Southern District of New York Chambers Communication Rules
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Rules for contacting chambers: permitted methods, hours, and purposes. This page is scoped to Southern District of New York; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.
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Pro se parties must submit all filings and communications through the Pro Se Intake Unit.
Pro se parties are directed to submit all filings and communications addressed to Judge Swain, whether related to a case pending before the Court, or to a matter the party wishes to direct to Judge Swain in her capacity as Chief Judge, through the Court’s Pro Se Intake Unit.
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Only one attorney per party may examine/cross-examine each witness; objector gets cross.
(14) Only one attorney for each party shall examine, or cross-examine, each witness. The attorney stating objections, if any, during direct examination, will be the attorney recognized for cross-examination.
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- In person to counsel table
Gestures, facial expressions, and audible comments by counsel table are prohibited.
(16) Counsel must admonish all persons at counsel table that gestures, facial expressions, audible comments, or the like, as manifestations of approval or disapproval during the testimony of witnesses, or at any other time, are absolutely prohibited.
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All letters to the Court must be filed electronically on ECF unless sealed or containing sensitive/confidential information.
Communications with Chambers must be by letter. Unless there is a request to file a letter under seal or a letter contains sensitive or confidential information that the sender believes should not be filed electronically (see subdivision A.5 below), all letters to the Court must be filed electronically on the ECF system.
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Email Chambers notice of TRO filing with requested timeframe.
The moving party should then email chambers at SwainNYSDCorresp@nysd.uscourts.gov, giving notice of the filing and the time frame requested for Court action.
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Pro se parties must contact Pro Se Intake Unit for sealed filing direction.
Pro se parties who wish to seek permission to file documents under seal, and who do not have permission to file documents electronically, are directed to contact the Court’s Pro Se Intake Unit, at the contact information provided on the Court’s website, see https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/prose/role-of-the-prose-intake-unit/contact, for appropriate direction.
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Pro se filings must go through Pro Se Intake Unit, not directly to chambers.
All filings and communications from by pro se parties must be filed through the Pro Se Intake Unit, and must not be emailed, mailed, or faxed directly to chambers.
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Pro se parties should not call chambers; use Pro Se Intake Unit instead.
pro se parties should not call chambers; procedural questions should instead be addressed to the Court’s Pro Se Intake Unit.
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- Fax to chambers
Adjournment requests must be faxed to specific number.
Requests for adjournments should be faxed to (212-805-7942).
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Hard copies of all letters must be sent to Chambers via mail or Court Security Officer (not direct delivery), with simultaneous delivery to all counsel, and the Court must not be copied on inter-counsel correspondence.
Parties shall send to Chambers a hard copy of all letters. Copies of letters to Chambers shall simultaneously be delivered to all counsel in no less speedy a manner than the method of delivery to the Court. Counsel shall not copy the Court on correspondence between and among them. Copies of all documents shall either be mailed to Chambers or left with the Court Security Officer at the Worth Street entrance of the Courthouse. Papers shall not be delivered directly to Chambers unless special permission to do so is granted.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to Chambers are limited to urgent matters, adjournment requests, and technology requests; must not exceed 5 pages without permission; no follow-up hard copy allowed.
Faxes may be sent only: for urgent matters requiring an immediate response from Chambers; to request an adjournment or extension of time as provided by Rule 1.D; or to make a technology request as provided by Rule 1.F. Faxes should be brief and may not exceed 5 pages without special permission from Chambers. Do not follow faxes with a hard copy.
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Letters filed on ECF must additionally be sent to Chambers by mail or by fax (if 5 pages or under).
Letters filed on ECF must also be sent to Chambers, either by mail or, if five pages or under, by fax.
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Adjournment or extension requests filed on ECF must also be sent to Chambers by hard copy or fax.
DO NOT file requests for adjournments or extensions of time on ECF without also sending a hard copy or fax of the request to Chambers.
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Counsel must not appear on return date; Court schedules oral argument only if desired.
Counsel shall not appear in Court on the return date. The Court will schedule the date and time for argument if it desires argument.
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- Phone to chambers
Only Liaison Counsel may contact Chambers by telephone except for good cause.
Except for good cause, only Liaison Counsel may contact Chambers by telephone.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Fax communications of 21+ pages require permission, granted only in urgent circumstances.
Written communications of twenty-one (21) pages or more may only be faxed with permission. Permission is likely to be granted only in urgent circumstances. No hard copy should be sent if permission is given to fax the document.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Permission is required for all hand deliveries to chambers.
Permission for all hand deliveries to chambers remains necessary.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
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- (212) 805-0175
Pro se parties must send all communications to Pro Se Intake Unit, not directly to chambers.
All communications with the Court by a pro se party must be mailed to the Pro Se Intake Unit, United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, Room 200, New York, New York 10007. No documents or court filings should be sent directly to chambers.
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Represented parties must email pretrial documents to court in PDF and Word formats.
At the time of filing, a represented party must e-mail these documents to the Court (Torres_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) in both PDF and Microsoft Word formats.
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Pro se parties must mail all communications to the Pro Se Intake Unit; direct submission to chambers is prohibited.
All communications with the Court by a pro se party must be mailed to the Pro Se Intake Unit, United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, Room 200, New York, New York 10007. No documents or court filings should be sent directly to chambers.
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Represented parties must email pretrial documents to chambers in PDF and Word formats.
At the time of filing, a represented party must e-mail these documents to the Court (Torres_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) in both PDF and Microsoft Word formats.
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Parties must email a letter requesting permission to bring computers/printers into the courthouse at least 10 business days before trial/hearing.
Any party seeking to bring such equipment into the Courthouse shall email a letter to the Court at least ten business days in advance of the relevant trial or hearing requesting permission to use such equipment.
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Parties must notify chambers immediately when seeking TRO, stating whether adversary was notified and consented or Rule 65(b) applies.
As soon as a party decides to seek a temporary restraining order, he or she shall call or email chambers and state whether: (1) he or she has notified the adversary and if the adversary consents to temporary injunctive relief or (2) the requirements of Rule 65(b) are satisfied and no notice is necessary.
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If adversary notified but doesn't consent to TRO, parties must coordinate with chambers to schedule hearing for both sides to be heard.
If a party’s adversary has been notified but does not consent to temporary injunctive relief, the party seeking a restraining order shall call or email chambers in order to determine a time mutually agreeable to the Court, the party, and its adversary, so that the Court may have the benefit of advocacy from both sides in deciding whether to grant temporary injunctive relief.
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- (212) 805-0292
Telephone calls to chambers are permitted only in emergencies requiring immediate attention.
Telephone calls to chambers are permitted only in emergencies requiring immediate attention.
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Faxes to chambers require prior authorization.
Faxes to chambers are permitted only with prior authorization.
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- Email to chambers
Parties seeking a TRO must immediately call or email chambers to report adversary notification status and consent, or Rule 65(b) applicability; if adversary notified but doesn't consent, must contact chambers to schedule a mutually agreeable hearing time.
As soon as a party decides to seek a temporary restraining order, he or she shall call or email chambers and state whether: (1) he or she has notified the adversary and if the adversary consents to temporary injunctive relief or (2) the requirements of Rule 65(b) are satisfied and no notice is necessary. If a party's adversary has been notified but does not consent to temporary injunctive relief, the party seeking a restraining order shall call or email chambers in order to determine a time mutually agreeable to the Court, the party, and its adversary, so that the Court may have the benefit of advocacy from both sides in deciding whether to grant temporary injunctive relief.
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Parties seeking a TRO must call or email chambers immediately.
As soon as a party decides to seek a temporary restraining order, he or she shall call or email chambers and state whether: (1) he or she has notified the adversary and if the adversary consents to temporary injunctive relief or (2) the requirements of Rule 65(b) are satisfied and no notice is necessary.
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In criminal cases, parties must immediately email Chambers at the listed address to arrange a prompt scheduling conference.
Upon assignment of a criminal case to Judge Carter, the parties should immediately email Chambers at ALCarterNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov to arrange for a prompt conference, at which the defendant will be present, in order to set a discovery and motion schedule.
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Proposed voir dire questions, requests to charge, and verdict form must also be emailed to chambers at the listed address.
In addition to being filed on ECF, the proposed voir dire questions, requests to charge and verdict form should be emailed as single MS Word documents to ALCarterNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Letters should be filed on ECF with courtesy copies emailed to Chambers as PDF with specific subject line format.
Generally, letters should be filed electronically on ECF and courtesy copies should be emailed to Chambers at ALCarterNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov as a .pdf attachment, with all counsel copied on the email. Counsel should include the case caption, docket number, and a brief description in the subject line of every email sent to Chambers. Example: Jane v. John; 12 Civ. 0000; Defendant’s request for a Pre-Motion Conference.
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Criminal cases require immediate email to Chambers and AUSA to deliver courtesy copies of indictment/complaint
Upon assignment of a criminal case to Judge Carter, the parties should immediately email Chambers at ALCarterNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov to arrange for a prompt conference, at which the defendant will be present, in order to set a discovery and motion schedule. The Assistant United States Attorney should deliver a courtesy copy of the indictment and the criminal complaint, if one exists, to Chambers as soon as practicable.
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Proposed jury documents must be emailed as single MS Word documents to specific chambers email
In addition to being filed on ECF, the proposed voir dire questions, requests to charge and verdict form should be emailed as single MS Word documents to ALCarterNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Authorization required 10 business days in advance for non-personal electronic equipment in courthouse
In order for an attorney to bring into the Courthouse any computer, printer, or other electronic equipment not qualifying as a “personal electronic device,” specific authorization is required by prior Court Order. Any party seeking to bring such equipment into the Courthouse should send a letter to Chambers at least 10 business days in advance of the relevant trial or hearing requesting permission to use such equipment. The request letter should identify the type(s) of equipment to be used and the name(s) of the attorney(s) who will be using the equipment. Chambers will coordinate with the District Executive’s Office to issue the Order and forward a copy to counsel. The Order must be shown upon bringing the equipment into the Courthouse.
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Pro se parties must communicate with court in writing via ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov
All communications with the Court by a pro se party should be in writing and delivered in person, mailed, or emailed as a PDF to ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Pro se parties cannot send documents directly to chambers
No documents or court filings may be sent directly to Chambers.
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Pro se parties cannot call court directly; must contact Pro Se Office
Pro se parties may not call the Court directly. Any questions should be directed to the Pro Se Office at (212) 805-0175.
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- Email to chambers
Parties must email list of counsel and phone numbers 24 hours before teleconference.
At least 24 hours before a scheduled teleconference, the parties must jointly email to the Court a list of counsel who may speak during the teleconference. No more than one individual should be designated to speak on behalf of each party. The email should also provide the telephone numbers from which counsel expect to join the call.
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Broadcasting or recording court conferences is prohibited by law.
Broadcasting or recording of any court conference is prohibited by law.
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All parties must jointly email Court to resolve deposition disputes.
If a party wishes to engage the Court in this manner, all parties in attendance at the deposition must make themselves available and email the Court jointly.
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- Email to chambers
Electronic device access requests must be submitted at least 3 business days before trial/hearing or may be denied.
If required by the Standing Order, counsel seeking to bring a device into the Courthouse shall submit an Electronic Device and Wi-Fi Access Request Form, available on the Court’s website, to the Court by e-mail as early as possible—and certainly no later than three business days before the start of the trial or hearing. Requests submitted later than three business days prior to the relevant trial or hearing may be denied on that basis alone.
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Mobile phones must be turned off in courtroom at all times or may be forfeited.
If permitted by the Standing Order, mobile telephones are permitted inside the Courtroom, but they MUST be kept turned off at all times. Non-compliance with this rule may result in forfeiture of the device for the remainder of the proceedings.
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Pro se parties are prohibited from calling the Court directly and must direct questions to the Pro Se Office.
Pro se parties may not call the Court directly. Any questions should be directed to the Pro Se Office at (212) 805-0175.
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- Email to intake unit
Pro se parties must submit all communications and filings in writing via in-person delivery, mail, or email to ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov; direct submission to Chambers is prohibited.
All communications with the Court by a pro se party should be in writing and delivered in person, mailed, or emailed as a PDF to ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov. No documents or court filings may be sent directly to Chambers.
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Native calculation files must be emailed to Chambers when supporting proposed damages in default judgment proceedings.
iii. if the proposed damages are supported by calculations, native versions of the files with calculations (i.e., versions of the files in their original format, such as in ".xlsx"), which shall be emailed to Chambers;
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Electronic device request form must be submitted by email at least 3 business days before trial/hearing
If required by the Standing Order, counsel seeking to bring a device into the Courthouse shall submit an Electronic Device and Wi-Fi Access Request Form, available on the Court’s website, to the Court by email as early as possible — and certainly no later than three business days before the start of the trial or hearing.
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Mobile phones allowed in courtroom but must be turned off
If permitted by the Standing Order, mobile telephones are permitted inside the Courtroom, but they MUST be always turned off.
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Government counsel must email Chambers immediately upon case assignment to arrange initial conference/arraignment.
Upon assignment of a criminal case to Judge Subramanian, the Assistant United States Attorney shall immediately email Chambers to arrange for a prompt conference/arraignment.
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Parties must jointly write to the Court 24 hours before a status conference with updates.
No later than 24 hours prior to a scheduled status conference, the parties shall jointly write to the Court to provide any updates and preview what they wish to discuss at the conference.
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Plea agreements and Pimentel letters must be emailed to Chambers at least two business days before the scheduled plea.
When a defendant is pleading guilty pursuant to a plea agreement or a cooperation agreement, a copy of the agreement, signed or unsigned, ordinarily must be received by Chambers at least two business days before the scheduled plea. Where the Government is providing a Pimentel letter, a copy of the Pimentel letter must be received by Chambers at least two business days before the scheduled plea. These documents should be emailed to the Court.
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- Email to chambers
When filing redacted documents, parties must simultaneously email chambers: unredacted copy, highlighted copy showing redactions, and unredacted letter-motion if applicable.
Emailing of Documents to Chambers. At the same time, the party should email to Chambers: (1) a clean (i.e., unredacted) copy of the document; (2) a copy of the document highlighting the information that has been redacted in the ECF filing; and (3) an unredacted copy of the letter-motion seeking leave to file should the party also be seeking leave to file that letter-motion with redactions or under seal.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to Chambers are prohibited unless prior approval is obtained.
Faxes are not permitted except with prior approval of Chambers.
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- Email to chambers
Parties must jointly email the Court a list of speaking counsel (max one per party) and phone numbers at least 24 hours before teleconferences.
At least 24 hours before a scheduled teleconference, the parties must jointly email to the Court a list of counsel who may speak during the teleconference. No more than one individual should be designated to speak on behalf of each party. The email should also provide the telephone numbers from which counsel expect to join the call.
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Counsel must identify themselves each time they speak, spell proper names, and not interrupt during teleconferences.
counsel are required to identify themselves every time they speak. Counsel should spell any proper names for the court reporter and take special care not to interrupt or speak over one another.
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Broadcasting or recording any court conference is prohibited.
Broadcasting or recording of any court conference is prohibited by law.
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Ex parte TRO applicants must email Chambers after filing to provide notice.
If the party seeking relief believes that Rule 65(b)(1)’s requirements can be met and a temporary restraining order should issue without notice to the adverse party, the party should file its papers on ECF under seal (or, if ECF is not a viable option, by email to Chambers) and then email Chambers providing notice.
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Noticed TRO applicants must email Chambers after filing.
If the party is prepared to seek relief on notice to the adverse party, the party seeking relief should simultaneously file its papers on ECF, serve them on all other parties, and then email Chambers.
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- Email to chambers
Proposed joint pretrial order must be submitted by email to the Court.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, at least 14 days prior to the scheduled final pretrial conference, the parties shall both file on ECF, as a “Joint Pretrial Statement,” and submit by email to the Court a proposed joint pretrial order...
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Parties modifying the Model Protective Order beyond caption and signatures must email a redline of changes to Chambers; court disfavors such modifications.
Order in any way other than conforming the caption and signatures, they must provide a redline indicating all such modifications by email to Chambers. The Court disfavors modifications to the Court’s Model Protective Order.
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- Email to clerk
Counsel required by Standing Order M10-468 to bring electronic devices must submit request form via email to Court no later than 3 business days before trial/hearing; late requests may be denied.
If required by the Standing Order, counsel seeking to bring a device into the Courthouse shall submit an Electronic Device and Wi-Fi Access Request Form, available on the Court’s website, to the Court by e-mail as early as possible—and certainly no later than three business days before the start of the trial or hearing. Requests submitted later than three business days prior to the relevant trial or hearing may be denied on that basis alone.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Letters to chambers must be filed on ECF with courtesy copy to chambers email, except for sealed/sensitive/confidential letters or parties without ECF access.
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.
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Permission required 3 business days in advance for certain electronic devices.
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.
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All communications with chambers must be via ECF with courtesy copies to all parties; no correspondence between counsel to court.
All communications with Chambers on any subject must be in writing and filed via ECF, with copies delivered simultaneously to all counsel or pro se parties. Do not send copies of correspondence between counsel to the Court. Courtesy copies of all pleadings and motions. Sealed documents should be electronically filed in accordance with Part V.A, infra. Do not send courtesy copies of other documents to Chambers.
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- Email to chambers
Emails to chambers email addresses will be ignored.
Do not send emails to any email address in chambers. Any email sent to a chambers email address will be ignored.
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Telephone calls to chambers are prohibited except for real emergencies.
Telephone calls to Chambers are not permitted, except in the case of a real emergency. Judge McMahon’s deputy clerk and law clerks will not discuss cases or clarify rules over the telephone. Any requests for clarification should be submitted in writing.
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- (212) 805-6325
Emergency phone numbers for civil (212-805-6325) and criminal (212-805-6329) matters.
In case of a real emergency, the attorney for a represented party in a civil matter may call (212) 805-6325, and should include opposing counsel on the call. An attorney with a pressing issue in a criminal matter may call (212) 805-6329.
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- Phone to intake unit
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- (212) 805-0175
Pro se parties should contact Pro Se Intake Unit at (212) 805-0175, not chambers.
A party who does not have an attorney should not call Chambers. The Court has an office dedicated to parties without attorneys, called the Pro Se Intake Unit. It may be reached at (212) 805-0175 during normal business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday (except federal holidays).
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxing courtesy copies to chambers is prohibited unless court directs otherwise.
Courtesy copies of motions and supporting papers may not be faxed to Chambers unless the Court specifically directs that fax be used. If the Court has specifically directed parties to communicate with Chambers via fax, do not follow with a hard copy.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Documents longer than 10 pages cannot be faxed without prior authorization.
No document longer than 10 pages may be faxed without prior authorization.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Chambers will not accept faxes from pro se litigants; they must file with Pro Se Clerk’s Office.
Under no circumstances will Chambers accept faxes from pro se litigants. If pro se litigants send faxes to Chambers, the faxes will be ignored. Pro se litigants must instead file all papers that they want Judge McMahon to read with the Pro Se Clerk’s Office.
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- Phone to intake unit
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- (212) 805-0175
Pro se litigants must contact Pro Se Intake Unit only, not Chambers, by phone during business hours.
Pro se litigants may not contact Chambers by phone, fax or email, but must direct all communications through the Pro Se Intake Unit, which can be reached at (212) 805-0175 during normal business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday (except federal holidays). We will not respond to communications from pro se litigants who try to contact chambers by any other means.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
First discovery dispute requires letter to Chambers via ECF for Magistrate Judge referral.
The first time there is a discovery dispute that counsel cannot resolve on their own, file a letter to Chambers via ECF and ask for an order of reference to the Magistrate Judge for discovery supervision. Thereafter, go directly to the Magistrate Judge for resolution of discovery disputes; do not contact Judge McMahon.
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Fax requests to chambers at 212-805-6426 in addition to ECF filing.
Counsel should fax a copy of such requests to chambers as 212-805-6426 in addition to filing same on ECF.
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Telephonic appearances require prior written permission at least two business days in advance with stated reason.
Telephonic appearances are not permitted in lieu of personal appearances unless the Court has provided prior written permission for a party to appear telephonically. A request to appear by telephone must be made in writing at least two business days prior to the scheduled appearance and must state the reason why an exception should be made.
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Telephonic appearances never permitted for trials or evidentiary hearings.
