Judge Steven L. Tiscione
Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
Filings
Not Required
Filings (All filings)
Required
Adjournments
Must Include
- 1Reason For Request
- 2Adversary Position
- 3Proposed New Dates
Must Include
- 1Original Date
- 2Number Of Previous Requests
- 3Previous Requests Granted Or Denied
- 4Adversary Position
- 5Reason For Request
- 6Proposed New Dates
Communication
Phone
Chambers
Detailed Drafting Rules
Applications for relief must be filed electronically as motions, even if in letter form.
If relief is sought from the Court, an application must be filed electronically. The application may be in the form of a letter but must be filed using the “Motion” event.
Telephone calls to chambers permitted only for urgent matters like deposition disputes.
Telephone calls to chambers are permitted but should be reserved primarily for situations requiring immediate attention, such as deposition disputes, in cases assigned or referred to Magistrate Judge Tiscione.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
- Status Inquiries
Status inquiries on dispositive motions and adjournment requests prohibited by phone.
Counsel should not seek the status of a dispositive motion referred from the District Court. Counsel should also be fully familiar with the proceedings to date. Adjournment requests are not to be made telephonically.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
- Status Inquiries
- Adjournment Requests
Responses to letter motions must be served and filed within five business days.
A response not exceeding three pages in length, exclusive of attachments, must be served and filed within five business days of receipt of the letter motion.
Notice Required
Before deadline or appearance
Letter motions are limited to three pages, exclusive of attachments.
Such letter motions may not exceed three pages in length, exclusive of attachments.
Pre-motion letter limited to 2 pages, response due within 7 days.
Letters requesting pre-motion conferences shall state, in brief, the grounds for the motion, shall not exceed two pages, and shall not include affidavits or exhibits. All parties served with a pre-motion letter shall serve and file a letter response, not to exceed two pages, within seven days from service of the pre-motion conference letter.
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, reply memoranda to 10 pages.
Memoranda of law in support of and in opposition to motions on notice are limited to 25 pages, and reply memoranda are limited to 10 pages.
Record citations required in summary judgment and evidence-based motions.
Parties should cite to the record – including to specific transcript pages – in summary judgment motions, and any motions predicated on evidence adduced at a hearing or trial (e.g., preliminary injunction applications, motion for new trial, motion for judgment as a matter of law, etc.). Failure to provide citations to the record constitutes grounds for denial.
Document Type