Judge Andrew E. Krause
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
Filings (Motion)
Required • Binding: Stapled
Filings (>50 pages)
Required
Filings (Sealed Document)
Required
Filings (All filings)
Required • Binding: Tabbed Three Ring
Filings (Motion, Brief, Opposition, Reply)
Required
Filings (Exhibits, Pretrial Order)
Required • Binding: Tabbed Three Ring
Adjournments
Must Include
- 1Reason For Request
- 2Original Date
- 3Number Of Previous Requests
- 4Previous Requests Granted Or Denied
- 5Adversary Position
Must Include
- 1Proposed Rescheduled Date
- 2Original Date
- 3Number Of Previous Requests
- 4Previous Requests Granted Or Denied
- 5Reason For Request
- 6Adversary Position
- 7Affects Other Dates
- 8Proposed New Dates
Communication
Deponent
Videoconference
Chambers
Letter Fax
Chambers
Letter Ecf
Intake Unit
Phone
Chambers
Chambers
Detailed Drafting Rules
Prohibits private conferences with deponents during remote depositions except for privilege assertions.
Consistent with Local Civil Rule 30.4 of the Local Rules of the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, no counsel shall initiate a private conference, including through text message, electronic mail, or the chat feature in the videoconferencing system, with any deponent while a question is pending, except for the purpose of determining whether a privilege should be asserted.
Direct to: Deponent
- Status Inquiries
Breakout rooms allowed during remote deposition breaks, but conversations not recorded.
During breaks in the deposition, the Parties may use the breakout room feature provided by [SERVICE PROVIDER], which simulates a live breakout room through videoconference. Conversations in the breakout rooms shall not be recorded.
Videoconference
Direct to: Chambers
- Status Inquiries
All remote deposition participants must be visible, audible, and in distraction-free environments.
The deponent, court reporter, and counsel for the Parties will each participate in the videoconference deposition remotely and separately. Each person attending a deposition shall be visible to all other participants, their statements shall be audible to all participants, and they should each strive to ensure their environment is free from noise and distractions.
Videoconference
Direct to: Chambers
- Status Inquiries
Letters to chambers are limited to 5 pages (excluding exhibits).
Letters may not exceed five pages, exclusive of exhibits, which should be kept to a minimum.
Faxes to chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
Letter Fax
Direct to: Chambers
- Status Inquiries
Emails to chambers require prior approval and must be copied to all parties.
E-mails to Chambers are not permitted without prior approval. If approval is granted, any e-mailed submissions must be simultaneously sent to other counsel and/or pro se parties.
Direct to: Chambers
- Advance Notice Requiredprior_approval
Pro se parties must submit non-ECF communications to Pro Se Intake Unit, not chambers.
All letters, motions, memoranda, and other communications to the Court from pro se parties that are not filed electronically must be submitted to the Pro Se Intake Unit, not directly to Chambers.
Letter via ECF
Direct to: Intake Unit
Word limits: 8,750 for attorney/computer briefs, 25 pages for pro se/handwritten briefs.
Unless prior permission has been granted, briefs, filed by an attorney or prepared with a computer, in support of and in response to a motion (except for motions for reconsideration), may not exceed 8,750 words, and reply briefs may not exceed 3,500 words. If filed by a party who is not represented by an attorney and handwritten or prepared with a typewriter, briefs in support of and in response to a motion may not exceed 25 pages, and reply briefs may not exceed
Courtesy copies required for discovery motions 50+ pages.
For discovery-related motions, the filing party must promptly provide a paper courtesy copy to Chambers of any filing, including exhibits, that is 50 pages long or longer.
Courtesy Copies Required
Logistics
Pretrial memoranda are limited to 25 pages.
pretrial memoranda are limited to 25 pages.
Letters filed on ECF are limited to 5 pages (exclusive of exhibits).
Letters. Except as otherwise provided below, communications with the Court must be by letter and filed on ECF, without e-mail or other copy to the Court. Letters may not exceed five pages, exclusive of exhibits, which should be kept to a minimum.
Fax communications to Chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
- Status Inquiries
Emails to Chambers require prior approval and must CC all parties if approved.
E-mails to Chambers are not permitted without prior approval. If approval is granted, any e-mailed submissions must be simultaneously sent to other counsel and/or pro se parties. The Court's e-mail address is KrauseNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
Direct to: Chambers
- Advance Notice Requiredprior approval required
Disability accommodation requests may be emailed to Chambers.
Requests for reasonable accommodations on account of disability with respect to these rules may be sent by e-mail to KrauseNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
Direct to: Chambers
Courtroom Deputy may be contacted 9am-5pm for docketing, scheduling, and calendaring.
For docketing, scheduling, and calendaring matters, parties may contact the Courtroom Deputy, Salihah Brown between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Phone
Direct to: Chambers
- Hours9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Pro se parties must submit non-electronic communications to Pro Se Intake Unit, not Chambers.
All letters, motions, memoranda, and other communications to the Court from pro se parties that are not filed electronically must be submitted to the Pro Se Intake Unit, not directly to Chambers.
Letter via ECF
Direct to: Intake Unit
Attorney or computer-prepared briefs limited to 8,750 words; reply briefs to 3,500 words.
Unless prior permission has been granted, briefs, filed by an attorney or prepared with a computer, in support of and in response to a motion (except for motions for reconsideration), may not exceed 8,750 words, and reply briefs may not exceed 3,500 words.
Reply briefs by attorneys limited to 3,500 words.
reply briefs may not exceed 3,500 words
Pro se handwritten/typewriter briefs limited to 25 pages; reply briefs also limited (page count continues on next page).
If filed by a party who is not represented by an attorney and handwritten or prepared with a typewriter, briefs in support of and in response to a motion may not exceed 25 pages, and reply briefs may not exceed
Attorney or computer-prepared briefs must include a certificate stating the word count.
If a brief is filed by an attorney or prepared with a computer, it must include a certificate by the attorney, or party who is not represented by an attorney, that the document complies with the word count limitations. The person preparing the certificate may rely on the word count of the word-processing program used to prepare the document. The certificate must state the number of words in the document.
Document Type
Brief
Courtesy copies required for discovery motions that are 50 pages or longer.
For discovery-related motions, the filing party must promptly provide a paper courtesy copy to Chambers of any filing, including exhibits, that is 50 pages long or longer.
Courtesy Copies Required
Logistics
Jury trial submissions must be emailed in Microsoft Word format to chambers.
In addition to filing these three joint submissions on ECF, the parties must send copies in Microsoft Word format to the Court via e-mail to KrauseNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
Direct to: Chambers
- Advance Notice Required
- Hours
- Status Inquiries
Pretrial memoranda are limited to 25 pages.
pretrial memoranda are limited to 25 pages