Judge Rachel P. Kovner
Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
Filings (All filings)
Required
Adjournments
Must Include
- 1Reason For Request
- 2Original Date
- 3Number Of Previous Requests
- 4Previous Requests Granted Or Denied
- 5Adversary Position
- 6Proposed New Dates
- 7Affects Other Dates
Communication
Letter Ecf
Chambers
Phone
Chambers
Phone
Chambers
Detailed Drafting Rules
Evidentiary citations must include specific transcript page numbers.
Parties must provide evidentiary citations, including specific transcript pages, in any submission that cites record material.
Document Type
Motion
Text-searchable files required for proposed orders and jury instructions.
Mandatory for proposed orders, jury instructions, and similar filings.
Text-searchable files required for all submissions.
Mandatory for all submissions.
Filings styled as letters must identify addressee and subject in ECF header.
Identify the addressee and subject matter in the ECF header.
Written communications must be filed on ECF.
File on ECF.
Letter via ECF
Call Tsz Chan for docketing, scheduling, or calendar matters.
For docketing, scheduling, or calendar matters, please call Tsz Chan at (718) 613-2455.
Urgent communications require telephone contact with chambers.
Contact chambers by telephone.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
Page limits: 25 pages for opening/opposition, 10 pages for reply briefs.
25 pages for opening and opposition briefs; 10 pages for reply briefs.
Proposed orders and jury instructions must be emailed in PDF and Word format
Proposed orders, jury instructions, and other writings a party requests that the Court adopt shall be filed on ECF and also provided via e-mail, in PDF and Microsoft Word format, to Kovner_Chambers@nyed.uscourts.gov.
All written submissions must be text-searchable when practicable
All written submissions and supporting materials must be text-searchable, to the extent practicable.
Letters must identify addressee and subject in ECF header
Any filing styled as a “Letter” shall identify in its ECF header (i) the addressee and (ii) the subject matter. E.g.: “Letter to Judge Kovner re: Pre-Motion Request” or “Letter to Magistrate Judge Doe re: Status Conference.”
All chambers communications must be in writing via ECF with party copies
All communications with chambers shall be in writing and filed on ECF, with copies simultaneously delivered to all parties who do not receive automatic notification through ECF. Copies of correspondence between counsel shall not be sent to the Court.
Letter via ECF
Direct to: Chambers
- Status Inquiries
Call Courtroom Deputy Tsz Chan at (718) 613-2455 for scheduling matters
For docketing, scheduling, or calendar matters, please call Courtroom Deputy Tsz Chan at (718) 613-2455. Calls to chambers with questions about these rules are permitted, but please review this document first. Ex parte telephone calls to chambers about the substance of cases are not permitted.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
- Status Inquiries
For urgent submissions, notify chambers by phone after ECF filing
If a submission requires immediate attention, please notify chambers by telephone after filing on ECF.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
Pre-motion letter max 3 pages; include LR 56.1 for summary judgment motions
To request a pre-motion conference, the moving party is to file and serve a letter, not to exceed three pages, setting out the bases for the anticipated motion. If the motion is for summary judgment under Rule 56, the movant’s pre-motion conference letter must also include a copy of the movant’s Local Rule 56.1 statement.
Pre-Motion Conference
A pre-motion conference is mandatory before filing. You must submit a letter first.
Letter Requirements
Response to pre-motion letter must be filed within 5 business days and limited to 3 pages.
All parties served with the moving party's pre-motion-conference letter are required to serve and file a letter response within five business days of service of the moving party's letter. The response shall not exceed three pages.
Pre-Motion Conference
A pre-motion conference is mandatory before filing. You must submit a letter first.
Letter Requirements
Memoranda of law limited to 25 pages (support/opposition) and 10 pages (reply).
Unless prior permission has been granted, memoranda of law in support of and in opposition to motions are limited to 25 double-spaced pages, not including tables of contents, tables of authorities, exhibits, appendices, or attachments. Reply memoranda are limited to 10 double-spaced pages, not including tables of contents, tables of authorities, exhibits, appendices, or attachments.
Memoranda of law must use 12-point font (10-point footnotes) with one-inch margins.
All memoranda of law shall be produced in 12-point font, with footnotes in 10-point font, and shall have one-inch margins on all sides.
Memoranda must be text-searchable and include date of service on front cover.
All memoranda must be filed in a text-searchable format and must have the date of service printed on the front cover.
Only relevant transcript pages should be filed with motions.
Parties shall file only the pages of transcripts containing relevant testimony cited in the memoranda or affidavits.
Document Type
Transcript Pages
Documentary evidence must be paginated and multiple copies provided for trial.
Documents to be offered in evidence that contain multiple pages shall be paginated by counsel in advance of trial. When counsel anticipates that a witness will refer to documentary evidence during his or her direct testimony, counsel shall have (i) two copies of each document for the Court, and (ii) at least one copy each for the court reporter, each present opposing counsel, and each juror.
Document Type
Exhibits
Pro se litigants must communicate with the Court only in writing.
A pro se litigant shall: Only communicate with the Court in writing.
Letter via ECF
Direct to: Chambers
- Advance Notice Required
- Hours
- Status Inquiries