Judge Cathy Seibel

Letters. Except as otherwise provided below, communications with chambers shall be by letter, with copies simultaneously delivered to all counsel. Unless there is a request to file a letter under seal or a letter contains sensitive or confidential information or the party does not have access to the Electronic Case Filing (ECF) system, letters must be filed electronically on the ECF system (with a courtesy copy emailed to the chambers email address, chambersnysdseibel@nysd.uscourts.gov, as described below). If one of the exceptions described in the previous sentence applies, a PDF version of a letter may be emailed to the chambers email address or delivered in hard copy. If a letter is filed electronically on ECF, a PDF of the filed version of that letter must also be e-mailed to chambersnysdseibel@nysd.uscourts.gov. Failure to email a PDF courtesy copy may mean that the letter does not come to the Court’s attention in a timely manner. Letters solely between parties or their counsel or otherwise not addressed to the Court may not be filed on ECF or otherwise sent to the Court.

To arrange a pre-motion conference, the moving party must submit a letter, not to exceed three (3) pages, setting forth the basis for the anticipated motion.

at least one week before that conference, the opposing party must submit a letter, also not to exceed three (3) pages, setting forth its position

Unless prior permission has been granted – and except for motions to reconsider, which are governed by Local Rule 6.3 – memoranda of law in support of and in opposition to motions are limited to 8750 words, and reply memoranda are limited to 3500, in accordance with Local Rule 7.1.

Memoranda of ten (10) pages or more shall contain a table of contents and table of authorities. All memoranda of law must be double-spaced and shall be in 12-point font or larger, with one-inch (1") margins on all sides. Footnotes may be single-spaced but must also be in 12-point font or larger.

All courtesy copies submitted in connection with motions must be bound in any manner that is secure, does not obscure the text, and permits the document to lie reasonably flat when open. Parties should submit multiple volumes rather than large documents that do not lie reasonably flat when open. Preferred forms of binding are three-ring binders and spiral binding. Paper-and-plastic binding is acceptable as long as the pages will lay flat. Metal prong fasteners are not acceptable.

All courtesy copies must include the automatically generated ECF header (that is, the text – e.g., “Case 7:24-cv-1234-CS Document 100 Filed the ECF system), unless the papers have not yet been filed on the docket.

The moving party’s Statement of Material Facts Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 56.1 may not exceed 25 double-spaced pages without prior permission of the Court.

Attorneys who, under the Standing Order, require the court’s permission to bring a Personal Electronic Device into the Courthouse, and all attorneys wishing to bring a General Purpose Computing Device (as defined in the Standing Order) into the Courthouse, must request the court’s permission three (3) business days in advance.