Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky

Any nonincarcerated pro se party who wishes to participate in ECF must file a Motion for Permission for Electronic Case Filing, available in the Pro Se Intake unit or at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/node/844.

Communications with the Court should be by letter filed on ECF except for settlement conference submissions and in camera submissions which can be sent to the email address for civil matters at TarnofskyNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.

No faxed communications shall be permitted without prior permission from Judge Tarnofsky's Chambers. All faxes must simultaneously be delivered to all parties.

Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of 500 Pearl Street and may not be brought directly to Chambers.

All counsel are required to register promptly as ECF filers and to enter an appearance in the case. The pertinent instructions are available on the Court website, at https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/electronic-case-filing. Counsel are responsible for updating their contact information on ECF, should it change, and they are responsible for checking the docket sheet regularly, regardless of whether they receive an ECF notification.

Pro Se Parties. By Standing Order, all communications from a pro se party to the Court must either be physically delivered to the Pro Se Intake Unit located at 500 Pearl Street, Room 230, New York, NY 10007, either by mail or hand delivery, or emailed to ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov. If emailing, the pro se party must include the docket number of the case in the re: line, and any attachment must be in PDF format.

Settlement conference submissions and in camera submissions may be hand-delivered to Court Security Officers at the Worth street entrance of 500 Pearl Street, mailed to Chambers or emailed to TarnofskyNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov. No other materials may be sent directly to Chambers, and pro se parties may not call Chambers without prior permission from the Court.

No other materials may be sent directly to Chambers, and pro se parties may not call Chambers without prior permission from the Court.

If any other party is not a user of the ECF system (for example, if there is another pro se party in the case), the pro se party making the submission must send copies to the other party and include proof of service affirming that he or she has done so.

Copies of correspondence between a pro se party and opposing parties or counsel and discovery requests and responses shall not be provided to the Court (except as exhibits to an otherwise properly filed document).

Memoranda of 10 pages or more, filed by parties who have lawyers, shall contain a table of contents and a table of authorities.

All moving papers, letter-motions, and letters filed on ECF or emailed to chambers must be in searchable PDF form.

The Court will file under seal any clean and unredacted pages for which the Court has approved redactions.

Parties attending a virtual settlement conference must email the confidentiality agreement to TarnofskyNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov at least one day before the conference is held.

If the plaintiff has not already made a settlement demand, such a demand shall be communicated to the opposing party no later than 14 days prior to the conference. If it has not already done so, the opposing party shall respond to any demand no later than seven days prior to the conference.

If a defendant intends to claim that its financial situation is relevant to any settlement offer (either based on the amount offered or a proposal to pay any portion in more than 30 days), the defendant shall inform the plaintiff of this fact no later than 14 days prior to the conference. The parties shall then discuss whether the plaintiff seeks proof of the defendant’s claimed financial hardship and whether the defendant is willing to provide such proof, which must be provided no later than five days before the conference.