Requests will never be granted for trials or evidentiary hearings, for which all counsel and witnesses must appear in person.
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Telephonic appearance requests must be submitted via CM-ECF or fax.
Requests should be submitted electronically via CM-ECF or via fax to (212) 805-6326.
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Telephonic appearances must be arranged by 12:00 p.m. the day before via CourtCall.
After the Court has given written permission for a party to appear telephonically, the appearance must be arranged, not later than 12:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, by calling CourtCall at (866) 582-6878 or (310) 342-0888 or going to www.courtcall.com.
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Counsel must dial in at least 10 minutes before scheduled hearing.
It is counsel’s responsibility to dial into the call not later than 10 minutes prior to the scheduled hearing.
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Prohibited phone types for telephonic appearances except extreme emergencies.
The use of car phones, cellular phones, speaker phones, public telephone booths, or phones in other public places is prohibited except in the most extreme emergencies.
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Must mute phone until matter is called to avoid interfering with other hearings.
You must place your phone on 'mute' until your matter is called to ensure the quality of the record and to avoid interfering with other hearings in progress.
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Multiple participants only allowed with full compliance with all procedures.
Telephonic appearances by multiple participants are only possible when there is compliance with every procedural requirement.
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Sanctions for procedural deviations include calendar removal, continuance, monetary penalties, or permanent telephonic appearance prohibition.
Sanctions may be imposed when there is any deviation from the required procedures or the court determines that a person’s conduct makes telephonic appearances inappropriate. Sanctions may include dropping a matter from calendar, continuing the hearing, proceeding in the absence of an unavailable participant, a monetary sanction, and/or a permanent prohibition against a person appearing telephonically.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
All communications with Chambers must be written, filed via ECF, and copies delivered to all parties; copies of counsel correspondence must not be sent to the Court.
All communications with Chambers on any subject must be in writing and filed via ECF, with copies delivered simultaneously to all counsel or pro se parties. Do not send copies of correspondence between counsel to the Court.
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- Email to chambers
Emails sent to any chambers email address are prohibited and will be ignored.
Do not send emails to any email address in chambers. Any email sent to a chambers email address will be ignored.
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Telephone calls to Chambers are only permitted in real emergencies; deputy clerks and law clerks will not discuss cases or clarify rules by phone, and such requests must be submitted in writing.
Telephone calls to Chambers are not permitted, except in the case of a real emergency. Judge McMahon’s deputy clerk and law clerks will not discuss cases or clarify rules over the telephone. Any requests for clarification should be submitted in writing.
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- Civil matters: (212) 805-6325; Criminal matters: (212) 805-6329
Civil represented parties' attorneys may call (212) 805-6325 for emergencies (must include opposing counsel); criminal attorneys with pressing issues may call (212) 805-6329.
In case of a real emergency, the attorney for a represented party in a civil matter may call (212) 805-6325, and should include opposing counsel on the call. An attorney with a pressing issue in a criminal matter may call (212) 805-6329.
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- Phone to intake unit
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- (212) 805-0175
Pro se parties are prohibited from calling Chambers; they must contact the Pro Se Intake Unit at (212) 805-0175 during business hours (8:30a-5p M-F except federal holidays).
A party who does not have an attorney should not call Chambers. The Court has an office dedicated to parties without attorneys, called the Pro Se Intake Unit. It may be reached at (212) 805-0175 during normal business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday (except federal holidays).
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxing courtesy copies of motions and supporting papers to Chambers is prohibited unless the Court directs fax use; no hard copy follow-up is needed if fax is used as directed.
Courtesy copies of motions and supporting papers may not be faxed to Chambers unless the Court specifically directs that fax be used. If the Court has specifically directed parties to communicate with Chambers via fax, do not follow with a hard copy.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Documents longer than 10 pages cannot be faxed to Chambers without prior authorization.
No document longer than 10 pages may be faxed without prior authorization.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Chambers will not accept faxes from pro se litigants; any such faxes are ignored, and pro se litigants must file papers with the Pro Se Clerk’s Office.
Under no circumstances will Chambers accept faxes from pro se litigants. If pro se litigants send faxes to Chambers, the faxes will be ignored. Pro se litigants must instead file all papers that they want Judge McMahon to read with the Pro Se Clerk’s Office.
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- Phone to intake unit
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- (212) 805-0175
Pro se litigants are prohibited from contacting Chambers directly via phone/fax/email; all communications must go through the Pro Se Intake Unit during specified hours.
Pro se litigants may not contact Chambers by phone, fax or email, but must direct all communications through the Pro Se Intake Unit, which can be reached at (212) 805-0175 during normal business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday (except federal holidays). We will not respond to communications from pro se litigants who try to contact chambers by any other means.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Requests to appear by telephone at conferences must be submitted via ECF at least two days before the scheduled conference date.
Requests to appear at a conference by telephone must be made by ECF at least two days before the scheduled conference date, in accordance with Judge McMahon’s rules for telephonic appearances, available at http://nysd.uscourts.gov/judge/Mcmahon. Such requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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Parties filing Rule 72 Objections must notify Judge McMahon via letter including the docket number of the filing.
Should either party file Objections to an order of the Magistrate Judge pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 72, that party should also file a letter addressed to Judge McMahon to notify her that Rule 72 Objections were filed. Please include the docket number of the filing in the letter.
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Parties with scheduling conflicts must notify the Court by letter.
Any party with a scheduling problem should bring it to the Court’s attention by letter.
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Only one attorney may speak per party in remote conferences without Court permission.
Absent permission of the Court, no more than one attorney shall speak on behalf of any party.
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Notice of temporary restraining order filing must be emailed to Chambers.
The moving party must email HoNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov giving notice of the filing and the time frame requested for Court action.
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Email letter-motions for alternative filing methods to HoNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov as PDF attachments with specific subject line requirements.
Any party unable to comply with the requirement for electronic filing under seal on ECF, or who believes that a particular document should not be electronically filed at all, shall file a letter-motion by email, seeking leave of the Court to file in a different manner. Such letter-motions may be emailed to HoNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov as text-searchable PDF attachments, with copies simultaneously delivered to all counsel. In the subject line, the cover email should state clearly: (1) the caption of the case, including the lead party names and docket number; and (2) a brief description of the nature of the request. Parties shall not include substantive communications in the body of the email.
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Email completed Model Court Order to HoNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov at least 5 business days before trial/hearing to request permission for electronic devices.
Attorneys’ use of personal electronic devices (including mobile phones) and general purpose computing devices (such as laptops and tablets) within the Courthouse and its environs is governed by Standing Order M10-468. When Court permission is required under the Standing Order, attorneys seeking to bring electronic devices to the Court should email a completed Model Court Order to HoNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov no later than five business days before the relevant trial or hearing. Upon the Court’s approval, Chambers will coordinate with the District Executive’s Office to issue the order and forward a copy to counsel. The order must be presented upon bringing the electronic device(s) into the Courthouse.
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Pro se parties cannot send documents directly to chambers.
No documents or court filings may be sent directly to Chambers.
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Pro se communications must be in writing via ECF, email, in-person, or mail.
All communications with the Court by a pro se party should be in writing and filed on ECF or sent to the Pro Se Office by email as a PDF, delivered in person, or physically mailed as described in Section 3(b) below.
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Faxes to chambers require prior permission
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted without express prior permission.
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Electronic devices require permission under Standing Order M10-468, with completed Model Court Order emailed to chambers at least 5 business days before trial/hearing.
Attorneys’ use of personal electronic devices (including mobile phones) and general purpose computing devices (such as laptops and tablets) within the Courthouse and its environs is governed by Standing Order M10-468. When Court permission is required under the Standing Order, attorneys seeking to bring electronic devices to the Court should email a completed Model Court Order to HoNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov no later than five business days before the relevant trial or hearing. Upon the Court’s approval, Chambers will coordinate with the District Executive’s Office to issue the order and forward a copy to counsel. The order must be presented upon bringing the electronic device(s) into the Courthouse. If permitted by the Standing Order, mobile telephones are permitted inside the Courtroom, but they MUST be kept turned off at all times.
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Counsel must request permission before approaching bench/witness box; documents for Court go to Courtroom Deputy.
Counsel should request permission before approaching the bench or the witness box, and any document that counsel wishes to have the Court examine should be handed to the Courtroom Deputy.
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Faxes to Chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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Hand-delivered mail must be left with Court Security Officers.
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the Courthouse; it may not be brought directly to Chambers.
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Mobile phones must be turned off in courtroom; non-compliance results in device forfeiture.
B. Mobile Phones. Attorneys in compliance with the Standing Order may bring mobile phones into the Courtroom, but the phones MUST be kept turned off at all times. Non-compliance with this rule will result in forfeiture of the device for the remainder of the proceedings.
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General purpose computing devices require prior court order and 5 business days advance notice.
C. General Purpose Computing Devices and Other Electronic Equipment. In order for an attorney to bring into the Courthouse any general purpose computing device or other electronic equipment such as a printer not qualifying as a “personal electronic device” as defined in Standing Order M10-468, specific authorization is required by prior Court Order. Any party seeking to bring such equipment into the Courthouse should email to Chambers a completed model Court Order, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/forms/fillable-form-electronic-devices-general-purpose, at least 5 business days in advance of the relevant proceeding. Chambers will coordinate with the District Executive’s Office to issue the Order and forward a copy to counsel. The Order must be shown upon bringing the equipment into the Courthouse.
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Letters to chambers must be filed on ECF unless sealed or confidential; attachments over 10 pages require both ECF filing and hard copy delivery.
Communications with Chambers shall be by letter filed electronically on ECF, unless there is a request to file a letter under seal or a letter contains sensitive or confidential information. When a letter is accompanied by attachments exceeding 10 pages in length, the submitting party shall both file the letter electronically and deliver a hardcopy with the attachments to Chambers by mail or hand delivery. No electronically filed letter shall be sent to the Court by mail unless it has an attachment greater than ten pages. Copies of correspondence between counsel shall not be sent to the Court (except as exhibits to an otherwise properly filed document).
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Substitution of counsel requires scheduling conference with Courtroom Deputy; all parties must attend.
When there is a substitution of defense counsel, counsel of record must contact the Courtroom Deputy to schedule a conference. At the conference, the Court will address the application by defense counsel to be relieved. The defendant, defense counsel of record, replacement counsel and the A.U.S.A. must also attend the conference.
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- Letter fax
Faxes to chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to chambers are not permitted.
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Email to court requires prior permission.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.A. above, if a party wishes to e-mail a .pdf document to the Court, it must obtain prior permission.
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- Email to chambers
Proposed jury instructions must be e-mailed to Judge Ramos' law clerk in addition to normal filing.
In addition to being filed in the normal manner, proposed jury instructions should be e-mailed to Judge Ramos' law clerk. Counsel should send an email to chambers to make arrangements for same.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to Chambers are prohibited unless prior approval is obtained.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted except with prior approval.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Communications with the Court must be by letter filed on ECF unless sealed or confidential.
Except as otherwise provided below, communications with the Court must be by letter. Unless there is a request to file a letter under seal or a letter contains sensitive or confidential information (see Rule 4(A), below), letters must be filed electronically on ECF.
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- Phone
- (855) 244-8681
Telephone conferences use Court’s dedicated line with specific access code.
The Court may designate that a conference will be held telephonically. In some cases, the Court may direct one of the parties to set up a conference line. In all other cases, the parties should call into the Court’s dedicated conference line at (855) 244-8681, and enter Access Code 2318-572-4826, followed by the pound (#) key.
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Counsel must identify themselves every time they speak during recorded telephone conferences.
To facilitate orderly teleconferences and the creation of an accurate transcript where a teleconference is held on the record, counsel are required to identify themselves every time they speak.
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Recording court conferences is prohibited by law.
The recording of any court conference is prohibited by law.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 805-0296
Must call chambers at (212) 805-0296 when deciding to seek TRO.
As soon as a party decides to seek a temporary restraining order, he or she must call Chambers at (212) 805-0296 and state clearly (1) whether the adversary has been notified and whether the adversary consents to temporary injunctive relief; or (2) that the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b) are satisfied and no notice is necessary.
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Call Chambers by 11:00 AM on filing day to advise and schedule delivery of hard copies.
Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the day on which you intend to file an order to show cause, call Chambers to advise the Court that you intend to do so, and to schedule an appropriate time to deliver hard copies of the filing to Chambers for review.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Pro se parties must send communications to Pro Se Office with proof of service.
All communications with the Court by a pro se party must be hand delivered or mailed to the Pro Se Office, United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, Room 200, New York, NY 10007, and must include an Affidavit of Service or other statement affirming that the pro se party sent a copy to all other parties or to their counsel if they are represented.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Pro se parties must not send documents directly to Chambers.
No document or filing should be sent directly to Chambers. Absent a request to file a communication under seal, the parties should assume that any communication with the Court will be placed on the public docket.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Pro se parties must file papers with Pro Se Office in person or by mail.
All papers to be filed with the Court by a pro se party, along with any courtesy copies of those papers, should be delivered in person or sent by mail to the Pro Se Office, United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, Room 200, New York, NY 10007.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to Chambers prohibited without prior approval
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted except with prior approval.
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- MICROSOFT_WORD
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- Email to chambers
Requests to charge and voir dire must be emailed to chambers as Word docs
the parties should also submit copies of these documents to the Court by email (OetkenNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) as Microsoft Word documents.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
All communications with chambers must be via ECF letter-motions, not ordinary letters.
Communications with Chambers, including requests for extensions or adjournments, shall be by letter or letter-motion filed on ECF in accordance with paragraphs 2(A) and 4(A).
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- Phone
- (212) 805-0266
Urgent matters requiring attention in less than one business day should be called to chambers.
For urgent matters requiring immediate attention (i.e., in less than one business day), call Chambers at (212) 805-0266.
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- Email to chambers
Substantive case-related communications by email require court permission.
Counsel may not submit substantive case-related communications by email without leave of the Court.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Hand-delivered mail must be left with Court Security Officers, not brought directly to Chambers.
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance... and may not be brought directly to Chambers.
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- Letter fax to chambers
For urgent hand-delivered letters, ask Court Security to notify Chambers immediately.
If the hand-delivered letter is urgent and requires the Court's immediate attention, ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent filing has arrived that needs to be retrieved by Chambers staff immediately.
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- Email to clerk
- Phone
- (212) 805-0800
Contact ECF Help Desk for contact info changes, not the Court.
For assistance with updating contact information, please contact the ECF Help Desk at helpdesk@nysd.uscourts.gov or (212) 805-0800; do not file a letter-motion advising the Court of the change.
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ECF filings are reviewed the next business day; urgent submissions require phone notification to Chambers.
As a general matter, materials filed via ECF are reviewed by the Court the business day after they have been filed. If a submission requires more immediate attention, the filing party should notify Chambers by telephone, consistent with the procedures required by paragraph 2(B), after filing the submission on ECF.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Remote conferences require letter-motion after conferring with all counsel.
If any counsel wishes for a conference to be conducted remotely (by telephone or video), he or she should confer with all other counsel and promptly file a letter-motion to that effect in accordance with paragraph 4(A).
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Sealed cases may file by email to chambers with specific subject line requirements and no substantive communications in email body.
For cases that are entirely under seal, or where a party is unable to comply with the requirements for electronic filing under seal through the ECF system (or believes that a particular document should not be electronically filed at all), the party shall submit any filing by email—at OetkenNYSDchambers@nysd.uscourts.gov—as a text-searchable .pdf attachment with a copy simultaneously delivered to all counsel. Any such email shall state clearly in the subject line: (1) the caption of the case, including the lead party names and docket number; and (2) a brief description of the contents of the letter. Parties may not include substantive communications in the body of the email; such communications may be included only in the body of the letter.
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- Email to chambers
Electronic device requests must be submitted at least 3 business days before trial/hearing (1 week for Wi-Fi) via email to chambers.
The use of electronic devices (including mobile telephones, personal electronic devices, and computers) within the Courthouse and its environs is governed by the Court’s Standing Order M10-468, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/standing-order-electronic-devices.pdf. If required by the Standing Order, counsel seeking to bring a device into the Courthouse shall submit an Electronic Device and Wi-Fi Access Request Form, available on the Court’s website, to the Court by e-mail (OetkenNYSDchambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) as early as possible—and certainly no later than three business days before the start of the trial or hearing, or one week if Wi-Fi is requested. Requests submitted later than three business days prior to the relevant trial or hearing may be denied on that basis alone. If permitted by the Standing Order, mobile telephones are permitted inside the Courtroom, but they must be kept turned off at all times. Non-compliance with this rule may result in forfeiture of the device for the remainder of the proceedings.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must file papers with Pro Se Intake Office, not chambers.
Pro se parties should file papers by mailing or hand-delivering them to the Pro Se Intake Office, Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, 40 Centre Street, Room 105, New York, NY 10007. Pro se parties should not mail copies of their filings to Judge Oetken’s chambers.
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- Letter ecf to adversary
Pro se parties must send discovery requests/responses directly to opposing counsel, not to court.
All pro se requests for discovery, and responses to discovery requests, should be sent to counsel for the opposing party. Discovery requests and responses should not be sent to the Court or filed on ECF.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Communications with Chambers must be by ECF letter-motions, not ordinary letters
Except as provided herein or as otherwise ordered by the Court, communications with Chambers shall be by letter filed on ECF. Letters seeking relief (consistent with S.D.N.Y. Local Rules and the S.D.N.Y. Electronic Case Filing Rules and Instructions) should be filed as letter-motions on ECF, not ordinary letters.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
All communications with Chambers must be by letter or letter-motion on ECF
Any other communications with Chambers, including requests for extensions or adjournments, shall be by letter or letter-motion filed on ECF in accordance with Section 3(B).
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AUSA must email Chambers immediately after case assignment with specific information and documents
Upon assignment of a criminal case to Judge Vargas, the Assistant United States Attorney shall immediately email Chambers to arrange for a prompt conference/arraignment. In the e-mail, the Assistant United States Attorney shall include (1) the name of the defendant(s); (2) defense counsel’s name and contact information; (2) whether the defendant(s) is/are detained (and, if so, the relevant defendant’s Reg. No.) or bailed; (3) whether any defendant requires an interpreter (and, if so, the relevant language); (4) the parties’ joint availability for a prompt conference/arraignment; (5) whether there is any reason a scheduling order should not be filed on the public docket; and (6) any other pertinent information. In addition, the Assistant United States Attorney shall attach to the e-mail PDFs of the indictment and any criminal complaint, if one exists.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to Chambers require express permission and only for emergencies
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted without express prior permission, and only in cases of unforeseeable emergencies.
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- Email to chambers
Attorneys must email completed Model Court Order for electronic devices at least 5 business days before trial/hearing.
Attorneys’ use of personal electronic devices (including mobile phones) and general purpose computing devices (such as laptops and tablets) within the Courthouse and its environs is governed by Standing Order M10-468. When Court permission is required under the Standing Order, attorneys seeking to bring electronic devices to the Court should email a completed Model Court Order to VargasNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov as early as possible, and no later than five business days before the relevant trial or hearing.
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- Email to chambers
Technology walkthrough required at least one week before trial for AV equipment use.
If a party wishes to use audio-visual equipment at a hearing or trial, it is that party’s responsibility to ensure that any required approvals are obtained and that the necessary equipment is set up and working properly in advance of trial. The parties should contact Chambers by email and the Audio and Visual Department at 212-805-0134 to make the necessary arrangements for a technology walk-through and to test the equipment. The walkthrough should take place no later than one week in advance of the start of the trial or hearing.
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- Phone to chambers
Pro se parties cannot call chambers directly; must contact Pro Se Office
Pro se parties may not call the Court directly; any questions should be directed to the Pro Se Office at (212) 805-0175.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Pro se parties must send all written communications to Pro Se Office, not chambers
All communications with the Court by a pro se party should be in writing and delivered in person, mailed, or emailed to the Pro Se Office following the instructions in Paragraph 2(B) below. No documents or court filings may be sent directly to Chambers.
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- Email to chambers
Broadcasting or recording court conferences is prohibited by law.
The broadcasting or recording of any court conference is prohibited by law.
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All communications with chambers must be via joint telephone calls; written/email correspondence is prohibited except as authorized.
