New York Supreme Court, Bronx County Page & Word Limits

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Civil cases

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Motion

All submitted motions must comply with the CPLR word-count requirements.

All motions submitted must comply with word counts as outlined in the CPLR.

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Civil cases

Parties must comply with the word-count limits in 22 NYCRR 202.8-b, but the Court may permit an oversized submission upon oral or written application with notice to all parties.

Parties shall abide by the word count limits set forth in 22 NYCRR 202.8-b. The Court may permit oversize submissions upon oral or letter application on notice to all parties.

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A request to expand a filing's word limit must be made well in advance of that filing's deadline.

Requests to expand the word limit for any particular filing shall be made well in advance of the deadline for that filing.

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Parties must comply with the word-count limits in 22 NYCRR § 202.8-b, and the court may permit over-length submissions upon a NYSCEF letter application.

Parties shall abide by the word count limits set forth in 22 NYCRR § 202.8-b. The Court may permit over-length submissions upon letter application e-filed via NYSCEF.

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Civil cases

The court may permit an oversize submission upon oral or written application with notice to all parties.

The Court may permit oversize submissions upon oral or letter application on notice to all parties.

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The Court grants word-limit expansion requests sparingly and only for good cause, with any granted expansion likely to be smaller than requested.

The Court grants expansion requests sparingly, only upon good cause shown, and any expansion granted will very likely be smaller than requested.

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Expansion requests made on the eve of a filing deadline are disfavored, and denial of an expansion request does not itself justify an adjournment.

Expansion requests made on the eve of the filing deadline will not be viewed favorably, and no adjournments will be granted solely on the basis of a denial of an expansion request.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Motion ?

4. Shall not exceed the word count set forth in 202.8-b absent leave of court; and

Summary: A motion must not exceed the word count specified in 22 NYCRR 202.8-b unless the court grants leave.

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The word limits contained in Uniform Rule 202.8-b(a) shall be strictly enforced.

Summary: The word limits in Uniform Rule 202.8-b(a) will be strictly enforced for motion filings.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Motion submissions ?

Parties shall abide by the word count limits set forth in 22 NYCRR § 202.8-b. The Court may permit oversized submissions upon oral or letter application on notice to all parties.

Summary: Parties must comply with the word-count limits in 22 NYCRR § 202.8-b, but the court may allow oversized submissions upon oral or written application with notice to all parties.