Courtesy copies are required for exhibits. Details: 1 copy, delivery upon filing, by email. Courtesy copies of pre-marked exhibits must be emailed to chambers.
Yes. A pre-motion letter is required for discovery. Details: 3 pages, response due in 3 days. Discovery disputes require meet-and-confer, then 3-page ECF letter-motion with 3-day response time.
Judge Katharine H. Parker's rule states these limits: 6 pages. Joint pre-conference agenda letters limited to 6 pages, filed one week before conference.
Judge Katharine H. Parker's rules include page or word limits for covered filings. Memoranda of law exceeding length limits require prior permission.
Judge Katharine H. Parker's formatting rule includes single spacing, margins top 1 inches, bottom 1 inches, left 1.5 inches, right 1 inches, and file format PDF. Letters to court limited to 3 single-space pages (excluding exhibits).
The rule requires original date, adversary consent, and number of previous requests. Adjournment/extension requests must be ECF letter-motions with specific required elements.
The rule requires judge name, case number, legal argument, and statement of facts. Pro se parties must file individual Pretrial Statements within 30 days of discovery completion.
Parties may contact Judge Katharine H. Parker's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. The rule lists email KHP_Rule41Warrants@nysd.uscourts.gov. Warrants should be emailed to KHP_Rule41Warrants@nysd.uscourts.gov with agent and U.S. Attorney availability.
A motion to seal is required for covered sealed filings before Judge Katharine H. Parker. Process: file redacted on ecf and file unredacted to chambers. Request to file redacted documents under seal requires letter motion with specific legal justification.
Requests should be made at least 14 calendar days in advance when this rule applies before Judge Katharine H. Parker. Pre-sentence submissions for misdemeanors due 2 weeks before sentencing.
Yes. Judge Katharine H. Parker's rules include a junior lawyer participation incentive. Junior attorneys invited to address Court at case management conferences.
Warrants should be emailed to KHP_Rule41Warrants@nysd.uscourts.gov with agent and U.S. Attorney availability.
For late-night/weekend warrants, email and call Judge Parker's cell phone.
Plea materials must be emailed 24 hours in advance to Parker_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
Pre-sentence submissions for misdemeanors due 2 weeks before sentencing.
Use Westlaw citations for unreported cases when possible.
Letters to court limited to 3 single-space pages (excluding exhibits).
Letter motions limited to 3 single-space pages (excluding exhibits).
Adjournment/extension requests require at least 48 hours or 2 business days notice.
Adjournment/extension requests must be ECF letter-motions with specific required elements.
Faxes require prior permission and are limited to 3 pages.
No courtesy copies required for ECF filings as general rule.
Pro se parties must communicate through Pro Se Intake Unit, not directly to Chambers.
Joint pre-conference agenda letters limited to 6 pages, filed one week before conference.
Junior attorneys invited to address Court at case management conferences.
Discovery disputes require meet-and-confer, then 3-page ECF letter-motion with 3-day response time.
Pre-motion conference required for all motions except specified exemptions.
Pre-motion letter limited to 3 pages; responses limited to 3 pages within 3 business days.
Memoranda of law exceeding length limits require prior permission.
Memoranda of 10+ pages require TOC and TOA, excluded from word count.
Sur-replies require prior permission.
All moving papers, letter-motions, and letters must be searchable PDF.
Request to file redacted documents under seal requires letter motion with specific legal justification.
Joint submission required for redaction requests based on another party's confidential designation.
Sealed/redacted filing requests must be filed electronically via ECF per standing order 19-mc-00583.
Motion for seal must be public; supporting papers filed separately under seal only as necessary.
Proposed sealed documents must be contemporaneously filed under seal in ECF and electronically related to motion.
Written request required one week in advance for phone attendance at Settlement Conference.
Junior lawyers (under 7 years) may argue motions and question witnesses, with multiple attorneys permitted to argue for training opportunities.
Parties must move for leave to file sealed documents on paper if unable to use ECF system.
Sealed filings require both public redacted version and sealed unredacted version with redactions highlighted.