All communications with Chambers must be by means of joint telephone calls, as described in Rule 2, infra. Correspondence with the Court (whether by letter, email, or otherwise), filing correspondence on ECF or docketing correspondence with the Clerk of Court, and copying the Court on correspondence with others, is strictly forbidden, except as specifically authorized by these rules or expressly requested by the Court.
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No ex parte communications with chambers permitted except for limited criminal cases or before notice of appearance.
No ex parte communication with Chambers is permitted, even on consent of opposing counsel, except for those limited applications in criminal cases expressly permitted by statute to be made ex parte or when counsel for a party has not yet entered a notice of appearance.
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All parties must be available for chambers call within 24 hours of request.
If counsel for any party seeks to convene a call to Chambers, counsel for all other affected parties are expected to make themselves available for such a call within 24 hours of the request.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
All communications with chambers must be by ECF letter or letter-motion.
Communications with Chambers, including requests for extensions or adjournments, shall be by letter or letter-motion filed on ECF in accordance with these Rules and Practices.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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- Email to chambers
Email exhibit list in both Word and PDF format to chambers.
The parties shall also email a list of all exhibits sought to be admitted, both in Microsoft Word and .pdf format.
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- Email to chambers
Electronic device use in courthouse governed by Standing Order M10-468.
Attorneys’ use of personal electronic devices (including mobile phones) and general purpose computing devices (such as laptops and tablets) within the Courthouse and its environs is governed by Standing Order M10-468.
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- Email to chambers
Email completed Model Court Order for electronic devices to chambers five business days before trial/hearing.
When Court permission is required under the Standing Order, attorneys seeking to bring electronic devices to the Court should email a completed Model Court Order to ReardenNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov five business days before the relevant trial or hearing.
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- Email to chambers
Electronic device order must be presented when bringing devices into courthouse.
The order must be presented upon bringing the electronic device(s) into the Courthouse.
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- Email to chambers
Pro se parties must communicate with the Pro Se Office, not the Court directly
Pro se parties may not contact the Court directly. All communications with the Court by a pro se party (including written, electronic, and telephone communications) should be addressed to the Pro Se Office.
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- Email to chambers
Pro se parties must file documents through Pro Se Office, not Chambers
No documents or court filings may be sent directly to Chambers. A pro se party may instead file papers with the Court by: i. Delivering them in person to the Pro Se Office at 40 Foley Square, Room 105, New York, New York 10007; ii. Mailing them to the Pro Se Intake Office at 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York 10007 (Attention: Pro Se Intake); iii. Emailing them as an attachment in PDF format to Temporary_Pro_Se_Filing@nysd.uscourts.gov, in which case the pro se party should follow the instructions contained in the April 1, 2020 Addendum to the S.D.N.Y. Electronic Case Filing Rules and Instructions; or iv. Filing them on ECF, if the pro se party has filed a Motion for Permission for Electronic Case Filing (available online and in the Pro Se Office) and been granted such permission by the Court.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Pro se discovery requests go to opposing counsel, not the Court
All requests for discovery by a pro se party should be sent to counsel for the party from whom discovery is sought (if the party is represented by counsel). Discovery requests should not be sent to the Court.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
All communications with chambers (including adjournments) must be by letter or letter-motion filed on ECF.
Any other communications with Chambers, including requests for extensions or adjournments, shall be by letter or letter-motion filed on ECF as required by these Rules and Practices.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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- Email to chambers
Parties must email proposed voir dire, jury instructions, and verdict forms in Word format to chambers.
At the time of filing, each party shall email its proposed voir dire, proposed jury instructions, and proposed verdict form, in Microsoft Word format, to ReardenNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must communicate with Pro Se Intake Unit in person or by mail; no direct contact with Chambers.
All communications with the Court by a pro se party should be delivered in person or by mail. If delivered in person, the litigant should go to the Pro Se Intake Unit, United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, Room 205, New York, NY 10007. For delivery by mail, the envelope should be addressed to the Pro Se Intake Unit, United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007. No documents or court filings may be sent directly to Chambers. Pro se parties should not call or email Chambers and should communicate directly with the Pro Se Intake Unit.
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Remote conferences require joint letter 48 hours prior with counsel contact info; max 2 attorneys per party.
At least 48 hours before a scheduled remote conference, the parties must file a joint letter to the Court on ECF containing a list of the names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of counsel who may speak during the conference. Absent permission of the Court, no more than two attorneys may speak on behalf of either party.
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Electronic devices must be kept silent in courtroom.
If electronic devices are permitted inside the Courtroom, they MUST be kept silent at all times.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- 212-805-0134
Must contact chambers and AV department for tech walk-through before hearing/trial.
Prior to an evidentiary hearing or trial, counsel should contact Chambers by phone to coordinate a time for a technology walk-through of the Courtroom and then contact the Audio and Visual Department at 212-805-0134 to schedule the walk-through.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must communicate with Pro Se Intake Unit in person or by mail, not Chambers.
All communications with the Court by a pro se party should be delivered in person or by mail. If delivered in person, the litigant should go to the Pro Se Intake Unit, United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, Room 205, New York, NY 10007. For delivery by mail, the envelope should be addressed to the Pro Se Intake Unit, United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007. No documents or court filings may be sent directly to Chambers. Pro se parties should not call or email Chambers and should communicate directly with the Pro Se Intake Unit.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
Hand deliveries must go to Worth Street entrance, not directly to chambers.
Hand-delivered mail should be taken to the Worth Street entrance of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 200 Worth Street, New York, NY 10007, and may not be brought directly to Chambers (unless prior permission is given).
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- Phone to chambers
Must schedule technology walk-through 2 weeks before hearing/trial
At least two weeks prior to an evidentiary hearing or trial, counsel should contact Chambers by phone to coordinate a time for a technology walk-through of the Courtroom and then contact the Audio and Visual Department at 212-805-0134 to schedule the walk-through.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Communications with Chambers must be filed as ECF letters unless sealed or containing sensitive/confidential information.
Communications with Chambers shall be by letter, filed on ECF, unless there is a request to file a letter under seal or a letter containing sensitive or confidential information.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Hand-delivered mail must be left with Court Security Officers at Worth Street entrance, not brought directly to Chambers (except for USAO or Federal Defenders).
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States District Courthouse, 200 Worth Street, New York, NY 10007 and may not be brought directly to Chambers, except by representatives of the United States Attorney's Office or the Federal Defenders of New York.
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- Email to chambers
Initial email to Chambers must include defendant name, defense counsel info, detention status, interpreter needs, and other pertinent information.
The email shall include: (1) the defendant's name; (2) defense counsel's name and contact information; (3) whether the defendant(s) is/are detained (and if so, the relevant defendant's Reg. No.) or bailed; (4) whether any defendant requires an interpreter (and if so, the relevant language); and (5) any other pertinent information.
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- Other to chambers
Electronic devices in courtroom must be on silent; non-compliance may result in forfeiture.
If electronic devices are permitted inside the Courtroom, they MUST be kept on silent at all times. Non-compliance with this rule may result in forfeiture of the device for the remainder of the proceedings.
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- Phone to chambers
Technology walk-through required 2 weeks before hearing/trial; contact Chambers by phone.
At least two weeks prior to an evidentiary hearing or trial, counsel should contact Chambers by phone to coordinate a time for a technology walk-through of the Courtroom and then contact the Audio and Visual Department at 212-805-0134 to schedule the walk-through.
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- Email to chambers
Parties must email Chambers to alert the Court as soon as they reach a settlement agreement.
As soon as the parties reach an agreement to settle, the parties must email Chambers to alert the Court and file a joint letter on ECF promptly.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Electronic devices require 3 business days advance notice with letter and form.
Counsel seeking to bring a device into the Courthouse for an appearance shall, at least three business days before the appearance, file a letter (not letter motion) and completed Electronic Devices General Purposes Form.
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- Phone to chambers
Electronic devices must be kept on silent in the courtroom.
If electronic devices are permitted inside the Courtroom, they MUST be kept on silent at all times.
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- Phone to chambers
Technology walk-through required 2 weeks before evidentiary hearing or trial.
At least two weeks prior to an evidentiary hearing or trial, counsel should contact Chambers by phone to coordinate a time for a technology walk-through of the Courtroom.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
All communications with Chambers must be by ECF letter or letter-motion.
Communications with Chambers, including requests for extensions or adjournments, shall be by letter or letter-motion filed on ECF in accordance with Paragraphs 2(A) and 4(A).
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- Email to chambers
Substantive case communications by email require Court permission.
Counsel may not submit substantive case-related communications by email without leave of the Court.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
Hand-delivered mail must be left with Court Security Officers, not brought to Chambers.
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States District Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 and may not be brought directly to Chambers.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Remote conferences require letter-motion filed in accordance with Paragraph 4(A).
If any counsel wishes for a conference to be conducted remotely (by telephone or video), he or she should confer with all other counsel and promptly file a letter-motion to that effect in accordance with Paragraph 4(A).
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- Email to chambers
Parties must email counsel names/honorifics 24 hours before teleconference (max 2 per party).
At least twenty-four hours before a scheduled teleconference, the parties must jointly email to the Court the names and honorifics (e.g., Mr., Ms., Dr., etc.) of counsel — absent permission of the Court, no more than two per party — who may speak during the teleconference.
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Daily exhibit list updates required by email with specific timing.
The parties shall email to the Court (Furman_NYSDChambers@nysd. uscourts.gov) a Microsoft Word document listing all exhibits sought to be admitted. The list shall contain four columns labeled as follows: (1) “Exhibit Number”; (2) “Description” (of the exhibit); (3) “Date Identified”; and (4) “Date Admitted.” The parties shall complete the first two columns, but leave the third and fourth columns blank. Unless the Court orders otherwise, the parties shall confer at the end of each trial day and, no later than the beginning of the next trial day, email to the Court an
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Email letter-motion to chambers for non-ECF filing with specific subject line requirements
Any party unable to comply with the requirements for electronic filing under seal through the ECF system, or who believes that a particular document should not be electronically filed at all, shall file a letter-motion seeking leave of the Court to file in a different manner. If the party is unable to file such a letter-motion on ECF, or believes there is good cause not to file such a letter-motion on ECF, the party may submit it by email (at Furman_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) as a text-searchable .pdf attachment with a copy simultaneously delivered to all counsel. Any such email shall state clearly in the subject line: (1) the caption of the case, including the lead party names and docket number; and (2) a brief description of the contents of the letter. Parties may not include substantive communications in the body of the email; such communications may be included only in the body of the letter.
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Electronic devices require permission; request form must be submitted at least 3 business days before trial/hearing
Electronic devices (including mobile telephones, personal electronic devices, and computers) may not be used in Judge Furman's Courtroom without his permission. More broadly, the use of any such devices within the Courthouse and its environs is governed by the Court's Standing Order M10-468, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/standing-order-electronic-devices.pdf. If required by the Standing Order, counsel seeking to bring a device into the Courthouse shall submit an Electronic Device and Wi-Fi Access Request Form, available on the Court's website, to the Court by e-mail (Furman_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) as early as possible — and certainly no later than three business days before the start of the trial or hearing. Requests submitted later than later than three business days prior to the relevant trial or hearing may be denied on that basis alone. If permitted by the Standing Order, mobile telephones are permitted inside the Courtroom, but they MUST be kept turned off at all times. Non-compliance with this rule may result in forfeiture of the device for the remainder of the proceedings.
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Pro se parties cannot call chambers directly; must contact Pro Se Office
Pro se parties may not call the Court directly; any questions should be directed to the Pro Se Office at (212) 805-0175.
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Pro se parties must communicate with Court in writing via Pro Se Office
All communications with the Court by a pro se party should be in writing and delivered in person, mailed, or emailed to the Pro Se Office following the instructions in Paragraph 2(B) below.
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Pro se parties cannot send documents directly to chambers
No documents or court filings may be sent directly to Chambers.
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Counsel must meet in person for at least one hour to discuss settlement within 14 days of fact discovery close.
All counsel must meet in person for at least one hour to discuss settlement within fourteen (14) days following the close of fact discovery.
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Parties must contact Magistrate Judge's chambers to schedule settlement discussions.
The parties shall contact the Chambers of the Magistrate Judge assigned to this case on or before _________________ in order to schedule settlement discussions under his/her supervision _______________________________.
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Electronic device request form must be submitted at least 3 business days before trial/hearing
If required by the Standing Order, counsel seeking to bring a device into the Courthouse shall submit an Electronic Device and Wi-Fi Access Request Form, available on the Court's website, to the Court by e-mail (Furman_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) as early as possible — and certainly no later than three business days before the start of the trial or hearing.
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AV equipment requires advance approval and setup; request form due 3 business days before trial.
If a party wishes to use audio-visual equipment at a hearing or trial, it is that party’s responsibility to ensure that any required approvals are obtained and that the necessary equipment is set up and working properly in advance of trial. A list of the technology already set-up in Judge Furman’s Courtroom can be found in Attachment B. The party should contact Alexandra Smallman, Courtroom Deputy, at (212) 805-0282, sufficiently in advance of trial to make the necessary arrangements for a technology walk-through and to test the equipment. To the extent that authorization is required to use electronic devices, a party must submit an Electronic Device and Wi-Fi Access Request Form, which is available on the Court’s website. The completed Form should be submitted as early as possible — and certainly no later than three business days before the start of the trial or hearing.
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Wi-Fi access requires request form 3 business days before trial; limited to approved attorney.
Attorneys participating in a hearing or trial may obtain authorization to use the Court’s WiFi system in Judge Furman’s Courtroom during the proceeding. Counsel may request Wi-Fi access by email when submitting the Electronic Device and Wi-Fi Access Request Form referenced above — no later than three business days before the start of the trial or hearing. If approved and signed by Judge Furman, a copy of the Order will be sent to the requesting attorney, who will receive a network name, username, password, and instructions from the District Executive’s Office on or before the first day of the scheduled proceeding. Wi-Fi access is limited to the approved attorney (who may not share his or her username or password with others) for the duration of the proceeding and for Courtroom 24B (unless Judge Furman or another judicial officer grants permission for it to be used in another courtroom). If an attorney wishes to test the Wi-Fi prior to the proceeding, that request must also be made to Chambers at least three business days prior to the proceeding.
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Large file transfers require email request with case details; criminal cases may use USAfx.
If a party needs to submit large files by email (as opposed to ECF), the party should email the Court (at Furman_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) requesting a link to be used for such transfer. The email should include the name and docket number of the case and the nature and size of the materials to be submitted electronically. In criminal cases, the Government may use USAfx.
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Updated exhibit lists required daily by email before next trial day.
Per the Court’s Individual Rules and Practices for Civil and Criminal Cases (available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/hon-jesse-m-furman), the parties shall confer at the end of each trial day and, no later than the beginning of the next trial day, email to the Court an updated exhibit list indicating each exhibit that was identified and/or admitted during trial.
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Demonstrative exhibits in opening statements require advance notice to opposing counsel and court.
If counsel intends to use a demonstrative exhibit during his or her opening statement, he or she shall confer with opposing counsel and advise the Court in advance.
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Depositions must be provided to court in advance of the hearing/trial session where they will be used.
If counsel plan to use a deposition at a hearing or trial, for impeachment or any other purpose, a copy of the deposition should be provided to the Court in advance of the hearing or trial session during which the deposition is to be used.
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Pro se parties must contact Pro Se Office, not chambers directly
Pro se parties may not call the Court directly. Instead, pro se parties should call the Pro Se Office at (212) 805-0175 with any questions.
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Pro se parties must send all communications to Pro Se Office, not chambers
All communications with the Court by a pro se party should be in writing and delivered in person, mailed, or (as discussed in Section 2(b) below) emailed to the Pro Se Office (address listed above). No documents or court filings may be sent directly to Chambers.
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Attorneys must email completed Model Court Order for electronic devices 5 business days before trial/hearing.
When Court permission is required under the Standing Order, attorneys seeking to bring electronic devices to the Court should email a completed Model Court Order to ClarkeNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov no later than five business days before the relevant trial or hearing.
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Parties must arrange technology walkthrough and test AV equipment in advance of trial.
If a party wishes to use audio-visual equipment at a hearing or trial, it is that party’s responsibility to ensure that any required approvals are obtained and that the necessary equipment is set up and working properly in advance of trial. The party should contact Sophia Tran, Courtroom Deputy, at ClarkeNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov, sufficiently in advance of trial to make the necessary arrangements for a technology walkthrough and to test the equipment.
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All communications with chambers must be filed on ECF as letters or letter-motions.
Except as otherwise provided below, communications with Chambers shall be by letter filed on ECF. Letters seeking relief (if consistent with Local Civil Rule 7.1) should be filed as letter-motions on ECF, not ordinary letters.
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Faxes to chambers require prior permission and only for emergencies.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted without express prior permission, and only in cases of unforeseeable emergencies.
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Email completed Model Court Order for electronic devices at least 5 business days before trial/hearing.
When Court permission is required under the Standing Order, attorneys seeking to bring electronic devices to the Court should email a completed Model Court Order to ClarkeNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov no later than five business days before the relevant trial or hearing.
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Mobile phones allowed in courtroom only if permitted and must be turned off.
If permitted by the Standing Order, mobile telephones are permitted inside the Courtroom, but they MUST be kept turned off at all times.
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All communications with chambers must be filed as ECF letter-motions, not ordinary letters.
b. Communications with Chambers. All communications with Chambers shall be by letter filed on ECF. Letters seeking relief, including requests for extensions, adjournments or bail modification, should be filed on ECF as letter-motions, not ordinary letters. For any emails to Chambers permitted under these Rules, parties shall not include substantive communications in the body of the email, only in an attached letter. Copies of correspondence between counsel shall not be sent to the Court or filed on ECF except as exhibits to an otherwise properly filed document.
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- (212) 805-0175
Pro se parties must send all communications to Pro Se Intake Unit or drop box, not directly to chambers.
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.
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Pro se parties cannot email or send documents directly to chambers.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, no correspondences, documents, or court filings, may be emailed or otherwise sent directly to Chambers.
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Letters to chambers must be ECF docketed and emailed as PDF, no hard copy needed.
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.
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For immediate Court attention, call chambers directly after emailing for contact info.
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.
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Faxes to chambers are not permitted.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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Faxes to Chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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Call Chambers directly for immediate attention; email for contact information.
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.
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Letters to Court must be filed on ECF and emailed as PDF to Chambers with copies to all counsel.
Any letter to the Court shall be filed on ECF and also e-mailed as a .pdf attachment to the Court (CronanNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) with a copy simultaneously delivered to all counsel.
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Hand deliveries must be left with Court Security Officers at Worth Street entrance; exceptions for USAO and Federal Defenders.
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States District Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007, and may not be brought directly to Chambers, except by representatives of the United States Attorney's Office or the Federal Defenders of New York.
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AUSA must email Chambers immediately after case assignment with specific defendant and scheduling information.
Upon assignment of a criminal case to Judge Failla, the Assistant United States Attorney shall immediately email Chambers (Failla_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) to arrange for a conference/arraignment. In the email, the Assistant United States Attorney shall include (1) the name of the defendant(s); (2) defense counsel’s name and contact information; (3) whether the defendant(s) is/are detained (and, if so, the relevant USM or other registration number(s)) or bailed; (4) whether any defendant requires an interpreter (and, if so, the relevant language); (5) times that the Government and defense counsel are available for the arraignment and initial conference; and (6) any other pertinent information.
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Government must email charging instruments to Chambers at least 48 hours before conference.
In addition, the Government shall also email all charging instruments to Chambers at least 48 hours prior to the conference.
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Sealed letters must be emailed as PDF attachments to Chambers with courtesy copies to counsel.
Any letter to be filed under seal or containing sensitive or confidential information may be e-mailed as a .pdf attachment to Chambers (Failla_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) with a copy simultaneously delivered to all counsel (unless the submission is being made ex parte).
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Sealed letter emails must include case caption and brief description in subject line.
Any such e-mail shall state clearly in the subject line: (1) the caption of the case, including the lead party names and docket number; and (2) a brief description of the contents of the letter.
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No substantive content in email body for sealed letters - only in attached letter.
Parties shall not include substantive communications in the body of the e-mail; such communications shall be included only in the letter itself.
