Judge Raymond J. Dearie
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
Filings (All filings)
Required
Filings (Exhibits)
Required
Filings (Motion)
Required
Adjournments
Must Include
- 1Original Date
- 2Number Of Previous Requests
- 3Previous Requests Granted Or Denied
- 4Adversary Position
- 5Affects Other Dates
- 6Proposed New Dates
Communication
Phone
Clerk
Letter Ecf
Chambers
Phone
Chambers
Phone
Intake Unit
Letter Fax
Chambers
Detailed Drafting Rules
Technical ECF questions should be directed by phone to the listed contact number.
Questions regarding the technical aspects of electronic filing, including questions about training, should be directed to Evelyn Levine at (718) 613-2312.
Communications with Chambers must be by electronically filed letter, with copies sent to all counsel and delivered to Chambers.
Communications with Chambers shall be via letter and filed electronically. Copies shall be delivered simultaneously to all counsel and either mailed or hand-delivered to Chambers.
Letter via ECF
Direct to: Chambers
Chambers phone contact is limited to attorneys/staff, and scheduling questions should be directed to the case manager number.
Only attorneys and their staff may call Chambers; the parties themselves may not. Attorneys with scheduling questions should call Ms. Mulqueen, Case Manager, at (718) 613-2435.
Pro se litigants are directed to contact the pro se office by phone rather than Chambers.
Pro se litigants may not call Chambers and may instead call the pro se office at (718) 613-2665.
Phone
Direct to: Intake Unit
Fax communications are allowed only for emergencies and only with prior Chambers authorization.
Faxes. Permitted in emergencies only, and only with prior authorization from Chambers.
Letter Fax
Direct to: Chambers
- Advance Notice Requiredprior authorization from Chambers
In civil cases, dispositive and venue-change motions require a pre-motion conference, with a 3-page pre-motion letter and 7-day responses (also capped at 3 pages), subject to listed exceptions.
A pre-motion conference with the Court is required before any dispositive motions or motions for change of venue are filed, except when one or more of the parties is pro se or the case is a habeas corpus petition, a prisoner petition, a Social Security appeal, or a bankruptcy appeal. To arrange a pre-motion conference, the moving party must submit a letter of no longer than three pages that sets forth the basis for the anticipated motion. All parties served with this letter must respond in writing within seven days; these responses shall not exceed three pages.
Pre-Motion Conference
A pre-motion conference is mandatory before filing. You must submit a letter first.
Letter Requirements
Exemptions
Support and opposition memoranda are capped at 25 pages (excluding appendices and attachments), and reply memoranda are capped at 10 pages 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 25 pages, not including appendices and attachments; reply memoranda are limited to 10 pages.
Objections to magistrate judge reports and recommendations, and responses, are limited to 15 pages.
Objections to the Reports and Recommendations of Magistrate Judges, and responses to objections, are limited to 15 pages.
Memoranda that are 10 pages or longer must include a table of contents.
Memoranda of 10 pages or more shall contain a table of contents.
Document Type