or extension requests must include prior date, reason, prior-request history, adversary position, and effects on other dates with a proposed revised schedule if applicable.
When filing an adjournment or extension request, parties must email Chambers with the specified adjournment-request subject line.
For impractical-to-efile non-text exhibits, parties should deliver a compact-disc courtesy copy to Chambers (and an original to the Clerk).
Related ECF papers must state how associated non-text exhibits were filed.
Sealed filing requires a motion for leave filed via ECF and compliance with EDNY sealed-filing instructions.
A motion for leave to seal must include the proposed sealed document as an attachment.
Documents covered by this section must be filed on ECF in PDF and emailed to Chambers in word-processing format, with Word preferred, WordPerfect accepted, and stipulations exempt unless requested.
Courtesy copies are required for electronically filed submissions except filings under 25 pages, Rule 7(a) pleadings, and filings directed to the assigned magistrate judge (subject to the Section III.B.2 exception).
Courtesy copies must be labeled 'Courtesy Copy' and include the ECF filing stamp and docket number, except for the Section III.B.2 contemporaneous motion-briefing submission scenario.
Courtesy-copy submissions must be organized in one tabbed three-ring binder not exceeding 2 inches, with a pro se exemption from these binder-format requirements.
In civil cases, parties must request a pre-motion conference before Rule 12, Rule 56, venue-change, or Rule 15-leave motions, with stated exceptions.
A moving party seeking a pre-motion conference must file and serve a pre-motion letter capped at three pages that states the motion basis, and timely Rule 12 pre-motion service counts as timely Rule 12(b) motion service.
Unless modified by the summary-judgment subsection, non-movants must file a pre-motion response letter within five business days, limited to three pages.
For Rule 56 motions, the pre-motion letter deadline is fifteen business days after discovery closes unless the Court orders otherwise.
A motion for summary judgment must include a Local Civil Rule 56.1 statement.
Parties have 15 business days to respond to a pre-motion letter and accompanying 56.1 statement.
Parties have 10 business days to file a reply 56.1 statement, and reply letters are not allowed.
Pre-motion letters and memoranda for summary judgment must cite relevant 56.1 statement paragraphs for material facts.
Non-pro-se parties must quote and respond to each opening 56.1 fact statement verbatim and directly beneath each statement.
Additional disputed material facts in an opposition 56.1 statement must appear in a separately titled, consecutively numbered section.
Reply 56.1 statements must quote the opposing statement verbatim, respond only to additional material facts, and may not add new material facts.
Each paragraph in a 56.1 statement must assert a material undisputed fact rather than describe evidence.
56.1 statements may include only facts that can be established by direct evidence.