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Faxes to Chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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Hand deliveries must be left with Court Security Officers at Worth Street entrance, not brought to Chambers.
Where requested by the Court, hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States District Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007, and may not be brought directly to Chambers.
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Defense counsel substitution requests require scheduling conference with Courtroom Deputy.
When there is a request for substitution of defense counsel, counsel of record must contact the Courtroom Deputy to schedule a conference as soon as possible.
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Submit electronic device form 72 hours before trial/hearing if required by standing order.
Attorneys’ use of electronic devices (including mobile telephones, personal electronic devices, computers, and printers) within the Courthouse and its environs is governed by the Court’s Standing Order M10-468, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/standing-order-electronic-devices.pdf. If required by the Standing Order, counsel, including the Government, seeking to bring a device into the Courthouse shall submit a copy of the Electronic Devices General Purpose Form, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/forms/fillable-form-electronic-devices-general-purpose, to the Court by e-mail at least 72 hours prior to the relevant trial or hearing. Untimely requests may be denied on that basis alone.
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Mobile phones must be turned off in courtroom; non-compliance may result in forfeiture.
If permitted by the Standing Order, mobile telephones are permitted inside the Courtroom, but they must be kept turned off at all times. Non-compliance with this rule may result in forfeiture of the device for the remainder of the proceedings.
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Government must submit prisoner production requests to Marshals at least 72 hours before conference.
The Government shall strive to submit production requests to the Marshals at least 72 hours before a scheduled conference. In cases where a conference is scheduled for a date and time that is less than 72 hours in advance, the Government must promptly submit the production request once the conference is set.
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No substantive content in email body; must be in letter body only.
Parties shall not include substantive communications in the body of the e-mail; such communications shall be included only in the body of the letter.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
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- (212) 805-0175
Pro se parties must communicate with Pro Se Intake Office, not Chambers
All communications with the Court by a pro se party must be sent to the Pro Se Intake Office, or filed directly on ECF if granted such permission, as discussed in Rule (2)(B)(2) below. You may contact the Pro Se Intake Office at (212) 805-0175 during normal business hours, 8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday – Friday. No documents or filings should be sent directly to Chambers.
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Emergency relief requests require immediate telephone notification to Chambers after ECF filing.
Parties seeking emergency relief, including preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders, shall also notify Chambers by telephone immediately after filing their request for such relief on ECF.
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- (212) 805-0290
Must call Chambers immediately after filing TRO application and report adversary notification/consent status.
As soon as a party files an application to seek a temporary restraining order, he or she must call Chambers at (212) 805-0290 and state clearly whether (i) he or she has notified the adversary, and whether the adversary consents to temporary injunctive relief; or (ii) the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b) are satisfied and no notice is necessary.
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- (212) 805-0290
If adversary notified but doesn't consent to TRO, must call Chambers with all parties present for Court to hear both sides.
If a party’s adversary has been notified but does not consent to temporary injunctive relief, the party seeking a restraining order must call Chambers with all parties present at a time mutually agreeable to the party and its adversary, so that the Court may have the benefit of advocacy from both sides in deciding whether to grant temporary injunctive relief.
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Letters should be filed via ECF unless sealed or containing sensitive/confidential information, which should be mailed.
Communications with the Court should be by letter. Unless there is a request to file a letter under seal or a letter contains sensitive or confidential information, letters should be filed electronically via ECF. Letters to be filed under seal or containing sensitive or confidential information should be delivered to the Court by mail.
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Letter-motions must be filed via ECF and comply with S.D.N.Y. Local Rules.
Letter-motions should be filed via ECF if they comply with the S.D.N.Y. Local Rules and the S.D.N.Y. 'Electronic Case Filing Rules and Instructions.' In particular, all requests for adjournments, extensions, and pre-motion conferences (including pre-motion conferences with respect to discovery disputes) should be filed as letter-motions.
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- (914) 390-4000
ECF filing questions should be directed to Clerk's Office or ECF Hotline, not Chambers.
Questions regarding ECF filings should go to the Clerk's Office, (914) 390-4000, or to the ECF Hotline, (212) 805-0800. The Court does not handle the
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Do not contact Chambers to confirm ECF uploads; email only for urgent matters not covered by rules.
Do not contact Chambers to confirm that a particular filing was uploaded; the document should be visible on ECF if it was uploaded correctly. For questions that cannot be answered by reference to these Rules or the S.D.N.Y. Local Rules or for situations requiring the Court's immediate attention, Parties should email Chambers at KarasNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Telephone calls to Chambers are prohibited.
Telephone calls to Chambers are not permitted.
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Faxes to Chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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Criminal conferences held in person unless otherwise ordered
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all conferences and proceedings will occur in person.
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- (605) 472-5160
Civil conferences held by phone unless otherwise ordered, with specific dial-in
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all conferences and proceedings in civil cases, besides trials, will be held by telephone. The Parties should call into the Court’s dedicated conference line at (605) 472-5160, and enter Access Code 4653066, followed by the pound (#) key.
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Defense counsel must arrange phone access for incarcerated pro se plaintiffs
For conferences involving incarcerated pro se plaintiffs, Defense counsel is responsible for making arrangements with the relevant correctional facility to ensure that the plaintiff will be reachable via telephone at the time of the conference.
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Criminal cases require immediate conference and AUSA to provide courtesy copies.
Upon assignment of a criminal case to Judge Karas, the Parties immediately shall arrange with the Deputy Clerk for a prompt conference at which the defendant will be present in order to set a discovery and motion schedule. The Assistant United States Attorney shall provide a courtesy copy of the indictment and the criminal complaint, if one exists, to Chambers as soon as practicable.
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Telephone calls to Chambers are not permitted.
Telephone calls to Chambers are not permitted.
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Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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Documents must be filed on ECF or emailed to specified address.
All documents must be filed on ECF or, if permitted or required under these Individual Rules and Practices, emailed to KarasNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Civil case conferences and proceedings will be held by telephone unless otherwise ordered.
In Civil Cases. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all conferences and proceedings in civil cases will be held by telephone. In some cases, the Court may direct one of the parties to set up a conference line. In all other cases, the parties should call into the Court’s dedicated conference line.
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Counsel must notify court and adversaries in writing of scheduling conflicts before trial date is set.
Therefore, counsel must notify the Court and their adversaries in writing of any potential scheduling conflicts, including, but not limited to, trials and vacations, that would prevent at trial on a particular date. Such notice must come before counsel are notified by the Court of an actual trial date, not after.
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Criminal case conferences and proceedings will be held by telephone or video when possible, with counsel required to submit a letter one week before scheduled appearances.
In Criminal Cases. To the maximum extent possible, all conferences and proceedings will be held by either telephone or video. No later than one week before a scheduled appearance, counsel must confer and submit a letter to the Court indicating their views on whether the Court can, consistent with the U.S. Constitution, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (see, e.g., Rules 5(f), 10(b) & (c), and 43) and any other relevant law, conduct the matter by telephone or video and, if applicable, whether the Defendant either consents to appearing in that manner or to waiving his or her appearance altogether.
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Parties must email list of participating counsel and their phone numbers at least 24 hours before scheduled teleconference.
At least twenty-four hours before a scheduled teleconference, the parties must jointly email to the Court a list of counsel — absent permission of the Court — who will be participating in the teleconference. The email should also provide the telephone numbers from which counsel expect to join the call.
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Counsel must identify themselves each time they speak and may not use speakerphone without permission during teleconferences.
To facilitate orderly teleconferences and the creation of an accurate transcript where a teleconference is held on the record, counsel are required to identify themselves every time they speak, and, for sound quality purposes, may not use speakerphone absent permission of the Court.
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For urgent matters, email chambers with “URGENT” in subject line, case name and docket number, issue description, and contact phone number.
For urgent matters requiring immediate attention, parties should send an email to Chambers that (1) includes the word “URGENT” in the subject line; (2) specifies the case name and docket number; (3) briefly describes the nature of the issue; and (4) provides a telephone number at which the party (and any other relevant parties) can be reached.
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Faxes are not permitted for any purposes.
Faxes are not permitted for any purposes.
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Hand deliveries to chambers are prohibited without advance permission from the court.
Nothing may be delivered to Chambers absent advance permission from the Court.
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TRO applications must be emailed with URGENT subject line, contact info, and availability for conference.
Parties intending to file applications for TROs or other emergency relief must send all of their papers (in text-searchable PDF format) to the Court by email. The email should (1) include the word “URGENT” in the subject line; (2) provide a telephone number at which the party (and any other relevant parties) can be reached; and (3) provide the relevant parties’ availability for a telephone conference in the next few days. As noted above, parties should not hand-deliver any documents without advance permission.
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All communications must include case name, docket number, judge initials, writer info, and service statement.
All communications to the Court and all filed papers must identify the name and docket number of the case, followed by the Judge’s initials (KMW), contain the writer’s name, party’s name, law firm (if any), business address and telephone number, and be signed by the individual attorney responsible for the matter (unless the party is proceeding pro se). Any letter to the Court must state the manner in which the letter was served on all other counsel.
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Written request required for deviations from scheduling order per § 1.G of Judge Wood’s rules.
in this Scheduling Order, it must submit a written request to the Court that complies with § 1.G of Judge Wood’s Individual Rules of Practice.
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Faxes to chambers require prior permission.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted without prior permission.
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Substitution of counsel requires scheduling conference with Courtroom Deputy; defendant, replacement counsel, and AUSA must attend.
When there is a substitution of defense counsel, counsel of record must contact the Courtroom Deputy to schedule a conference as soon as possible. At the conference, the Court will address the application by defense counsel to be relieved. The defendant, replacement counsel, and the AUSA must also attend the conference.
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Hand deliveries require advance permission.
Nothing may be hand delivered absent advanced permission.
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Hand deliveries must be left with Court Security Officers at Worth Street entrance.
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States District Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 and may not be brought directly to Chambers.
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Urgent submissions require phone and email notification to Chambers with specific information.
As a general matter, the Court reviews materials filed via ECF at the latest on the business day after they have been filed. If a submission requires immediate attention, please notify Chambers by telephone and by email after filing it on ECF. The email should include (1) the word “URGENT” in the subject line; (2) the case name and case number; (3) a brief description of the nature of the urgent issue; and (4) a telephone number at which the party (and any other relevant parties) can be reached.
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Pro se parties must communicate with Pro Se Intake Unit unless approved for ECF filing.
Unless a pro se party is approved for ECF filing pursuant to Paragraph 2(O), all communications with the Court by a pro se party must be sent to the Pro Se Intake Unit at the following mailing address: Pro Se Intake Unit Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States District Courthouse 500 Pearl Street New York, NY 10007
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Pro se parties cannot send documents directly to Chambers or copies of correspondence to Court.
No documents or court filings should be sent directly to Chambers. Copies of correspondence between a pro se party and opposing parties shall not be sent to the Court.
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- (212) 805-0175
Pro se parties must contact Pro Se Intake Unit for questions, not the Court directly.
Any questions should be directed to the Pro Se Intake Unit at (212) 805-0175; pro se parties may not call the Court directly except as provided in Paragraph 1(E).
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Non-e-filing pro se parties must send all papers to the Pro Se Intake Unit at the Moynihan Courthouse.
In the event that a pro se party is not participating in e-filing, and notwithstanding anything in the foregoing Individual Practices to the contrary, all papers to be filed with the Court by a pro se party shall be sent to the Pro Se Intake Unit at the following mailing address: Pro Se Intake Unit Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States District Courthouse 500 Pearl Street New York, NY 10007
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TRO applications must be emailed to Chambers with specific requirements.
Parties intending to file applications for TROs or other emergency relief must send all of their papers (in text-searchable .pdf format) to Chambers by email. The email should also include (1) the word “URGENT” in the subject line; (2) a telephone number at which the party (and any other relevant parties) can be reached; and (3) the relevant parties’ available for a teleconference in the next few days.
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Hand delivery of documents requires advance permission.
As noted above, parties should not hand-deliver any documents without advance permission.
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- 646-453-4442
Civil conferences are held by telephone using specific conference line and ID.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all conferences and proceedings in civil cases will be held by telephone. The parties should call the Court’s dedicated conference line at 646-453-4442 and enter the conference ID 358639322, followed by the pound (#) key.
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All parties except pro se must notify others that conference is telephonic.
With the sole exception of pro se litigants, each party is responsible for ensuring that every other party is aware that the conference will proceed telephonically.
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24-hour advance email required for permission to bring non-personal electronic devices.
Any attorney seeking to bring such equipment into the courthouse must email a proposed order to Chambers (LimanNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) at least 24 hours in advance of the relevant trial or hearing requesting permission to use such equipment.
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Communication with chambers by phone is restricted to emergencies and fax communication requires prior approval.
Counsel are not to communicate with Chambers by phone except in case of emergency. Counsel are not to communicate with chambers via facsimile without prior approval.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Fax communication with chambers requires prior approval.
Counsel are not to communicate with chambers via facsimile without prior approval.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Only enumerated letter motions may be filed electronically; other letters must be mailed, couriered, or delivered to court security and not filed on CM/ECF.
Letter motions enumerated in Section 13.1 of the ECF Rules and Instructions may be filed electronically. Other letters shall be mailed or sent by commercial courier to the undersigned or delivered to the court security officers at the Worth Street entrance, 200 Worth Street. Letters, other than enumerated letter motions, shall not be filed on the CM/ECF system.
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- Letter ecf to clerk
Counsel responsible for knowing all rulings regardless of notice received; check CM/ECF.
Counsel are responsible for knowledge of all rulings and other papers regardless of whether they receive electronic or written notice thereof. The docket sheet and electronic copies of papers are available online through the CM/ECF system.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Letters must be filed on ECF except for sealed, confidential, or pro se letters which go by mail/fax with counsel copies.
All letters shall be filed electronically on ECF subject to the exceptions in the next sentence. Exceptions: (1) letters filed under seal or requesting sealing; (2) letters containing sensitive or confidential information; (3) letters submitted by pro se parties. All letters falling into the aforementioned exceptions shall be sent to chambers by mail or fax (in accordance with Practice 1.C, infra) with copies simultaneously delivered to all counsel.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to chambers are not permitted.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se communications must be in writing to Pro Se Intake Unit; no calls to Chambers.
All communications with the Court by a pro se party that are not filed on ECF must be in writing and sent to the Pro Se Intake Unit at 500 Pearl Street, Room 200, New York, NY, 10007 or through the drop box located in the lobby of the U.S. Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY. Documents or Court filings should not be sent directly to Chambers or Judge Schofield. No telephone calls will be accepted by Chambers.
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- Email to intake unit
Pro se filings without ECF must be sent to Pro Se Intake Unit or emailed to Pro_Se_Filing@nysd.uscourts.gov.
If the pro se party is not participating in ECF, all papers to be filed with the Court by a pro se party must be sent to the Pro Se Intake Unit, United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, Room 200, New York, New York 10007. The Court will accept filings via email from pro se parties without ECF privileges. Filings submitted by email must be sent to Pro_Se_Filing@nysd.uscourts.gov, and done so in accordance with the procedures found in Section 1.1 of the ECF Rules and Instructions located at https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/rules/ecf-related-instructions.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Communications with Chambers must be by letter (max 750 words, 12-point font), except as otherwise ordered.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all communications with Chambers shall be by letter, not to exceed 750 words, not including exhibits, and in 12-point font, except as provided below.
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- Email to chambers
Attorneys must be members of the Court's Bar and obtain a service pass to bring electronic devices into the Courthouse.
Attorneys’ use of mobile phones, tablets and other personal electronic devices in the Courthouse is governed by Standing Order M10-468, available here. Any attorney wishing to bring a telephone or other personal electronic device into the Courthouse shall be a member of this Court’s Bar, shall obtain the necessary service pass from the District Executive’s Office, and shall show the service pass upon entering the Courthouse.
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- Email to chambers
Authorization required for computers/printers; email form to Chambers 10 days before needed date.
In order for an attorney to bring into the Courthouse any computer, printer or other electronic equipment not qualifying as a “personal electronic device,” specific authorization is required by prior Court Order. A form order is available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/forms. Parties shall complete the fillable .PDF form and email it to Chambers at least 10 days prior to the requested date of authorization.
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- Email to chambers
Email Chambers immediately when deciding to seek TRO.
As soon as a party decides to seek a temporary restraining order, the party shall email the Chambers inbox at Schofield_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov. requesting the Court’s contact information.
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Call Chambers to state adversary notification and consent status.
The party shall then call Chambers and state clearly whether: (1) the party has notified its adversary, and whether the adversary consents to temporary injunctive relief; or (2) the requirements of Rule 65(b) are satisfied and no notice is necessary.
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- Email to chambers
Provide adversary availability for in-person conference if no consent to TRO.
If a party’s adversary has been notified but does not consent to temporary injunctive relief, the party seeking a restraining order shall provide the relevant parties’ availability for an in-person conference in the next few days in the email.
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- Chambers to chambers
Counsel must be present by 9:30 AM and available after 4:45 PM in jury trials.
In jury trials, in order to keep distractions during the trial to a minimum, counsel shall be present by 9:30 A.M. and available after 4:45 P.M. to discuss scheduling and any disputed matters that may arise.
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- Chambers to chambers
Sidebars not permitted during jury trials; generally not permitted during bench trials.
Sidebars during jury trials are not permitted under any circumstance, and during bench trials, generally will not be permitted.
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- Chambers to chambers
Counsel must anticipate and raise evidentiary/legal issues before testimony, outside jury presence.
Counsel shall anticipate evidentiary and legal issues and raise them well in advance of the relevant testimony, outside the presence of the jury.
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- Chambers to chambers
Parties must first discuss issues with opposing counsel before raising with Court.
A party shall first raise any issue with the opposing party before raising the issue with the Court, including anticipated evidentiary and legal issues that require argument.
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- Chambers to chambers
Parties must present witnesses throughout trial day; failure to do so may result in being deemed to have rested.
The parties are expected to present witnesses throughout the entire trial day. Unless good cause is shown, if a party does not have another witness available on a given day, that party will be deemed to have rested.
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- Chambers to chambers
Counsel must notify Court and opposing counsel in writing of witness scheduling problems.
Counsel shall notify the Court and other counsel in writing, at the earliest possible time, of any particular scheduling problems involving witnesses so that other arrangements can be made to fill the trial day.
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- Chambers to chambers
Counsel must advise Court of next day's exhibits and unresolved objections at end of each trial day.
At the end of each trial day, counsel shall advise the Court of any exhibits to be offered into evidence the following day and inform the Court of any objections that the parties have not been able to resolve. The Court will then admit exhibits as to which there are no objections, and to the extent possible will rule on the admissibility of any exhibits as to which there are objections.
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Faxes and emails to chambers are prohibited.
Faxes and emails to chambers are not permitted.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone calls to Chambers are prohibited.
Telephone calls to Chambers are prohibited. All urgent communications with the Court should occur pursuant to Rule I(B)(9).
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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- Email to chambers
Criminal cases: Email to Chambers must include clean document, highlighted redactions, and unredacted letter-motion.
Simultaneously with the procedures set out in Rules I(D)(4)(i)–(ii), supra, the party should email to Chambers (1) a clean (unredacted) copy of the document to be sealed or redacted; (2) if seeking redaction, a copy of the document highlighting the information that has been redacted in the ECF filing; and (3) a copy of the letter-motion (unredacted, should the party also be seeking leave to file the letter-motion with redactions or under seal).
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- Phone to chambers
Pro se parties must contact Pro Se Office, not the Court directly
Pro se parties should call the Pro Se Office at (212) 805-0175 with any questions. Pro se parties may not call the Court.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Pro se parties must communicate with Court through Pro Se Office, not Chambers
All communications with the Court by a pro se party should be in writing and delivered in person, mailed, or emailed to the Pro Se Office (Thurgood Marshall Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, Room 105, New York, NY 10007). No documents or court filings may be sent directly to Chambers.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Pro se parties cannot send papers directly to Chambers
No papers may be sent directly to Chambers.
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- Letter ecf to adversary
Pro se discovery requests must be sent to opposing counsel, not the Court
All requests for discovery by a pro se party should be sent to counsel for the party from whom discovery is sought. Discovery requests should not be sent to the Court.
