Judge Ramon E. Reyes Jr.
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
Filings (Motion)
Required
Filings (>50 pages)
Required
Filings (All filings)
Required
Filings (Exhibits)
Required • Binding: Tabbed Three Ring
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
Must Include
- 1Reason For Request
- 2Adversary Position
Communication
Phone
Clerk
Phone
Chambers
Letter Ecf
Chambers
Phone
Chambers
Phone
Clerk
Phone
Clerk
Chambers
Detailed Drafting Rules
ECF registration, filing, and technical questions should be directed to the ECF helpline, not chambers.
Parties are advised not to contact chambers with questions regarding ECF registration, filing, or other technical issues. For ECF assistance, please call the ECF helpline at (718) 613-2285.
For submissions needing immediate attention, chambers must be notified by telephone after ECF filing.
If your submission requires immediate attention, please notify chambers by telephone after you file via ECF.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
- Advance Notice Requiredafter filing via ECF
Courtesy hard copies are required for other ECF submissions that are 50 pages or more, including exhibits and attachments.
and any other written submissions filed on ECF that are fifty (50) pages in length or more, including any exhibits or attachments.
Courtesy Copies Required
Logistics
Written submissions and supporting materials must be text-searchable where practicable.
All written submissions and supporting materials must be text-searchable, to the extent practicable.
Communications with chambers must be written and filed on ECF, with copies provided to parties not receiving automatic ECF notice.
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.
Letter via ECF
Direct to: Chambers
Scheduling and calendar calls should go to the courtroom deputy at the listed number and are limited to 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. absent emergency.
For scheduling or calendar matters please call Courtroom Deputy Miriam Vertus at (718) 613-2123. Unless it is an emergency, telephone calls to the Courtroom Deputy are only permitted between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
- Advance Notice Requiredunless it is an emergency
- Hours9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Questions about CM/ECF docketing and filings may be directed by phone to the Court’s Docket Section.
For questions regarding CM/ECF Docketing and Filings, you may call the Court’s Docket Section at 718-613-2610.
Technical assistance and courtroom technology issues should be directed by phone to the listed number.
For technical assistance and Courtroom Technology call 718-613-2290.
Urgent submissions require a follow-up telephone call to chambers after ECF filing.
If a submission requires immediate attention, please notify chambers by telephone after filing on ECF.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
- Advance Notice Requiredafter filing on ECF
A pre-motion request requires a letter capped at four pages, with additional Rule 56.1 materials for summary judgment motions, and timely service of the letter counts as timely service of the motion under Rules 12 or 56.
To request a pre-motion conference, the moving party is to file and serve a letter, not to exceed four (4) 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 and all exhibits in support of the anticipated motion. Each assertion in the Local Rule 56.1 statement must include a citation to specific evidentiary support from the record. Service of that letter within the time requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12 or 56 shall constitute timely service of a motion made pursuant to those provisions.
Pre-Motion Conference
A pre-motion conference is mandatory before filing. You must submit a letter first.
Letter Requirements
Parties must file a pre-motion response within five business days, limited to three pages, and include a Rule 56.1 counterstatement for Rule 56 motions.
All parties served with the moving party’s pre-motion-conference letter are required to serve and file a letter response within five (5) business days of service of the moving party’s letter. The response shall not exceed three (3) pages. If the movant is seeking to file a motion for summary judgment under Rule 56, the nonmovant’s response letter must include the nonmovant’s Local Rule 56.1 counterstatement.
Pre-Motion Conference
A pre-motion conference is mandatory before filing. You must submit a letter first.
Letter Requirements
The moving party’s pre-motion conference request letter is limited to four pages.
To request a pre-motion conference, the moving party is to file and serve a letter, not to exceed four (4) pages, setting out the bases for the anticipated motion.
The pre-motion response letter is limited to three pages.
The response shall not exceed three (3) pages.
Support and opposition memoranda are capped at 8,750 words with listed exclusions unless prior permission is granted.
Unless prior permission has been granted, memoranda of law in support of and in opposition to motions are limited to 8,750 words, not including tables of contents, tables of authorities, exhibits, appendices, or attachments.
If overlength briefing is permitted, each extra page is capped at 350 words.
If the Court permits a party to submit briefs longer than these limits, each additional page must not contain more than 350 additional words.
Memoranda must follow specific typography, margin, and text-searchable filing requirements.
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. All memoranda must be filed in a text-searchable format and must have the date of service printed on the front cover.
Each memorandum must include the date of service on its front cover.
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. All memoranda must be filed in a text-searchable format and must have the date of service printed on the front cover.
Document Type
Memorandum Of Law
Any submission citing the record must include evidentiary citations with specific transcript pages.
Parties must provide evidentiary citations, including specific transcript pages, in any submission that cites record material.
Document Type
Submission Citing Record Material
Transcript excerpts must be limited to cited relevant testimony but still include all portions needed for completeness under Rule 106.
Parties shall file only the pages of transcripts containing relevant testimony cited in the memoranda or affidavits. However, excerpts must comply with Federal Rule of Evidence 106. Parties shall include the portion of the transcript necessary for completeness. If the transcript contains a discussion of a matter, include the whole discussion.
Document Type
Evidentiary Filing
When pleading to an information, counsel should email the information to the listed chambers contacts at least three business days before the hearing.
If the defendant intends to waive the indictment and plead guilty to an information at the change-of-plea hearing, a copy of the information should also be provided to the Court at least three (3) business days before the hearing. The information should be sent by email to Courtroom Deputy Miriam Vertus at the address Miriam Vertus@nyed.uscourts.gov and Reyes Chambers@nyed.uscouts.gov
Direct to: Chambers
- Advance Notice Requiredat least three (3) business days before the hearing
Multi-page evidentiary documents must be paginated by counsel before trial.
Documents to be offered in evidence that contain multiple pages shall be paginated by counsel in advance of trial.