Judge John P. Cronan

Letters to the Court on behalf of parties represented by counsel must be both docketed on ECF and e-mailed as a .pdf attachment to the following address: CronanNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov. Counsel shall not provide a hard copy of correspondence e-mailed to Chambers.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, letters may not exceed three pages in length (single-spaced, 12-point font).

For situations requiring immediate attention from the Court, counsel should call Chambers directly; in such situations, parties should email the Chambers inbox requesting the Court's contact information.

Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.

The typeface, margins, and spacing of motion papers must conform to Local Civil Rule 7.1(b).

Unless prior permission has been granted, memoranda of law in support of and in opposition to motions are limited to 8,750 words, and reply memoranda are limited to 3,500 words.

Reply memoranda are limited to 3,500 words.

Memoranda of 10 pages or more shall contain a table of contents and a table of authorities, and all memoranda 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.

Any party wishing to raise a discovery dispute with the Court must first confer in good faith with the opposing party, in person or by telephone, in an effort to resolve the dispute. If this meet-and-confer process does not resolve the dispute, a party may raise the dispute with the Court by filing a letter-motion on ECF, no longer than three pages, explaining the nature of the dispute. Such a letter must include a representation that the meet-and-confer process occurred and was unsuccessful. A party opposing the relief sought must file a response, not to exceed three pages, within three business days.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, a party seeking to file a motion must submit a pre-motion letter in accordance with 1.A above, not to exceed three pages in length absent leave of the Court, notifying the Court of its anticipated motion, summarizing the basis for the anticipated motion, and proposing a briefing schedule. All parties served with the pre-motion letter must submit a letter response, also not to exceed three pages absent leave of the Court, within three business days from the submission of the pre-motion letter.

A pretrial memorandum of law, not to exceed 3,500 words (excluding the caption, any index, table of contents, table of authorities, signature blocks, or any endnotes) absent leave of the Court, addressing any issues of law that are expected to arise at or before trial, with any responses or oppositions to those legal issues due one week later.

A pretrial memorandum of law, not to exceed 3,500 words (excluding the caption, any index, table of contents, table of authorities, signature blocks, or any required certificates, but including material contained in footnotes or endnotes) absent leave of the Court, addressing any issues of law that are expected to arise at or before trial, with any responses or oppositions to those legal issues due one week later.

All communications with the Court by a pro se party, including letter-motions, should be (1) mailed to the Pro Se Intake Unit, Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York 10007 or (2) delivered in person to the drop box in the lobby of the United States Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, no correspondences, documents, or court filings, may be emailed or otherwise sent directly to Chambers.

If there are any discovery disputes, the parties are required to confer with one another to try to resolve the dispute without the need for Court intervention. If the parties are unable to resolve their dispute, either party may file a letter-motion, no longer than three pages and in accordance with Paragraph 2(a) above, to raise the dispute with the Court. The letter-motion shall explain the nature of the dispute as well as the efforts to resolve the dispute and why they were unsuccessful. If the opposing party wishes to respond to the letter, it must promptly file a responsive letter, also not to exceed three pages.