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- Letter ecf to adversary
Parties must confer to resolve discovery disputes before involving the Court
If there are any discovery disputes, the parties are required to confer with one another to try to resolve the dispute without raising any issue with the Court.
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- Email to chambers
Government must email Chambers to arrange arraignment and initial conference with specific information and charging instruments at least two business days prior.
When a case is assigned to this Court, the Government shall email Chambers, copying the Courtroom Deputy (Keeva_Verneus@nysd.uscourts.gov), to arrange a time for an arraignment and initial conference. The Government shall provide (1) the name of the defendant(s); (2) defense counsel’s name and contact information; (3) whether the defendant(s) is/are detained (and, if so, the relevant Reg. No.) or bailed; (4) whether any defendant requires an interpreter (and, if so, the relevant language); (5) times that the Government and defense counsel are available for the arraignment and initial conference; and (6) any other pertinent information. The Government shall email all charging instruments to Chambers, if they are not available on ECF, at least two business days prior to the conference.
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- Email to chambers
Defense counsel must promptly inform Court of benefactor payment conflicts and request Curcio hearing.
Whenever defense counsel has received, or is receiving, a benefactor payment that subjects counsel to a conflict of interest, said counsel must promptly inform the Court and request a Curcio hearing.
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- Email to chambers
Defense counsel must promptly inform Court of any conflict of interest and request Curcio hearing if appropriate.
Counsel have an obligation to promptly inform the Court upon learning of any other conflict of interest, whether a potential or an actual conflict, and to request a Curcio hearing if appropriate.
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- Email to chambers
Counsel must email Chambers to request substitution conference, copying Courtroom Deputy and Government, with defendant and replacement counsel required to attend.
When there is a request for substitution of defense counsel, counsel of record must email Chambers, copying the Courtroom Deputy (Keeva_Verneus@nysd.uscourts.gov) and the Government, to request a conference be scheduled as soon as possible. If defense counsel believes an ex parte conference is necessary, it should so indicate in its email. At the conference, the Court will address the application by defense counsel to be relieved. The defendant, proposed replacement counsel, and the Government must also attend the conference.
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- Email to chambers
CJA counsel must use eVoucher system for most funding requests, but letters on ECF for associate counsel, and ex parte email for interim payments.
CJA counsel requesting funding to engage investigative, expert, mentorship, or other services should do so through the CJA eVoucher system, not by letter to the Court. Requests for funding to engage associate CJA counsel, however, must be made by letter on ECF. Requests for authorization to seek interim payments may be made ex parte and under seal, via email to Chambers, copying the Courtroom Deputy.
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- Email to chambers
Email Microsoft Word and PDF copies of proposed findings and conclusions to Court; provide courtesy copies.
At the time of filing, the parties should also submit copies of these documents to the Court by email in both Microsoft Word and PDF format, as well as provide courtesy copies as set out in Rule II(B)(3).
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- Email to chambers
Email Microsoft Word copies of proposed voir dire, RTCs, and verdict sheet to Court.
At the time of filing, parties should also submit copies of these documents to the Court by email as Microsoft Word documents.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to Chambers are prohibited unless directed by the Court.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted (unless specifically directed by the Court).
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- In person to opposing party
Discovery disputes must follow Local Rule 37.2 and meet and confer before court involvement.
In the case of discovery disputes, the parties should follow Local Rule 37.2 and the Court’s Individual Rules of Practice in Civil Cases (“Individual Practice Rules”), which are available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/hon-mary-kay-vyskocil. Any party wishing to raise a discovery dispute with the Court must first meet and confer in good faith with the opposing party, in person or by telephone, in an effort to resolve the dispute.
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- Phone to intake unit
- Phone
- (212) 805-0175
Pro se parties must communicate with the Pro Se Intake Office, not chambers.
All communications with the Court by a pro se party must be sent to the Pro Se Intake Office. You may contact the Pro Se Intake Office at (212) 805-0175 during normal business hours, 8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday – Friday. No documents or filings should be sent directly to Chambers.
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- Phone to chambers
Pro se parties cannot call chambers directly.
Pro se parties are not permitted to telephone Chambers. Pro se parties are directed to contact the Pro Se Intake Office at (212) 805-0175.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to chambers are prohibited unless directed by the court.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted (unless specifically directed by the Court).
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 805-0200
Parties must call chambers immediately when seeking TRO to state adversary notification status.
As soon as a party decides to seek a temporary restraining order, he or she must call Chambers at (212) 805-0200 and state clearly whether (i) he or she has notified the adversary, and whether the adversary consents to temporary injunctive relief; or (ii) the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b) are satisfied and no notice is necessary.
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- Email to chambers
Email unredacted and highlighted copies to chambers when filing sealed documents.
ii. E-mailing of Documents to Chambers. At the same time, the party should e-mail to Chambers (VyskocilNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) (i) a clean (i.e., unredacted) copy of the document and (ii) a copy of the document highlighting the information that has been redacted in the ECF filing.
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- Email to clerk
Electronic device forms must be emailed to court at least 24 hours before trial/hearing.
If required by the Standing Order, counsel seeking to bring a device into the Courthouse shall submit a copy of the Electronic Devices General Purpose Form, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/node/766, to the Court by e-mail at least 24 hours prior to the relevant trial or hearing. Untimely requests may be denied on that basis alone.
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- Email to chambers
In new criminal cases, the AUSA must immediately email the Court to arrange a prompt conference or arraignment.
Upon assignment of a new criminal case to Judge Vyskocil, the Assistant United States Attorney must immediately email the Court to arrange for a prompt conference/arraignment.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must file original with Pro Se Clerk and serve other pro se parties.
The pro se party must file an original of this Statement with the Pro Se Clerk and serve a copy on all other pro se parties.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Pro se parties must mail all communications to Pro Se Clerk, not Chambers.
All communications with the Court by a pro se party must be mailed to the Pro Se Clerk. No document or filing should be sent directly to Chambers.
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- Letter fax to chambers
All non-scheduling/urgent communications must be in writing with docket number and NSR, faxed to Court.
Letters. Except for scheduling and urgent matters, all communication with the Court should be in writing and must contain the docket number for the case and the Court's initials (NSR). Letters should be faxed to the Court.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must file papers with Pro Se Office.
All papers to be filed with the Court by a pro se party, along with any courtesy copies of those papers, must be sent to the Pro Se Office.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (877) 336-1839
Civil case conferences are held by telephone using the court’s dedicated conference line.
In Civil Cases. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all conferences and proceedings in civil cases will be held by telephone. In some cases, the Court may direct one of the parties to set up a conference line. In all other cases, the parties should call into the Court’s dedicated conference line at (877) 336-1839, and enter Access Code 123-1334, followed by the pound (#) key.
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- Phone to chambers
Criminal case conferences/proceedings held by phone/video; counsel must submit letter one week before appearance.
In Criminal Cases. To the maximum extent possible, all conferences and proceedings will be held by either telephone or video. No later than one week before a scheduled appearance, counsel must confer and submit a letter to the Court indicating their views on whether the Court can, consistent with the U.S. Constitution, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (see, e.g., Rules 5(f), 10(b) & (c), and 43) and any other relevant law, conduct the matter by telephone or video and, if applicable, whether the Defendant either consents to appearing in that manner or to waiving his or her appearance altogether.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone calls to chambers will not be answered; use ECF or email instead.
Telephone calls will not be answered. Thus, parties are encouraged to make any requests or inquiries to the Court through ECF or, if permitted or required under the Court’s Individual Rules and Practices, by email.
- Must include
- case number, telephone number
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- Email to chambers
Urgent matters require email to chambers with specific formatting requirements.
For urgent matters requiring immediate attention, parties should send an email to Chambers that (1) includes the word “URGENT” in the subject line; (2) specifies the case name and docket number; (3) briefly describes the nature of the issue; and (4) provides a telephone number at which the party (and any other relevant parties) can be reached.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes are prohibited for all purposes.
Faxes are not permitted for any purposes.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
Hand deliveries to chambers require advance permission from the court.
Nothing may be delivered to Chambers absent advance permission from the Court.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must mail communications to Pro Se Intake Unit unless granted permission for electronic filing.
Pro se parties are encouraged to (1) consent to electronic service (via ECF or email); or (2) seek the Court’s permission to file documents through the ECF system or by email to the Court. Unless the Court grants permission to file documents electronically, all communications with the Court by a pro se party must be mailed to: Pro Se Intake Unit Charles L. Brieant Courthouse 300 Quarropas Street White Plains, NY 10601
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- Email to chambers
AUSA must email court immediately upon new criminal case assignment to arrange conference.
Upon assignment of a new criminal case to Judge Román, the Assistant United States Attorney must immediately email the Court to arrange for a prompt conference.
- Must include
- case number, telephone number
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- Email to chambers
TRO applications must be emailed in PDF format with urgent subject line and contact information.
Parties intending to file applications for TROs or other emergency relief must send all of their papers (in text-searchable PDF format) to the Court by email. The email should (1) include the word “URGENT” in the subject line; (2) provide a telephone number at which the party (and any other relevant parties) can be reached; and (3) provide the relevant parties’ availability for a telephone conference in the next few days.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
All communications with the court must be by letter filed on ECF, not email
Communications with the Court shall be by letter and filed on ECF. Absent a specific direction from the Court, the text of an email transmitted to Chambers does not qualify as a letter and its contents will not be addressed by the Court or Chambers' Staff.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
All communications with chambers must be by letter (max 3 pages, ECF filing required with hard copy mailed).
Except as otherwise provided below, ALL communications with Chambers shall be by letter. Letters shall be filed on ECF in accordance with Section 13.1 of the ECF Rules & Procedures. A hard copy of any letter filed on ECF shall also be mailed to Chambers. Any letter to the Court must not exceed 3 pages in length. This does not include any exhibits that may be attached to a letter. All letters must comply with SDNY Local Rule 11.1(b):
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All civil conferences and proceedings will be held by telephone.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all conferences and proceedings in civil cases will be held by telephone.
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- Email to chambers
Parties must email Chambers 24 hours before teleconference with counsel list and phone numbers.
At least 24 hours before a scheduled teleconference, parties are directed jointly to email Chambers a list of counsel—no more than 2 teleconference. The email should also set forth the telephone numbers from which counsel expect to join the call.
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- Phone to chambers
Counsel must identify themselves each time they speak during teleconferences.
To facilitate orderly teleconferences and the creation of an accurate transcript, counsel are required to identify themselves every time they speak during the call.
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- Email to chambers
Discovery dispute opposition must be emailed, not called, to Chambers.
Parties seeking to inform the Court of their intention to oppose a discovery dispute, pursuant to the Court’s Individual Rule 2(C), should email, rather than call, Chambers promptly to advise that a responsive letter will be forthcoming.
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- Email to chambers
Urgent matters require email with URGENT subject, case info, issue description, and phone number.
For urgent matters requiring immediate attention, parties should send an email to Chambers that (1) includes the word “URGENT” in the subject line; (2) specifies the case name and docket number; (3) briefly describes the nature of the issue; and (4) provides a telephone number at which the party (and any other relevant parties) can be reached.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes are prohibited for all purposes.
Faxes are not permitted for any purposes.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
Hand deliveries to Chambers require advance Court permission.
Nothing may be delivered to Chambers absent advance permission from the Court.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must use ECF/email or mail to Pro Se Intake Unit.
Pro se parties are encouraged to (1) consent to electronic service (via ECF or email); or (2) seek the Court’s permission to file documents through the ECF system or by email to the Court. Unless the Court grants permission to file documents electronically, all communications with the Court by a pro se party must be mailed to the Pro Se Intake Unit, Thurgood Marshall Courthouse, 40 Centre Street, Room 105, New York, New York 10007.
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- Email to chambers
AUSA must email Court immediately upon new criminal case assignment.
Upon assignment of a new criminal case to Judge Engelmayer, the Assistant United States Attorney must immediately email the Court to arrange for a prompt conference/arraignment.
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- Email to chambers
Sealed/confidential letters may be emailed as PDF attachments with copies to all counsel.
Any letter to be filed under seal or containing sensitive or confidential information may be emailed as a text-searchable PDF attachment to the Court with a copy simultaneously delivered to all counsel (unless the submission is being made ex parte).
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- Email to chambers
Emails for sealed/confidential letters must include case caption and brief description in subject line.
Any such email shall state clearly in the subject line: (1) the caption of the case, including the lead party names and docket number; and (2) a brief description of the contents of the letter.
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- Email to chambers
No substantive communications in email body; include only in attached letter.
Parties shall not include substantive communications in the body of the email; such communications shall be included only in the letter itself.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to Chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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- Email to chambers
Email counsel names to chambers 4 days before initial conference.
The parties must also email EngelmayerNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov the names of counsel who will be appearing at the conference, denoting lead counsel with an asterisk.
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- Email to chambers
Parties must confer with adversary before TRO application unless Rule 65(b) requirements are met.
A party must confer with his or her adversary before making an application for a temporary restraining order unless the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b) are met.
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- Email to chambers
Parties must email Chambers immediately when seeking TRO, stating notice/adversary consent status.
As soon as a party decides to seek a temporary restraining order, he or she must email Chambers at EngelmayerNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov and state clearly whether (1) he or she has notified their adversary, and whether the adversary consents to temporary injunctive relief; or (2) the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b) are satisfied and no notice is necessary.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Authorization required for non-personal electronic equipment in courthouse; letter to chambers 10 business days in advance; printers prohibited.
In order for an attorney to bring into the Courthouse any computer, printer, or other electronic equipment not qualifying as a “personal electronic device,” specific authorization is required by prior Court Order. Any party seeking to bring such equipment into the Courthouse should send a letter to Chambers at least 10 business days before the relevant trial or hearing requesting permission to use such equipment. The letter shall identify the type(s) of equipment to be used and the name(s) of the attorney(s) who will be using the equipment, printers will not be permitted. Chambers will coordinate with the District Executive’s Office to issue the Order and forward a copy to counsel. The Order must be shown upon bringing the equipment into the Courthouse.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Communications with the Court must be by letter, except as otherwise provided.
Except as otherwise provided below, communications with the Court shall be by letter.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Non-urgent communications with Chambers must be by letter or letter-motion filed on ECF.
Otherwise, all communications with Chambers shall be by letter or letter-motion filed on ECF.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Fax communications to Chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- 855-244-8681
Teleconferences must use the Court’s dedicated line: (855) 244-8681, Access Code 2318-315-0661#.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any proceeding held by telephone will be on the Court’s dedicated conference line, which can be accessed by calling (855) 244-8681, and entering Access Code 2318-315-0661, followed by the pound (#) key.
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- Email to chambers
Parties must email chambers with names of appearing counsel, denoting lead counsel with asterisk.
The parties must also email EngelmayerNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov the names of counsel who will be appearing at the conference, denoting lead counsel with an asterisk.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
If a motion is not decided within 60 days of being fully briefed, movant’s counsel must send a letter via ECF to alert the Court.
N. Failure of the Court to Schedule Argument or Decide a Motion. If a motion is not decided within 60 days of the time that it has become fully briefed, counsel for the movant shall send a letter to alert the Court.
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- Email to chambers
Parties seeking a TRO must immediately email Chambers stating adversary notification/consent status and requested time frame; copy all parties if motion is on notice.
As soon as a party decides to seek a temporary restraining order, he or she must email Chambers at EngelmayerNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov and state clearly whether (1) he or she has notified their adversary, and whether the adversary consents to temporary injunctive relief; or moving party must also give notice of the time frame requested for Court action. If the motion is made on notice, all parties should be copied on the email.
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- Email to chambers
Parties may submit letter-motions seeking leave to file non-electronically via email to chambers, with required subject line and formatting restrictions.
iii. Submission by Email. Any party unable to comply with the requirement for electronic filing under seal through the ECF system, or who has reason to believe that a particular document should not be electronically filed, shall file a letter-motion seeking leave of the Court to file in a different manner. If the party is unable to file such a letter-motion on ECF, or believes there is good cause not to file such a letter-motion on ECF, the party may submit it by email (at EngelmayerNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) as a text-searchable PDF attachment with a copy simultaneously delivered to all counsel. Any such email shall state clearly in the subject line: (1) the caption of the case, including the lead party names and docket number; and (2) a brief description of the contents of the letter. Parties may not include substantive communications in the body of the email; such communications may be included only in the body of the letter
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Attorneys must send a letter to Chambers at least 10 business days before trial or hearing to request permission for electronic equipment, listing equipment types and attorney names; printers are prohibited.
Any party seeking to bring such equipment into the Courthouse should send a letter to Chambers at least 10 business days before the relevant trial or hearing requesting permission to use such equipment. The letter shall identify the type(s) of equipment to be used and the name(s) of the attorney(s) who will be using the equipment, printers will not be permitted.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Letters must be filed electronically on ECF with courtesy copy by mail/hand delivery; sealed letters delivered by mail/hand delivery; include case number; copies to all counsel; no substantive email communications.
Letters. Except as otherwise provided below, communications with the Court shall be by letter. Unless accompanied by a request to file under seal, letters shall be filed electronically on ECF, with a courtesy copy, clearly marked as such, delivered to the Court by mail or hand delivery. See Rule 9 below regarding courtesy copies. Letters to be filed under seal should be delivered to the Court by mail or hand delivery. Include the case number on all letters. Copies of letters to the Court ordinarily shall be simultaneously delivered to all counsel. Chambers will not accept any substantive communication – i.e., anything other than a scheduling matter – by email.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Request for substitution of defense counsel requires scheduling conference with Chambers.
When there is a request for substitution of defense counsel, counsel of record must contact Chambers to schedule a conference.
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- Sidebar to court
Sidebars during jury trials are discouraged and generally not permitted.
Sidebars during jury trials are discouraged and generally not permitted.
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- In person to adversary
Counsel must meet face-to-face for at least one hour to discuss settlement within 14 days after fact discovery closes.
No later than 14 days following the close of fact discovery, all counsel must meet face-to-face for at least one hour to discuss settlement.
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- Email to court and adversaries
Ready Trial Date set after discovery/dispositive motion; 48-hour notice for trial; counsel must report scheduling conflicts in advance.
At the close of discovery or, if a party has filed a dispositive motion, then within 30 days of a decision resolving the motion, the Court will set a Ready Trial Date. At any time on or after the Ready Trial Date, the Court may call the parties to trial upon 48 hours' notice. Therefore, counsel must notify the Court and their adversaries in writing of any potential scheduling conflicts – including, but not limited to, trials and vacations – that would prevent a trial at a particular time. Such notice must come before the Court notifies counsel of an actual trial date, not after counsel receives notification of the actual trial date. Counsel should notify the Court and all other counsel in writing, at the earliest possible time, of any scheduling problems involving out-of-town witnesses or other exigencies.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (914) 390-4160
Telephone calls to chambers only for emergencies; emails/faxes require prior authorization; copies to all counsel required.
Except as otherwise set forth herein, telephone calls to chambers are permitted only in emergencies requiring immediate attention. The chambers phone number is (914) 390-4160. Emails or faxes to chambers are permitted only with prior authorization. Emailed or faxed submissions shall identify the authorizing individual in chambers. The chambers fax number is (914) 390-4193. In the event a party is directed to or must transmit an e-mail to Chambers, the e-mail address to be used is HalpernNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov. Copies of any communication with Chambers shall be simultaneously faxed, e-mailed, or hand-delivered to all counsel.
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Emails/faxes to chambers require prior authorization and must identify authorizing individual.
Emails or faxes to chambers are permitted only with prior authorization. Emailed or faxed submissions shall identify the authorizing individual in chambers. The chambers fax number is (914) 390-4193. In the event a party is directed to or must transmit an e-mail to Chambers, the e-mail address to be used is HalpernNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Opposing party must call chambers within 1 business day and respond by letter within 3 business days for discovery disputes
If the opposing party wishes to respond, it must call Chambers within one (1) business day to advise that a responsive letter will be forthcoming, and its response shall be by letter to the Court not exceeding three pages within three (3) business days of the filing of the original letter-motion.
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For emergencies, email Chambers with "URGENT" in subject line and copy all parties.
For situations requiring immediate attention from the Court, counsel should email the Chambers inbox requesting the Court’s contact information. The Re line of the email should be marked “URGENT” and the text should provide a short explanation of the emergency and should be copied to all parties.
