Courtesy copies are required for case dispositive motions. Details: 1 copy, delivery when fully briefed. A single courtesy copy of dispositive motions with marked exhibits should be provided to Chambers.
Yes. A pre-motion letter is required for rule 12, rule 56, venue change, and rule 15 leave. In consent cases (except pro se cases), a pre-motion conference letter is required before Rule 12, Rule 56, venue-change, or pleading-amendment motions.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Each attorney of record is required to file a Notice of Appearance.
The rule requires certificate of conference. The joint discovery-dispute letter must describe the parties' efforts to confer.
Parties may contact Judge Taryn A. Merkl's chambers by phone only as allowed by the rule. If a deposition dispute cannot be resolved, parties must call Chambers immediately with all counsel on the line.
Judge Taryn A. Merkl's rules specify what an adjournment or extension request must include. The request must include adversary position. Extension motions must state whether the request is on consent.
Yes. Judge Taryn A. Merkl requires bundling for covered papers. Motion papers must be held and filed only when the motion is fully briefed.
Parties should use ECF as the primary method of communicating with the Court.
Each attorney of record is required to file a Notice of Appearance.
Extension motions must state whether the request is on consent.
In consent cases (except pro se cases), a pre-motion conference letter is required before Rule 12, Rule 56, venue-change, or pleading-amendment motions.
The moving party must submit a pre-motion conference letter, not docketed as a motion, with a three-page maximum.
Motion papers must be held and filed only when the motion is fully briefed.
A single courtesy copy of dispositive motions with marked exhibits should be provided to Chambers.
Discovery motions under Rules 26-37 require an informal conference request before the motion will be heard.
A joint discovery-dispute letter used to request a conference is limited to five pages.
The joint discovery-dispute letter must describe the parties' efforts to confer.
If a deposition dispute cannot be resolved, parties must call Chambers immediately with all counsel on the line.
Settlement statements must be emailed to Chambers one week before a scheduled settlement conference.
Settlement statements must include the parties' last offer/demand and a frank merits assessment.