Judge Anthony J. Battaglia

All communications with the Court must be in writing, signed by the foreperson of the jury, and passed to the Judge through one of the bailiffs.

When a bailiff responds to your call or needs to contact you for any other reason, they will knock loudly three times on the door. Bailiffs are not permitted to hear any of your deliberations, and this is the indication that you should stop deliberations.

You may not leave the jury room unless a bailiff comes for you.

During breaks and lunch, everyone must leave. No juror is permitted to remain in the jury room alone.

The jury should convene each day at 9:00 a.m. and will be met by a bailiff in the front of the courtroom.

Deliberations will recess for the day at around 4:30 p.m.

Letters or emails to chambers are prohibited unless specifically requested by the Court. If letters or emails are requested, copies of the same must be simultaneously delivered to all counsel.

Faxes to chambers are prohibited unless specifically requested by the Court. If faxes are requested, copies of the document(s) must be simultaneously delivered to all counsel.

Only counsel of record with knowledge of the case may contact chambers.

The Court will not grant requests to excuse a required party from appearing in person absent good cause. Avoiding the cost and time of travel or mere convenience is not good cause.

If counsel believes there are sufficient grounds to request permission to appear remotely, they must confer with opposing counsel prior to making the request.

All requests to appear remotely must be made by joint or ex parte motion filed at least 7 calendar days before the scheduled hearing.

Failure to appear in person without prior court approval will be grounds for sanctions.

Persons granted remote access to court proceedings by video- or tele-conference are strictly prohibited from photographing, including 'screen-shots,' recording, and rebroadcasting the court proceeding.

The motion for reconsideration must be no more than 10 pages in length and may not include attachments or exhibits;

Each side is allowed a maximum of 5 motions in limine. Each motion must be limited to a single subject. Each motion and each opposition are limited to 5 pages in length. Attachments are also limited to a maximum of 5 pages for any motion or opposition;

Trial briefs are limited to 25 pages. Attachments or exhibits may not be appended.

Before or promptly after the notice or subpoena is served, the serving party and the organization must confer in good faith about the matters for examination.

At the beginning of the deposition, deposing counsel shall instruct the witness to ask deposing counsel, rather than the witness’ own counsel, for clarifications, definitions, or explanations of any words, questions, or documents presented during the deposition. The witness shall abide by these instructions;

Counsel must be prepared to discuss the following at the Early Neutral Evaluation Conference: Setting the Rule 26(f) conference; Objections to initial disclosure provisions of Rule 26; Format of the Rule 26 conference (i.e., in person or telephonic); The scheduling of the initial disclosure date; The filing date for a discovery plan;

The parties can expect to leave the Early Neutral Evaluation Conference with Rule 26 compliance dates or deadlines. The timing of the typical case required by Rules 16(b) and 26, respectively, will generally lead to the setting of the following dates: A Rule 26(f) conference no more than 24 days following the Early Neutral Evaluation Conference; Disclosure deadline in the filing of a discovery plan within 14 days of the Rule 26(f) meeting, and, A Case Management Conference 21 days following the Rule 26(f) conference (45 days after the Early Neutral Evaluation Conference).

Before filing an ex parte motion, counsel must contact the opposing party

Counsel should attempt to confer and resolve the issues first.

Any ex parte motion filed with the Court must be served on opposing counsel via facsimile, electronic mail with return receipt requested, or overnight mail.