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All counsel must be copied on sealing emails unless ex parte.
Unless the requesting party seeks leave to file the submission ex parte, all counsel of record must be copied on the email to Chambers.
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Pro se parties must file via ECF if registered, or mail to Pro Se Intake Unit if not registered; no direct filings to Chambers.
Pro se parties who are registered on ECF should file all letters and motions, absent a request to file a document under seal, via ECF. By Standing Order, a pro se party who is not registered on ECF must mail all communications with the Court to the Pro Se Intake Unit located at 500 Pearl Street, Room 200, New York, NY 10007. A pro se party must not send any document or filing directly to Chambers.
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Non-ECF pro se parties must send all filings to Pro Se Intake Unit.
If the pro se party is not participating in ECF, then the pro se party must send all papers to be filed with the Court to the Pro Se Intake Unit.
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Communications with Chambers must be in writing with docket number and initials, filed on ECF unless immediate attention required.
For docketing, scheduling and calendar matters, counsel shall contact the Courtroom Deputy. Otherwise—except for matters requiring immediate attention—all communications with Chambers must be in writing and contain the docket number for the case and the Court’s initials (VSB). Written communications should be filed on ECF.
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Fax number is (212) 805-6382; faxes over 5 pages require prior authorization.
The direct fax number to Chambers is (212) 805-6382. Any faxed letter or document exceeding five pages will not be accepted unless prior authorization has been granted.
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Do not send hard copies after faxing.
Do not follow faxed letters with hard copy.
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- Email to chambers
Advance permission required to hand-deliver documents to chambers.
Please email or call Chambers to obtain advance permission from the Court to hand-deliver documents, including courtesy copies.
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- Email to chambers
Urgent matters should be emailed with "URGENT" in subject line.
For urgent matters requiring immediate attention, parties are directed to send an email to Chambers with “URGENT” in the subject line.
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Urgent emails must include case name, docket number, issue description, and contact phone.
Please include in the body of the email the case name and docket number, the nature of the issue, and a telephone number where the party (and any other relevant parties) can be reached.
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Service of motion papers must follow dates set by the Court during pre-motion conference or Local Civil Rule 6.1 if no pre-motion conference is required.
Notices of motions, affidavits, and memoranda of law shall be served in accordance with the dates set by the Court during the pre-motion conference or by memo- endorsed orders. If a pre-motion conference is not required (Paragraph II.A., supra), counsel should follow Local Civil Rule 6.1, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.
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For unresolved discovery disputes, parties must submit joint letter describing issues, positions, and authority. Court will rule or refer to Magistrate Judge.
In the event that a discovery dispute arises that the parties are unable to resolve among themselves, they shall confer and submit to the Court a joint letter setting forth the matters that remain unresolved following such conference. The letter shall describe concisely the issue(s) in dispute and the respective position of each party and cite applicable authority which the respective parties claim for support. The Court will rule upon the written submission, or refer the dispute to the designated Magistrate Judge for resolution, particularly where the circumstances indicate that the parties’ discovery disputes are continuous or chronic.
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Initial case management conference scheduled within 45 days of answer filing. Parties must confer and exchange initial disclosures under FRCP 26(f) and 26(a).
The Court will endeavor to schedule an initial case management conference within 45 days of the filing of the answer(s). Upon receipt of the Notice of Initial Conference, the parties shall confer if they have not yet done so in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) and exchange the initial disclosures prescribed by Rule 26(a).
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Status letter must be received by Court at least five business days before initial case management conference.
The status letter must be received by the Court at least five business days before the initial case management conference.
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Principal trial counsel or designated attorney familiar with litigation must appear at all conferences.
Principal trial counsel -- or, upon written notice to the Court, another attorney so designated who is closely familiar with the litigation -- must appear at all conferences.
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- Prohibition to chambers
PCDs generally prohibited unless holder is AUSA, Federal Defender, or SDNY Bar member with Secure Pass.
The Standing Order also governs the bringing of cell phones, Blackberries, and other Personal Communications Devices (“PCDs”) into the Courthouse and the Courtroom. The Standing Order does not allow cell phones and other PCDs into the building unless the person bringing the PCD is an AUSA, a Federal Defender, or a member of the Southern District of New York Bar with a valid secure pass (“Secure Pass”) issued by the District Executive’s Office. If an individual does not have a Secure Pass, or is otherwise not entitled to bring a PCD into the Courthouse pursuant to the Standing Order, an order issued by the Court is ineffective to permit him or her to do so.
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Prior permission from Chambers is required to email documents to the Court; the email must state who granted permission and copy all counsel and unrepresented parties.
If a party wishes to fax or email a document to the Court, it must obtain prior permission to do so. The fax or email must indicate who in Chambers provided such permission, and must be copied to all counsel and unrepresented parties.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
All communications with the court must be by letter filed electronically on ECF.
Except as otherwise provided below, communications with the Court shall be by letter, which shall be filed electronically on ECF.
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Fax/email to court requires prior permission and must copy all parties.
If a party wishes to fax or email a document to the Court, it must obtain prior permission to do so. The fax or email must indicate who in Chambers provided such permission, and must be copied to all counsel and unrepresented parties.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone calls to chambers are only permitted for immediate attention situations.
Except as provided below, telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only in situations requiring immediate attention. In such situations, call Chambers at (914) 390-4166.
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- (914) 390-4167
Call Donna Hilbert for docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters during business hours.
Please call Donna Hilbert, Courtroom Deputy Clerk, at (914) 390-4167, during regular business hours.
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Voir dire questions, joint requests to charge, and verdict form must be emailed to Judge Briccetti's law clerk in addition to normal filing.
In addition to being filed in the normal manner, voir dire questions, joint requests to charge, and a joint verdict form should be emailed to Judge Briccetti's law clerk. Counsel should call Chambers at (914) 390-4166 to make arrangements for same.
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Criminal cases require immediate initial conference with defendant present.
Upon assignment of a criminal case to Judge Briccetti, the parties shall immediately arrange with the Courtroom Deputy for a prompt initial conference, at which the defendant will be present.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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- Email to chambers
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.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
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.
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- Phone to chambers
Fax communications to Chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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- Email to chambers
Emails to Chambers require prior approval and must CC all parties if approved.
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. The Court's e-mail address is KrauseNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must submit non-electronic 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.
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Jury trial submissions must be emailed in Microsoft Word format to chambers.
In addition to filing these three joint submissions on ECF, the parties must send copies in Microsoft Word format to the Court via e-mail to KrauseNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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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.
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Communications with chambers must be via ECF motion/letter, not email/fax/phone/hard copy
Except as otherwise provided below, communications with the Court (other than during conferences, hearings, or trials) should be by motion or letter, filed on ECF. Except for confidential settlement letters, discussed in § 1(e) below, or as specifically directed by chambers in advance, the Court will not accept letters or motions from counseled parties by email, fax, telephone, or hard copy mailed or delivered directly to chambers.
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- Email to chambers
Ex parte settlement letters must be emailed to chambers
Ex parte letters required by the Court in advance of a settlement conference should be emailed to the chambers email address, which will be provided in the settlement conference scheduling order.
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Parties must attend settlement conferences in person with lead trial attorney
Unless excused in advance, each party must attend the conference in person, accompanied by that party's lead trial attorney.
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Non-natural parties must send decision-maker with settlement authority
If a party is a corporation, union, government entity, or other non-natural person, it must send a decision-maker with knowledge of the case, responsibility for determining the amount of any ultimate settlement, and authority to enter into such a settlement.
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Joint Pretrial Order due 30 days after discovery completion or summary judgment decision
Unless the Court has ordered otherwise, the parties shall submit to the Court for its approval a proposed Joint Pretrial Order within 30 days after the date for the completion of discovery, or, if a summary judgment motion has been filed, within 30 days after the decision on the motion.
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Joint Pretrial Order must be signed by all parties and include caption and counsel contact info
The proposed Joint Pretrial Order shall be signed by all parties and include the following: i. The full caption of the action. ii. The names and addresses of trial counsel, together with their office and cellular telephone numbers, fax numbers, and email addresses.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must submit non-electronic communications to Pro Se Intake Unit, not chambers.
All letters, motions, 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.
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Communications should be by motion or letter filed on ECF; email, fax, telephone, and hard copy are not accepted.
Except as otherwise provided below, communications with the Court (other than during conferences, hearings, or trials) should be by motion or letter, filed on ECF. Except for confidential settlement letters, discussed in § 1(e) below, or as specifically directed by chambers in advance, the Court will not accept letters or motions from counseled parties by email, fax, telephone, or hard copy mailed or delivered directly to chambers.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must submit communications to the Pro Se Intake Unit, not directly to chambers.
All letters, motions, 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.
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Permission form required for computing devices; submit 2 business days in advance if Wi-Fi needed.
To seek permission, you must fill out the "Fillable Form for Electronic Devices General Purpose," available on the Southern District of New York's form database, HERE. The completed form should be emailed to chambers using the address above. If Wi-Fi is requested, please submit the form at least two business days prior to your court date.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Letters must be mailed, overnight delivered, or hand-delivered to 40 Foley Square; email not accepted.
Letters sent by mail or overnight delivery should be addressed to Judge Gorenstein at the U.S. Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY 10007. If delivered by hand, letters should be brought to 40 Foley Square. The Court does not accept letters by email.
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File ECF letter requesting adjournment with requested date/time and other parties' positions; appearance not adjourned until court grants.
The requesting party must then file a letter to the Court on ECF seeking the adjournment, stating the date and time that is being requested. The letter must include a statement as to the other parties’ positions on the change in date. The appearance is not adjourned unless the parties are thereafter informed by the Court that the written application has been granted.
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Settlement conference acknowledgment form must be emailed 4 business days before conference to all attending attorneys and Judge Gorenstein.
Complete this form (please print or type) or its equivalent, sign it, and email it no later than midnight four business days prior to the conference (1) to all other attorneys who will be attending the conference and (2) to Judge Gorenstein.
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Letters by mail/overnight to 40 Foley Square; hand delivery accepted; no email letters.
Letters sent by mail or overnight delivery should be addressed to Judge Gorenstein at the U.S. Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY 10007. If delivered by hand, letters should be brought to 40 Foley Square. The Court does not accept letters by email.
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Telephone calls to chambers only for emergencies; otherwise use letters.
Except as provided in Paragraph 1.D below, telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only in emergency situations. For any other situation, a party may submit a letter to the Court in accordance with paragraphs 1.A and 1.B above.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Communications with the Court should be by letter via ECF, not by email to Chambers.
In general, communications with the Court should be by letter, via electronic case filing ("ECF"), without email or other copy to Chambers.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxed communications require prior permission from Chambers.
No faxed communications shall be permitted without prior permission from Chambers.
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- Phone to chambers
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- (212) 805-6120
For docketing/scheduling/calendar matters, call Tanuj Arora at (212) 805-6120 between 9 AM and 4 PM.
For docketing, scheduling and calendar matters, call Tanuj Arora, the Courtroom Deputy at (212) 805-6120 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
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- Email to chambers
Wi-Fi requests must be made to chambers at least 2 business days before conference.
If Wi-Fi is required, the request must be made to chambers no less than 2 business days in advance of the conference. When filling out the attached form, enter an “X” or “YES” under the “WIFI GRANTED” box. The Wi-Fi log-in credentials will only be emailed to the provided email addresses and will only be valid the day of the conference.
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Jury materials must be emailed as Word documents to specific chambers email address.
In addition to ECF-filing of voir dire questions, jury instructions, and verdict sheets, electronic copies must also be submitted as Microsoft Word documents and sent by email to: GSteinNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Counsel must notify each other and the Court of next day's witnesses by end of each trial day.
No later than the end of each trial day, counsel must notify each other and the Court of witnesses to be called the following trial day. The parties may agree to earlier notification.
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- Email to chambers
Ex parte settlement letters must be emailed to specific chambers address.
The letter should be emailed to GSteinNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes are prohibited without prior chambers approval
Faxes are not permitted except with prior approval of Chambers.
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- Email to chambers
Pro se parties must file with Pro Se Intake Unit, not Chambers
A pro se party must not send any document or filing directly to Chambers. A pro se party should deliver all filings and communications with the Court to the Pro Se Intake Unit located at 500 Pearl Street, Room 200, New York, NY 10007 by mail, in-person, or drop box (if outside of normal business hours). A pro se party may also deliver filings and communications in PDF format by email to ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Pro se parties must file all papers with Pro Se Intake Unit
A pro se party must send all papers to be filed with the Court to the Pro Se Intake Unit conference in conformance with the procedures in Section I.A above.
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- Email to chambers
Warrants should be emailed with agent and U.S. Attorney availability times.
Arrest and search warrants, including applications for cell site information, triggerfish, and GPS tracking, should be emailed to NYSDRicardoCriminal@nysd.uscourts.gov specifying the time that the agent and U.S. Attorney are available to swear out the complaint.
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- Email to chambers
Email Judge Ricardo for late-night or weekend warrant needs.
If you anticipate the need for a late-night or weekend warrant, please send Judge Ricardo an email at NYSDRicardoCriminal@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Plea materials must be emailed 24 hours in advance.
At least 24 hours in advance of a plea, the indictment/information, plea agreement, a summary of the elements of the offense(s), and the maximum and mandatory penalties for each crime/count should be emailed to NYSDRicardoCriminal@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
All communications with chambers must be via ECF letter or letter-motion.
Communications with Chambers, including requests for extensions or adjournments, shall be by letter or letter-motion filed on ECF in accordance with these Rules and Practices.
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- Phone to chambers
Call chambers directly for emergencies; email to request contact information.
For situations requiring immediate attention from the Court, counsel should call Chambers directly; in such situations, parties should email ReardenNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov requesting the Court’s contact information.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to Chambers are not permitted.
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- Email to chambers
TRO filer must email Chambers with filing notice and requested time frame; copy all parties if on notice.
The movant should then email ReardenNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov, giving notice of the filing and the time frame requested for Court action. Where the motion is made on notice, all parties should be copied on the email.
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Email completed Model Court Order to Chambers 5 business days before trial for electronic device permission under Standing Order M10-468.
Attorneys’ use of personal electronic devices (including mobile phones) and general purpose computing devices (such as laptops and tablets) within the Courthouse and its environs is governed by Standing Order M10-468. When Court permission is required under the Standing Order, attorneys seeking to bring electronic devices to the Court should email a completed Model Court Order to ReardenNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov five business days before the relevant trial or hearing.
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Emergency adjournment/extension requests must be emailed to chambers and filed on docket
Emergency requests should be emailed to WillisNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov and filed on the docket citing the nature of the emergency.
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- Phone to chambers
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- (212) 805-0244
Deposition disputes: attempt to proceed, don't unilaterally terminate, jointly contact court
If a dispute arises during a deposition, the Parties should attempt to proceed through as much of the deposition as possible that is unaffected by the dispute. Parties should not unilaterally terminate a deposition and the Court expects good faith efforts to resolve any disputes. After doing so, if the dispute cannot be resolved, the Parties should jointly contact the Court at (212) 805-0244. Chambers staff will take a message summarizing the dispute and check to see if Judge Willis is available to resolve the issue either through a video conference or a written order.
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Criminal warrants should be emailed with agent/AUSA availability times.
Warrants. Arrest and search warrants, including applications for cell site information, triggerfish, and GPS tracking, should be emailed to WillisCriminalDuty@nysd.uscourts.gov. The cover email should specify the time that the agent and AUSA are available to swear out the complaint or affidavit.
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- Email to chambers
PEN Registers, NDOs, and OCs should be emailed to chambers.
PEN Registers, NDOs, and OCs. All applications requiring Judge Willis’s review and signature should be sent to WillisCriminalDuty@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Late-night/weekend warrants require email and phone call to Judge.
Late-night or weekend warrants. If you anticipate the need for a late-night or weekend warrant, please send Judge Willis an email at WillisCriminalDuty@nysd.uscourts.gov, and call Judge Willis on her personal cell phone, available on the criminal duty roster.
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Plea materials must be emailed 24 hours in advance.
Pleas. At least 24 hours in advance of a plea, the indictment/information, plea agreement, a summary of the elements of the offense(s), and the maximum and mandatory penalties for each crime/count should be emailed to WillisCriminalDuty@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Government agencies must send knowledgeable representative or make official available by phone if over 100 miles away.
When any government agency is a Party, counsel of record must be accompanied by a knowledgeable representative from the agency (or, if the agency official with knowledge is more than 100 miles from the Courthouse, the official must be available to participate by telephone).
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone adjournment requests are never accepted; must be filed via ECF letter-motion.
In no circumstances will a telephone request for an adjournment be entertained.
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- Email to chambers
Warrants should be emailed to KHP_Rule41Warrants@nysd.uscourts.gov with agent and U.S. Attorney availability.
Warrants. Arrest and search warrants, including applications for cell site information, triggerfish, and GPS tracking, should be emailed to KHP_Rule41Warrants@nysd.uscourts.gov specifying the time that the agent and U.S. Attorney are available to swear out the complaint or affidavit.
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- Email to chambers
For late-night/weekend warrants, email and call Judge Parker's cell phone.
Late-night or weekend warrants. If you anticipate the need for a late-night or weekend warrant, please send Judge Parker an email at the warrant address and call Judge Parker on her personal cell phone, available on the criminal duty roster.
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- Email to chambers
Plea materials must be emailed 24 hours in advance to Parker_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
Pleas. At least 24 hours in advance of a plea, the indictment/information, plea agreement, a summary of the elements of the offense(s), and the maximum and mandatory penalties for each crime/count should be emailed to Parker_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Pro se parties must communicate through Pro Se Intake Unit, not directly to Chambers.
Pro Se Parties. By Standing Order, a pro se party must mail all communications with the Court to the Pro Se Intake Unit located at 500 Pearl St., Room 230, New York, NY 10007. A pro se party may not call Chambers or send any document or filing directly to Chambers. Submissions requiring immediate attention should be hand-delivered to the Pro Se Intake Unit. Unless the Court orders otherwise, all communications with the Court will be docketed upon receipt; such docketing shall constitute service on any user of the ECF system. If any other party is not a user of the ECF system (e.g., if there is another pro se party in the case), a pro se party must send copies of any filing to the 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 shall not be sent to the Court.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Letters to court must be filed via ECF except for pro se, ex parte, confidential, or magistrate judge cases.
All letters to the Court shall be filed via ECF, except for letters submitted by pro se litigants who do not have ECF privileges, letters which the sender is authorized to submit ex parte, or letters containing confidential information, or letters being filed in magistrate judge cases.
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- Email to chambers
Large files must be submitted via Court's file transfer protocol after requesting link from Chambers.
The Court has a file transfer protocol for the safe electronic transmission of large files. If a party needs to submit large files by email (as opposed to ECF), the party should email Chambers (at Wang_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) requesting a link to be used for such transfer. The email should include the name and docket number of the case and the nature and size of the materials to be submitted electronically.
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- Email to chambers
Letters directed to Chambers must be emailed as PDFs with specific subject line format.
Letters which the Court has specifically directed be emailed directly to Chambers should be emailed as a .pdf attachment to Wang_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov. E‐mails shall state in the subject line: (1) the caption of the case, including the lead party names and docket number, and (2) a brief description of the contents of the attachment. Confidential information should be clearly indicated as such in the letter.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must use Pro Se Intake Unit or ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov; cannot contact Chambers directly.
By Standing Order, any pro se party who does not participate in Electronic Case Filing (“ECF”) must either (1) mail or hand deliver all communications with the Court to the Pro se Intake Unit located at 500 Pearl Street, Room 230, New York, NY 10007 or (2) email their correspondence in .pdf format to ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov, including the docket number and case in the subject line of the cover email. Pro se parties may not call Chambers or send any document or filing directly to Chambers.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Chambers prohibits fax submissions
Chambers does not accept submissions by fax.
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- Email to chambers
Settlement conference materials must be emailed to specific chambers address.
The Settlement Conference Summary Form and letter should be emailed to Wang_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
The completed electronic device form must be emailed to chambers; chambers then routes the authorization to the District Executive's Office and court security.
The completed form should be emailed to chambers at the address above, and Chambers will then send the order to the District Executive's Office, which will be transmitted to court security.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
All letters to the Court must be filed on ECF; no email or other copies to chambers unless an exception applies.
