Courtesy copies are required for all covered filings. Details: delivery upon filing. All ECF-filed papers must be provided to Chambers as courtesy copies with the specified marking.
Yes. A pre-motion letter is required for venue change and other. Details: 3 pages, response due in 7 days. 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.
Judge Raymond J. Dearie's rule states these limits: 25 pages; 10 pages. Excludes appendices and attachments. 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.
Judge Raymond J. Dearie's rule states these limits: 15 pages. Objections to magistrate judge reports and recommendations, and responses, are limited to 15 pages.
Judge Raymond J. Dearie's formatting rule includes binding tabbed 3-ring. Voluminous exhibits should be organized in tabbed binders.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Each notice of motion must include the specified oral-argument language.
The rule requires caption. The joint pretrial order must include the full case caption.
Parties may contact Judge Raymond J. Dearie's chambers by letter ecf only as allowed by the rule. Communications with Chambers must be by electronically filed letter, with copies sent to all counsel and delivered to Chambers.
Judge Raymond J. Dearie's rules set procedures for sealed or redacted filings. Documents that are sealed or contain sealed/sensitive information must be submitted only in hard copy with a sealing label.
Judge Raymond J. Dearie's rules specify what an adjournment or extension request must include. The request must include original date, number of previous requests, previous requests granted or denied, adversary position, affects other dates, and proposed new dates. Adjournment or extension requests must include specific prior-request and adversary-position details, and include a revised scheduling order if other dates are affected.
Yes. Judge Raymond J. Dearie requires bundling for covered papers. Motion papers must be held and not filed until briefing is complete.
All ECF-filed papers must be provided to Chambers as courtesy copies with the specified marking.
When e-filing voluminous or non-text exhibits is impractical, parties may file hard-copy exhibits and must provide a courtesy copy plus an original-marked copy.
Electronically filed related papers must state that exhibits were filed in hard copy.
Documents that are sealed or contain sealed/sensitive information must be submitted only in hard copy with a sealing label.
Technical ECF questions should be directed by phone to the listed contact number.
Voluminous exhibits should be organized in tabbed binders.
Communications with Chambers must be by electronically filed letter, with copies sent to all counsel and delivered to Chambers.
Adjournment or extension requests must include specific prior-request and adversary-position details, and include a revised scheduling order if other dates are affected.
Requests to adjourn a court appearance must be made at least 48 hours in advance unless there is an emergency.
Non-consensual extension requests should be made at least one week before the due date.
Chambers phone contact is limited to attorneys/staff, and scheduling questions should be directed to the case manager number.
Pro se litigants are directed to contact the pro se office by phone rather than Chambers.
Fax communications are allowed only for emergencies and only with prior Chambers authorization.
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.
Parties must set a briefing schedule before serving motion papers, and court approval is required for the schedule and any changes.
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.
Objections to magistrate judge reports and recommendations, and responses, are limited to 15 pages.
Memoranda that are 10 pages or longer must include a table of contents.
Motion papers must be held and not filed until briefing is complete.
A party may file before full briefing when delay would risk a substantive right under time-limiting federal rules, if an explanation is provided.
The movant must deliver a full chambers courtesy-copy set of motion papers with a cover letter listing the included documents.
Each notice of motion must include the specified oral-argument language.
The joint pretrial order must include the full case caption.
The joint pretrial order must provide identifying and contact details for trial counsel.
The joint pretrial order must include an exhibit schedule identifying offered exhibits and offering party.
Exhibits must be pre-marked and exchanged at least ten days before trial.
In jury trials, parties must file a Joint Request to Charge containing claim elements, damages, defenses, and special charge requests.
A joint proposed jury charge should be submitted in Word Perfect format on disk.
In non-jury cases, each party must file a statement of claim/defense elements plus supporting factual summaries.
Each party must file a detailed statement of damages and other requested relief.