Judge Andrew E. Krause
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
Adjournments
Must Include
- 1Reason For Request
- 2Original Date
- 3Number Of Previous Requests
- 4Previous Requests Granted Or Denied
- 5Adversary Position
Must Include
- 1Proposed Rescheduled Date
Communication
Deponent
Videoconference
Chambers
Letter Fax
Chambers
Letter Ecf
Intake Unit
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.