In general, communications with the Court should be by letter. Except as provided below, all letters should be filed electronically on ECF (i.e., Electronic Case Filing), without email or other copy to Chambers.
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- Email to chambers
Sealed, ex parte settlement, and other confidential letters must be emailed to chambers as PDF attachments rather than filed on ECF.
The following types of letters should be emailed to Chambers as a .pdf attachment: Letters filed by counsel under seal; Ex parte settlement letters; Letters otherwise containing confidential information.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must direct all communications to the Pro Se Intake Unit — never directly to chambers.
By Standing Order, a pro se party must mail or email all communications with the Court to the Pro Se Intake Unit located at 500 Pearl Street, Room 200, New York, NY 10007, ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov. A pro se party may not call Chambers or send any document or filing directly to Chambers.
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- Email to chambers
Jury materials (voir dire, charge requests, verdict sheets) must also be submitted as Word documents via email to chambers in addition to ECF filing.
In addition to ECF-filing voir dire questions, requests to charge, and verdict sheets, electronic copies must also be submitted as Microsoft Word documents and sent by email to: Lehrburger_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Non-jury trial materials (trial memorandum, proposed findings/conclusions) must also be emailed to chambers as Word documents.
In addition to ECF-filing, these materials should also be submitted as Microsoft Word documents and sent via email to: Lehrburger_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Electronic devices are prohibited during court proceedings and must be stored with court security.
Pursuant to Standing Order M10-468, electronic devices such as cellphones, laptops, and tablets are not permitted during proceedings before this Court. Electronic devices are typically stored with court security before attorneys may proceed into the courthouse.
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Completed electronic device request forms must be emailed to chambers, which will forward to District Executive's Office and court security.
The completed form should be emailed to chambers at the address above, and Chambers will then send the order to the District Executive’s Office, which will be transmitted to court security.
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- Letter ecf to court
Nonincarcerated pro se parties must file motion for ECF permission
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.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
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.
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.
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- Letter fax to chambers
No faxed communications shall be permitted without prior permission from Judge Tarnofsky's Chambers. All faxes must simultaneously be delivered to all parties.
No faxed communications shall be permitted without prior permission from Judge Tarnofsky's Chambers. All faxes must simultaneously be delivered to all parties.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
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.
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.
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- Email to chambers
All counsel are required to register promptly as ECF filers and to enter an appearance in the case.
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.
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- Email to intake unit
Pro se parties must deliver communications to Pro Se Intake Unit or email with docket number and PDF attachments
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.
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- Email to chambers
Settlement conference submissions may be delivered to Court Security, mailed to Chambers, or emailed to specific address
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.
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- Phone to chambers
Pro se parties prohibited from calling Chambers without prior permission
No other materials may be sent directly to Chambers, and pro se parties may not call Chambers without prior permission from the Court.
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- Letter ecf to other party
Pro se parties must serve non-ECF parties and provide proof of service
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.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Pro se parties cannot file correspondence and discovery requests/responses with the Court
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).
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- Email to chambers
Virtual settlement conferences require confidentiality agreement emailed 1 day prior.
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.
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- Email to chambers
Settlement demand required 14 days before conference; response required 7 days before.
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.
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Defendant must notify plaintiff of financial hardship claims 14 days before conference; proof required 5 days before.
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.
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- Email to chambers
Email arrest/search warrants to criminal duty email with agent and US Attorney availability times.
Warrants. Arrest and search warrants, including applications for cell site information, triggerfish, and GPS tracking, should be emailed to TarnofskyCriminalDuty@nysd.uscourts.gov specifying the times that the agent and the U.S. Attorney are available to swear out the complaint.
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- Email to chambers
Email late-night or weekend warrant requests to criminal duty email.
Late-night or weekend warrants. If you anticipate the need for a late-night or weekend warrant, please send Judge Tarnofsky an email at TarnofskyCriminalDuty@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Email plea materials (indictment, agreement, elements, penalties) at least 24 hours before plea.
At least 24 hours in advance of a plea, the indictment/information, plea agreement, a summary of the elements of the offense(s), and the maximum and mandatory penalties for each crime/count should be emailed to TarnofskyCriminalDuty@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Email proposed allocution to criminal duty email at least 24 hours before plea.
Counsel for the defendant should email the proposed allocution to TarnofskyCriminalDuty@nysd.uscourts.gov at least 24 hours in advance of the plea.
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- Email to chambers
Civil matter emails to Chambers should be sent to TarnofskyNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
Email for Civil Matters: TarnofskyNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov
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- Phone to chambers
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.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- 212-805-3840
Phone calls to Chambers (212-805-3840) only for urgent matters; ECF issues directed to help desk at (212) 805-0800.
Telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only for urgent matters requiring immediate attention. If you are encountering difficulties using ECF, call the ECF help desk at (212) 805-0800.
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- Phone to clerk
- Phone
- (212) 805-0800
ECF technical difficulties should be reported to the help desk at (212) 805-0800.
If you are encountering difficulties using ECF, call the ECF help desk at (212) 805-0800.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
All Court communications must be via ECF letter except settlement conference and in camera submissions, which may be emailed to civil Chambers address.
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.
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- Email to chambers
Emails to Chambers are restricted to urgent matters or those with express advance permission from the Court.
Emails to Chambers are only permitted for urgent matters requiring immediate attention or when otherwise expressly permitted by the Court in advance.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxed communications to Chambers require prior permission and must be sent to all parties.
No faxed communications shall be permitted without prior permission from Judge Tarnofsky’s Chambers. All faxes must simultaneously be delivered to all parties.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Letter-motions must be filed on ECF per SDNY Local and ECF Rules, and may request specified pre-motion and administrative actions.
Letter-motions shall be filed on ECF in accordance with the S.D.N.Y. Local Rules and the S.D.N.Y. Electronic Case Filing Rules and Instructions. Requests that may be made by letter-motion include requests for: discovery conferences to address discovery disputes before formal motion practice, adjournments, extensions of time, pre-motion conferences, sealing, and settlement conferences.
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- Email to chambers
Docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters should be emailed to the civil Chambers address.
For docketing, scheduling and calendar matters, email TarnofskyNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Phone to clerk
For all telephone proceedings in civil matters, check the docket entry for the phone number and access code.
FOR ALL TELEPHONE PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL MATTERS, CHECK THE DOCKET ENTRY FOR THE PHONE NUMBER AND ACCESS CODE.
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- Email to intake unit
Pro se parties must communicate with the Court via Pro Se Intake Unit (mail/hand delivery) or email to ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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.
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- Email to intake unit
Self-represented parties must file documents through the Pro Se Intake Unit via email to ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov or mail/hand delivery to Room 205.
which must still be made by any self-represented party through the Pro Se Intake Unit by email (ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov) or by mail or hand delivery (Pro Se Intake Unit, 500 Pearl Street, Room 205, New York, NY 10007).
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- Email to chambers
Virtual settlement conference attendees must email signed confidentiality agreement to chambers at least one day prior to the conference.
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.
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- Email to chambers
Ex Parte Settlement Conference Summary Forms and letters must be emailed to the provided chambers email address.
The Ex Parte Settlement Conference Summary Form and letter should be emailed to TarnofskyNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Adjournment requests for settlement conferences must be emailed to chambers with at least three proposed new dates.
should then email TarnofskyNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov with at least three proposed new dates.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must communicate with the Pro Se Intake Unit, not chambers.
By Standing Order, a pro se party must mail all communications with the Court to the Pro Se Intake Unit located at 40 Centre Street, Room 105, New York, NY 10007. A pro se party may not call or email Chambers or send any document or filing directly to Chambers.
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Electronic device requests must be emailed to Court at least 24 hours before proceeding
H. Electronic Device Order Requests. Attorneys’ use of electronic devices (including mobile telephones, personal electronic devices, computers, and printers) within the Courthouse and its environs is governed by the Court’s Standing Order M10-468.4. Attorneys seeking to bring a device into the Courthouse shall submit a completed copy of the Electronic Devices General Purpose Form, available on the Court's website, to the Court by email at least 24 hours prior to the court proceeding. Requests for a so-ordered electronic device order are not filed on ECF.
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- Email to chambers
Email arrest/search warrants (including cell site, triggerfish, GPS) to CaveCriminalDuty@nysd.uscourts.gov with agent and U.S. Attorney availability.
Warrants. Arrest and search warrants, including applications for cell site information, triggerfish, and GPS tracking, should be emailed to CaveCriminalDuty@nysd.uscourts.gov specifying the time that the agent and U.S. Attorney are available to swear out the complaint.
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- Email to chambers
Email Judge Cave for late-night or weekend warrant requests.
Late-night or weekend warrants. If you anticipate the need for a late-night or weekend warrant, please send Judge Cave an email at CaveCriminalDuty@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Email plea materials (indictment, plea agreement, elements, penalties) at least 24 hours before plea.
At least 24 hours in advance of a plea, the indictment/information, plea agreement, a summary of the elements of the offense(s), and the maximum and mandatory penalties for each crime/count should be emailed to CaveCriminalDuty@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Emails to chambers must include case caption and docket number in subject line.
E-mails shall: (1) state in the subject line the caption of the case, including the lead party names and docket number; and (2) provide a brief description of the contents of the letter.
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- Email to chambers
No substantive content in email body - only in attached letter.
Parties shall not include substantive communications in the body of the e-mail; such communications shall be included only in the attached letter.
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- Phone to chambers
Phone calls to chambers only for urgent matters requiring immediate attention.
Telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only for urgent matters requiring immediate attention.
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- Email to chambers
Device orders must be emailed to chambers at least 24 hours before trial/hearing; cannot file on ECF.
Counsel seeking to bring a device into the Courthouse shall submit a filled-in copy of the Electronic Devices General Purpose Form 5 to the Court by e-mail (Aaron_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) at least 24 hours prior to the relevant trial or hearing. A request for a So-Ordered Device Order shall not be filed on ECF.
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- In person to chambers
Principal trial counsel must appear at all conferences with the Court.
The attorney who will serve as principal trial counsel must appear at all conferences with the Court.
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- Phone to clerk
- Phone
- 212-805-0141
Criminal cases require immediate call to Deputy Clerk to arrange conference for discovery and motion schedule.
Upon assignment of a criminal case to Judge Carter, the parties should immediately call the Deputy Clerk at 212-805-0141 to arrange for a prompt conference, at which the defendant will be present, in order to set a discovery and motion schedule.
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- Email to chambers
Emails to chambers only for urgent matters or with prior permission.
Emails to Chambers are only permitted for urgent matters requiring immediate attention or when otherwise expressly permitted by the Court in advance.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Fax communications require prior permission from chambers.
No faxed communications shall be permitted without prior permission from Chambers.
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- Letter fax to intake unit
Pro se parties must submit non-electronic 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.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must communicate with Pro Se Intake Unit, not Chambers.
All communications with the Court by a pro se party should be mailed to the Pro Se Intake Unit. No document or filing should be sent directly to Chambers.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties file all papers with Pro Se Intake Unit.
All papers to be filed with the Court by a pro se party, along with any courtesy copies of those papers, should be sent to the Pro Se Intake Unit, Room 200, United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York 10007.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties must send all communications to the Pro Se Intake Unit, not directly to Chambers.
All communications with the Court by a pro se party should be mailed to the Pro Se Intake Unit. No document or filing should be sent directly to Chambers.
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- Email to chambers
A.U.S.A. must email courtesy copies of indictment and criminal complaint to chambers with specific subject line format.
As soon as practicable, the A.U.S.A. shall e-mail a courtesy copy of the indictment and the criminal complaint, if one exists, to ca02_AJNchambers@ca2.uscourts.gov, and the subject line of the e-mail shall state the caption of the case (including the docket number) and the contents of the e-mail.
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- Email to chambers
Sealed or sensitive letters may be emailed as PDFs with specific subject line requirements.
Letters to be filed under seal or containing sensitive or confidential information may be emailed to the Court (ca02_AJNchambers@ca2.uscourts.gov) as .pdf attachments. Copies of any such letter should be simultaneously delivered to all counsel, unless otherwise necessary due to the sensitivity of the material contained therein. Any such email shall state clearly in the subject line (i) the full caption of the case, and (ii) a brief description of the contents of the letter.
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- Letter ecf
All communications must be by ECF letter (max 3 pages, double-spaced if >1 page); no courtesy copies required.
All Communications by Letter. Except as otherwise provided below in Rule 1.B and 1.C, all communications with the Court shall be by letter filed on ECF. This rule also applies to questions regarding the Undersigned’s Individual Rules. Parties should not call the Chambers telephone line except as directed in Rule 1.B. Letters may not exceed three pages in length (exclusive of exhibits or attachments). Any letter longer than one page must be double spaced. 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 (except as exhibits to an otherwise properly filed document). Unless otherwise noted, parties should not submit courtesy copies of letters filed on ECF.
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- Email to chambers
Sealed letter requests must be emailed as PDF attachments with explanation; paper copies insufficient.
Letter Requests to Seal Information. Letters that include requests to be filed under seal shall be emailed to the Court (ca02_AJNchambers@ca2.uscourts.gov) as .pdf attachments. The letter shall explain the basis for seeking sealing. Parties should not make any requests in the body of the email. Refer to Rule 4 for further instruction regarding requests for redactions and filing under seal. Any time a party also submit a copy of the document to the Court’s email address. Paper copies alone are insufficient.
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- Email to chambers
All attorneys must register as ECF filers, update contact info, and check docket regularly.
ECF. In accordance with the ECF Rules, all attorneys representing parties before Judge Nathan 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 (https://nysd.uscourts.gov/rules/ecf-related-instructions). Counsel are responsible for updating their contact information on ECF, should it change, and for checking the docket sheet regularly, regardless of whether they receive an ECF notification of case activity. Pursuant to ECF Rule 4.3, counsel “have an obligation to review the Court’s actual order, decree, or judgment, as available on ECF, and should not rely on the description of such order, decree or judgment in the Notice of Electronic Filing
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TRO applications require adversary conference unless ex parte; must file letter on ECF or email chambers in emergencies.
A party must confer with its adversary before making an application for a temporary restraining order unless proceeding ex parte is justified by Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b)(1). As soon as a party decides to seek a temporary restraining order, that party must file a letter on ECF (or by email if proceeding ex parte), or, in the case of a true emergency, email Chambers at ca02_AJNchambers@ca2.uscourts.gov and state clearly whether (i) it has notified its adversary, and whether the adversary consents to temporary injunctive relief; or (ii) the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b) are satisfied and no notice is necessary.
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Joint pretrial report documents must be emailed to chambers as Word files.
In addition to filing these documents on ECF, parties should also submit copies of these documents to the Court by email (ca02_AJNchambers@ca2.uscourts.gov), as Microsoft Word documents.
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- Email to chambers
Deposition excerpts and synopses must be emailed to court and served, not filed on ECF.
At the time the Joint Pretrial Report is filed, each party shall email to the Court and serve on opposing counsel, but not electronically file, all deposition excerpts which will be offered as substantive evidence, as well as a one-page synopsis of those excerpts for each deposition. Each synopsis shall include page citations to the pertinent pages of the deposition transcripts.
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- Email to chambers
Electronic devices form must be emailed to court at least 2 business days before trial.
If required by the Standing Order, counsel seeking to bring a device into the Courthouse shall submit a copy of the Electronic Devices General Purpose Form, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/node/766, to the Court by email at least two business days prior to the relevant trial or hearing.
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- Email to chambers
For urgent matters requiring immediate attention, email Chambers after filing via ECF.
If you believe you have an urgent matter that requires Judge Nathan's truly immediate attention, please notify Chambers by email at ca02_AJNchambers@ca2.uscourts.gov after you file the submission via ECF.
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- Email to chambers
Sealing requests must be emailed as PDF attachments to Chambers; explain basis in the letter, not the email body.
Letters that include requests to be filed under seal shall be emailed to the Court (ca02_AJNchambers@ca2.uscourts.gov) as .pdf attachments. The letter shall explain the basis for seeking sealing. Parties should not make any requests in the body of the email.
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- Email to chambers
Chambers email for TRO emergencies: ca02_AJNchambers@ca2.uscourts.gov
As soon as a party decides to seek a temporary restraining order, that party must file a letter on ECF (or by email if proceeding ex parte), or, in the case of a true emergency, email Chambers at ca02_AJNchambers@ca2.uscourts.gov
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- Email to chambers
Letters from represented parties must be docketed on ECF and emailed as PDF to chambers.
Letters on behalf of parties represented by counsel must be both docketed on ECF and e-mailed as a PDF attachment to the following address: CA02_RJSChambers@ca2.uscourts.gov.
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- In person to court
Attorneys must address all remarks to the Court, not opposing counsel.
(11) Please address all remarks to the Court, not to opposing counsel.
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- In person to court
Attorneys must stand when addressing the Court or making objections, except those with physical disabilities.
(3) Please stand whenever you address the Court. This includes the making of objections. (Counsel with physical disabilities will be excused from this requirement as necessary.)
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- In person to jury
Attorneys must maintain distance from jury and use podium unless given permission to approach.
(4) Please stand a respectful distance from the jury at all times, addressing the jury and witnesses from the podium only, unless the Court gives you permission to approach the witness or to publish an exhibit to the jury.
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- In person to witnesses
Attorneys must stand at podium when questioning witnesses and avoid pacing.
(6) Stand at the podium when you question witnesses. (Counsel with physical disabilities will be excused from this requirement as necessary.) Do not pace about the courtroom when making arguments or questioning witnesses. This distracts the jury and wastes time.
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- In person to jury
Attorneys must not face or address jurors when questioning witnesses.
(9) Do not face or otherwise appear to address yourself to jurors when questioning a witness.
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- In person to jury
Attorneys may discuss expected jury instructions but cannot read or quote them.
(10) The jury should hear the instructions on the law of the case from the Court, an impartial source. In your final argument, you may tell the jury what you believe the substance of the Court’s instruction on a particular subject will be, but do not read or quote any instruction.
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- In person to opposing counsel
Attorneys must avoid disparaging remarks and remain professional toward opposing counsel.
(12) Avoid disparaging or disrespectful personal remarks or acrimony toward opposing counsel and remain wholly detached from all ill feeling between
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- In person to all persons
Attorneys must refer to all persons by surname, not first name.
(13) Please refer to all persons, including witnesses, other counsel, and parties by their surnames and not by their first or given names.
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- In person to witnesses
Attorneys must not repeat or echo witness answers during examination.
(15) In examining a witness, counsel should not repeat or echo the answer given by the witness.
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- Email to chambers
Direct submissions to Judge Swain's chambers by pro se parties may be disregarded.
Submissions emailed, mailed, or faxed directly to Judge Swain’s chambers by pro se parties may be disregarded.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Letters between parties/counsel not addressed to the Court may not be filed on ECF.
Letters solely between parties or their counsel or otherwise not addressed to the Court may not be filed on ECF or sent to the Court (except as exhibits to an otherwise properly filed document).
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- Phone to clerk
- Phone
- (212) 805-0140
If no Chambers response within 2 hours for time-sensitive matters, call Clerk’s Office.
If the matter is time sensitive and Chambers does not respond within two (2) hours, the moving party may contact the Clerk’s Office before the end of the business day at (212) 805-0140.
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- Phone to chambers
No phone calls for adjournment requests except after 5 business days without response.
DO NOT call Chambers or the Courtroom (i) to announce your intention to request an adjournment, (ii) to inquire about the status of your request, (iii) to confirm that your request has been received, unless more than 5 business days have lapsed since you sent your request, or (iv) to ask permission to fax a letter requesting an adjournment or extension. Requests for adjournments or extensions of time may be made by fax without advance permission.
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- Phone to chambers
Phone calls to Chambers are prohibited for announcing adjournment intentions, inquiring about request status, confirming receipt (unless >5 business days passed), or asking permission to fax requests.
DO NOT call Chambers or the Courtroom (i) to announce your intention to request an adjournment, (ii) to inquire about the status of your request, (iii) to confirm that your request has been received, unless more than 5 business days have lapsed since you sent your request, or (iv) to ask permission to fax a letter requesting an adjournment or extension. Requests for adjournments or extensions of time may be made by fax without advance permission.
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- Email to chambers
Joint agenda must be emailed to Chambers at least 48 hours before non-initial conferences.
For all other conferences, counsel shall submit by email to Chambers a joint agenda, no later than 48 hours in advance of the conference.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Fax communications of 6-20 pages require permission during office hours (8:30 AM - 5:30 PM); after-hours faxing allowed without permission.
Written communications of six (6) to twenty (20) pages may be faxed, without permission, only after hours: after 5:30 P.M through 8:30 A.M. the following morning. During office hours, between 8:30 A.M. and 5:30 P.M., permission to fax 6- to 20-page documents is necessary. No hard copy should be sent if a copy is sent by facsimile.
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- Email to chambers
Court uses email to communicate to counsel but counsel should not respond by email.
The Court has set up an email address (wtc_letters@nysd.uscourts.gov) to communicate to counsel in the September 11 litigation. Counsel should not, however, respond by email to the Court.
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- Phone to chambers
Mobile phones are allowed in the courtroom but must be turned off.
Mobile phones are permitted inside the Courtroom, but they shall be kept off at all times.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Communications with Chambers must generally be made by letter, with simultaneous copies to all counsel.
Except as otherwise provided below, communications with Chambers should be by letter, with copies simultaneously delivered to all counsel.
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- Email to clerk
Consent-to-proceed forms before a magistrate judge must be emailed to the Orders and Judgments Clerk rather than filed on ECF.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, parties should not file on ECF a Consent to Proceed Before United States Magistrate Judge; the parties should e-mail it to the Orders and Judgments Clerk at judgments@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Parties needing to transmit large files by email must request a transfer link from Chambers.
If a party needs to submit large files by email (as opposed to ECF), the party should email the Court at ALCarterNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov requesting a link to be used for such transfer.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Parties seeking to bring covered equipment should send Chambers a permission letter at least 10 business days before trial or hearing.
Any party seeking to bring such equipment into the Courthouse should send a letter to Chambers at least 10 business days in advance of the relevant trial or hearing requesting permission to use such equipment.
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- Email to chambers
Large files require special FTP protocol - email Chambers to request transfer link with case details.
The Court has a file transfer protocol for the safe electronic transmission of large files. If a party needs to submit large files by email (as opposed to ECF), the party should email the Court at ALCarterNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov requesting a link to be used for such transfer. The email should include the name and docket number of the case as well as the nature and size of the materials to be submitted electronically.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone calls to Chambers only permitted in emergencies with all counsel present.
Telephone calls to Chambers are permitted solely in emergency situations where a letter or letter-motion is not feasible, or as specifically authorized in Paragraph 6(B) (Conduct in Depositions). In such situations, counsel for all parties must join the call.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes are prohibited without prior approval from Chambers.
Faxes are not permitted except with prior approval of Chambers.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Hand-delivered mail must be left with Court Security Officers, not brought to Chambers.
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States District Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007, and may not be brought directly to Chambers.
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- Phone to chambers
Counsel must use landlines, avoid speakerphones, and mute when not speaking.
Counsel should use a landline whenever possible, should not use a speakerphone, and must mute themselves whenever they are not speaking to eliminate background noise.
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- Phone to chambers
Counsel must identify themselves when speaking and spell proper names for court reporter.
To facilitate orderly teleconferences and the creation of an accurate transcript where a teleconference is held on the record, counsel are required to identify themselves every time they speak. Counsel should spell any proper names for the court reporter and take special care not to interrupt or speak over one another.
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- Email to chambers
Pro se parties should not send copies of correspondence with opposing parties to court
Copies of correspondence between a pro se party and opposing parties shall not be sent to the Court.
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- Chambers to chambers
Sidebars during jury trials are strongly disfavored; issues should be raised with the Court in advance.
Sidebars during jury trials are strongly disfavored. Counsel are expected to anticipate any issues that might require argument and to raise those issues with the Court in advance of the time that the jury will be hearing the evidence, ideally in advance of the final pretrial conference.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- SubramanianNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov
Phone calls to Chambers permitted only in emergencies or as authorized; all parties must join.
Telephone calls to Chambers are permitted solely in emergency situations where a letter or letter-motion is not feasible, or as specifically authorized in Paragraph 6(B) (Conduct in Depositions). In such situations, counsel for all parties must join the call.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to Chambers are prohibited without prior approval.
Faxes are not permitted except with prior approval of Chambers.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Hand deliveries must go to Court Security Officers, not directly to Chambers.
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States District Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007, and may not be brought directly to Chambers.
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- Email to chambers
Parties must jointly email list of speaking counsel and phone numbers at least 24 hours before teleconference.
At least 24 hours before a scheduled teleconference, the parties must jointly email to the Court a list of counsel who may speak during the teleconference. No more than one individual should be designated to speak on behalf of each party. The email should also provide the telephone numbers from which counsel expect to join the call.
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- Email to clerk
Counsel must contact ECF Help Desk by email or phone for contact information updates; filing a letter-motion for this purpose is prohibited.
For assistance with updating contact information, please contact the ECF Help Desk at helpdesk@nysd.uscourts.gov or (212) 805-0800; do not file a letter-motion advising the Court of the change.
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During depositions, parties may jointly email Chambers to raise disputes when letter-motion procedures are not feasible.
If a dispute arises during a deposition, and the letter-motion procedures in Paragraph 5 are not feasible to address it, the parties may email Chambers to raise the dispute with the Court during the deposition. If a party wishes to engage the Court in this manner, all parties in attendance at the deposition must make themselves available and email the Court jointly.
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Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law must be submitted by email in both PDF and Word formats at time of filing.
At the time of filing, parties should also submit copies of these documents to the Court by email, both in PDF format and as a Microsoft Word document
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- Email to chambers
Exhibit list in Word format must be emailed to the court.
a Microsoft Word document listing all exhibits sought to be admitted, emailed to the court
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- Email to chambers
Requests to charge, proposed verdict forms, and voir dire questions must be submitted by email as Word documents.
At the time of filing, parties should also submit copies of these documents to the Court by email, as Microsoft Word documents
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- Letter fax
Faxes are prohibited without prior approval.
Faxes are not permitted except with prior approval of Chambers.
Non-compliance with device rules may result in device forfeiture
Non-compliance with this rule may result in forfeiture of the device for the remainder of the proceedings.
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- Email to chambers
Most chambers communications must be by letter or letter-motion filed on ECF; email is for immediate attention questions only.
Any other communications with Chambers, including requests for extensions or adjournments, shall be by letter or letter-motion filed on ECF in accordance with Paragraphs 4(C) and 6(A). For questions that require immediate attention, please email chambers.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Fax communications are prohibited without prior chambers approval.
Faxes are not permitted except with prior approval of Chambers.
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- Phone to chambers
Counsel must use landline when possible, no speakerphone, mute when not speaking during teleconferences.
Counsel should use a landline whenever possible, should not use a speakerphone, and must mute themselves whenever they are not speaking to eliminate background noise.
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- Phone to chambers
Phone calls to chambers only for urgent matters; email with 'URGENT' subject line to request phone number.
Telephone calls to chambers are permitted only in situations requiring immediate attention. In such situations, email the chambers email box to request the phone number, and place “URGENT” in the subject line of the email. If an ECF submission requires immediate attention, the filing party should email courtesy copies of the filing and place “URGENT” in the subject line.
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- Email to chambers
Last-minute requests for electronic device permission will not be considered.
Last-minute requests will not be considered.
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Emails to Chambers must have substantive content in attachments only.
For any emails to Chambers permitted under these Rules, parties shall not include substantive communications in the body of the email, only in an attached letter. Copies of correspondence between counsel shall not be sent to the Court or filed on ECF except as exhibits to an otherwise properly filed document.
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- Hand delivery
Urgent hand-delivered mail requires notification to Chambers.
If the hand-delivered mail is urgent and requires the Court’s immediate attention, ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived that needs to be retrieved by Chambers staff immediately.
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Do not send hard copy if document is emailed.
If a document is e-mailed to chambers, do NOT also send a hard copy.
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- Phone to chambers
Phone calls to chambers only allowed for immediate attention situations.
Telephone calls to chambers are permitted only in situations requiring immediate attention.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to chambers are prohibited.
Faxes to chambers are not permitted.
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- Email to chambers
Email to chambers requires prior permission, must indicate who gave permission, copy all counsel, and no hard copy if emailed.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.A. above, if a party wishes to e-mail a .pdf document to the Court, it must obtain prior permission. E-mails should indicate who in chambers provided such permission, and must be copied to all counsel. If a document is e-mailed to chambers, do NOT also send a hard copy.
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- Phone to chambers
Phone calls to Chambers only for urgent matters
Parties should avoid calling Chambers unless an urgent matter requires immediate attention.
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- Phone to chambers
Phone calls to Chambers should be avoided except for urgent matters requiring immediate attention.
Parties should avoid calling Chambers unless an urgent matter requires immediate attention.
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- Email to chambers
For urgent matters, counsel may call Chambers after emailing to request contact information.
If an urgent matter requiring immediate attention should arise, counsel may call Chambers directly; in such situations, parties should email the Chambers inbox requesting the Court’s contact information.
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- Phone to chambers
ECF submissions are reviewed the next business day; urgent submissions require telephone notification after filing.
Materials filed via ECF are generally reviewed by the Court the business day after they have been filed. If a submission requires immediate attention, please notify Chambers by telephone after the submission has been filed via ECF.
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- Phone to chambers
Counsel must not interrupt or speak over each other during telephone conferences.
Counsel should also take special care not to interrupt or speak over one another.
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- Phone to chambers
Use landline, headset, and mute when not speaking during telephone conferences.
Counsel should use a landline whenever possible, should use a headset instead of speakerphone, and must mute themselves whenever they are not speaking to eliminate background noise.
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- Phone to chambers
Voice-activated systems that don’t show speaking status are prohibited.
Counsel should not use voice-activated systems that do not allow the user to know when someone else is trying to speak at the same time.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Counsel must notify Court by ECF letter if conference not scheduled within 3 months.
If a conference has not been scheduled within three months of the filing of the complaint or notice of removal, counsel must advise the Court by letter on ECF.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 805-0296
Must still call chambers to schedule TRO application even when Rule 65(b) notice requirements are met.
If the party requesting relief believes that the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b) are met and no notice is necessary, the party must still call Chambers at (212) 805-0296 to schedule a time to bring the application to the Court.
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- Email to intake unit
Pro se parties need court permission to file electronically; otherwise must use Pro Se Intake Office.
Pro se parties who have internet access are encouraged to (1) consent to electronic service (via ECF or email); or (2) seek the Court’s permission to file documents through the ECF system or by email to the Court. Unless the Court grants permission to file documents electronically, all communications with the Court by a pro se party must be sent to the Pro Se Intake Office, as noted above.
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- Email to chambers
Wi-Fi access requires approval, limited to approved attorney, non-transferable, for assigned courtroom only.
If Wi-Fi is requested, counsel shall check the appropriate box on the form. If approved and signed by Judge Vargas, a copy of the Order will be sent to the requesting attorney, who will receive a network name, username, password and instructions from the District Executive’s Office on or before the first day of the scheduled proceeding. Wi-Fi access is limited to the approved attorney (who may not share their username or password with others) for the duration of the proceeding and for the assigned courtroom (unless Judge Vargas or another judicial officer grants permission for it to be used in another courtroom).
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- Email to chambers
Email allowed only when authorized; must be PDF attachments to specific chambers email with case caption in subject line.
Where specifically authorized by these rules or expressly requested by the Court, e-mail communication shall be sent to RakoffNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov as .pdf attachments with copies simultaneously delivered to all counsel. Emails shall state clearly in the subject line (i) the full caption of the case, including the party names and docket number, and (ii) the contents of the email.
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- Phone to chambers
All attorneys on phone calls to chambers must be on the docket or have filed pro hac vice motion.
All attorneys participating in a phone conference with Chambers must have appeared on the docket or have filed a motion for pro hac vice admission.
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- Email to chambers
Pro se parties consenting to electronic service receive no hard copies
If a pro se party consents to electronic service, or if the Court grants a Motion for Permission for Electronic Case Filing on ECF under Rule 5.iv, that party will not receive hard copies of any document filed on ECF or served by email.
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- Phone to chambers
For emergencies requiring immediate Court attention, call chambers directly after emailing for contact information.
For situations requiring immediate attention from the Court, counsel should call Chambers directly; in such situations, the parties should email ReardenNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov requesting the Court’s contact information.
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- Phone
Non-compliance may result in device forfeiture.
Non-compliance with this rule may result in forfeiture of the device for the remainder of the proceedings.
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- Phone to chambers
Phone calls to chambers are only allowed for emergencies.
Telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only in emergency situations requiring immediate attention.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
For urgent hand deliveries, notify court security officers to alert chambers.
If the hand-delivered material is urgent and requires the Court's immediate attention, ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived that needs to be retrieved by Chambers staff immediately.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone calls to Chambers should only be used for urgent matters.
Telephone calls to Chambers should be reserved only for urgent matters.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
For urgent hand-delivered letters, ask Court Security Officers to notify Chambers immediately.
If the hand-delivered letter is urgent and requires the Court's immediate attention, ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived that needs to be retrieved by Chambers staff immediately.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Communications with the Court must be by letter, except as otherwise provided.
Except as otherwise provided below, communications with the Court must be by letter.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only for emergencies requiring immediate attention.
Telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only in emergency situations requiring immediate attention.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Conferences are held in person; remote requests require a joint ECF letter at least three business days before the conference with good cause shown.
Unless the Court orders otherwise, all conferences will be held in person in Courtroom 20B of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY. If counsel jointly requests that the conference be held remotely, they must, at least three business days before the conference, file a letter on ECF so requesting, with good cause shown.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- 212-805-0134
Counsel should contact Chambers by phone to coordinate a technology walk-through before an evidentiary hearing or trial, then contact the Audio and Visual Department at 212-805-0134 to schedule it.
Prior to an evidentiary hearing or trial, counsel should contact Chambers by phone to coordinate a time for a technology walk-through of the Courtroom and then contact the Audio and Visual Department at 212-805-0134 to schedule the walk-through.
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- Phone to chambers
Non-compliance with electronic device rules may result in device forfeiture.
Non-compliance with this rule may result in forfeiture of the device for the remainder of the proceedings.
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- Email to chambers
Urgent matters may be emailed to Chambers with 'URGENT' in subject line.
For questions that cannot be answered by reference to these Rules or for urgent matters requiring immediate attention, email Chambers with the word “URGENT” in the subject.
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- Phone to chambers
Urgent ECF submissions require telephone notification to Chambers.
If a submission requires more immediate attention, the filing party should notify Chambers by telephone after filing the submission on ECF.
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- Email to chambers
Device requests submitted less than 3 business days before trial may be denied
Requests submitted later than later than three business days prior to the relevant trial or hearing may be denied on that basis alone.
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- Email to chambers
Sidebars strongly disfavored; issues should be raised in advance of trial.
Sidebars during jury trials are strongly disfavored. Counsel are expected to anticipate any issues that might require argument and to raise those issues with the Court in advance of the time that the jury will be hearing the evidence, ideally in advance of the final pretrial conference.
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- Email to chambers
Wi-Fi access limited to approved attorney for Courtroom 320; no sharing credentials.
If Wi-Fi is requested, counsel shall check the appropriate box on the form. If approved and signed by Judge Clarke, a copy of the Order will be sent to the requesting attorney, who will receive a network name, username, password and instructions from the District Executive’s Office on or before the first day of the scheduled proceeding. Wi-Fi access is limited to the approved attorney (who may not share their username or password with others) for the duration of the proceeding and for Courtroom 320 (unless Judge Clarke or another judicial officer grants permission for it to be used in another courtroom).
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- Email to chambers
Emails to chambers require specific subject line format and no substantive content in body.
For any emails to Chambers permitted under these Rules, counsel should include in the subject line: (1) the case caption, (2) docket number and (3) a brief description of the party's request. Parties shall not include substantive communications in the body of the email, only in the attached letter.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 805-0136
Telephone calls to chambers only for urgent matters via clerk's office.
Telephone calls to Chambers should be reserved for urgent matters. In such situations, call the Clerk's Office at (212) 805-0136. You may request to be transferred to Chambers from there.
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- Remote to chambers
Normally only one attorney may speak per party at remote conferences without Court permission
Absent permission of the Court, no more than one attorney shall speak on behalf of either party except as otherwise provided by Individual Rule 3(f).
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- Email to chambers
Electronic device use governed by Standing Order M10-468; permission requires emailing completed order 5 business days before trial/hearing; devices must be turned off in courtroom.
Attorneys’ use of personal electronic devices (including mobile phones) and general purpose computing devices (such as laptops and tablets) within the Courthouse and its environs is governed by Standing Order M10-468. When Court permission is required under the Standing Order, attorneys seeking to bring electronic devices to the Court should email a completed Model Court Order to ClarkeNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov no later than five business days before the relevant trial or hearing. Upon the Court’s approval, Chambers will coordinate with the District Executive’s Office to issue the order and forward a copy to counsel. The order must be presented upon bringing the electronic device(s) into the Courthouse. If permitted by the Standing Order, mobile telephones are permitted inside the Courtroom, but they MUST be kept turned off at all times.
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- Email to chambers
No substantive communications in email body; include only in letter body.
Parties shall not include substantive communications in the body of the e-mail; such communications shall be included only in the body of the letter.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 805-0290
Call Courtroom Deputy for scheduling; phone calls to Chambers only for urgent matters.
For docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters, call Talena Noriega, Courtroom Deputy, at (212) 805-0290. Otherwise, telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only for urgent matters.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Urgent hand deliveries require notification to Chambers Security Officers for immediate retrieval.
If the hand-delivered letter is urgent and requires the Court's immediate attention, however, ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived that needs to be retrieved by Chambers staff immediately.
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- Email to chambers
Email subject line must include case caption, docket number, and brief description.
E-mails shall state clearly in the subject line: (i) the caption of the case, including the lead party names and docket number; and (ii) a brief description of the contents of the letter.
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- Email to chambers
Submit Electronic Devices Form by email 72 hours before trial/hearing
If required by the Standing Order, counsel seeking to bring a device into the Courthouse shall submit a copy of the Electronic Devices General Purpose Form, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/forms/fillable-form-electronic-devices-general-purpose, to the Court by e-mail at least 72 hours prior to the relevant trial or hearing. Untimely requests may be denied on that basis alone.
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- Email to chambers
Electronic devices require prior permission via email at least 3 days before appearance
Any Party wishing to bring certain electronic devices (e.g., laptops, tablets, etc.) to Court must obtain prior permission by submitting the Fillable Form for Electronic Devices General Purpose, found on the S.D.N.Y. website, via email to KarasNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov at least three days before any scheduled appearance.
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- Phone to intake unit
- Phone
- (212) 805-0175
Pro se parties cannot contact judge for legal advice or case status; must use pro se office
Pro se parties may not contact the Court to obtain legal advice, inquire about when a decision on a case will be rendered, or to speak to the Judge. Questions about how to proceed with a case should be directed to the Court's pro se office at (212) 805-0175. The Court does not accept collect calls.
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- Email to chambers
Do not contact Chambers to confirm ECF uploads; email for questions not answered by rules or urgent matters.
Do not contact Chambers to confirm that a particular filing was uploaded; the document should be visible on ECF if it was uploaded correctly. For questions that cannot be answered by reference to these Rules or the S.D.N.Y. Local Rules or for situations requiring the Court’s immediate attention, Parties should email Chambers at KarasNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Electronic devices require prior permission via email at least 3 days before appearance.
Any Party wishing to bring certain electronic devices (e.g., laptops, tablets, etc.) to Court must obtain prior permission by submitting the Fillable Form for Electronic Devices General Purpose, found on the S.D.N.Y. website, via email to KarasNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov at least three days before any scheduled appearance.
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- Phone to intake unit
- Phone
- (212) 805-0175
Pro se parties cannot contact court for legal advice or status; must use pro se office.
Pro se parties may not contact the Court to obtain legal advice, inquire about when a decision on a case will be rendered, or to speak to the Judge. Questions about how to proceed with a case should be directed to the Court’s pro se office at (212) 805-0175. The Court does not accept collect calls.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone calls go to voicemail with potential delays; parties should use ECF or email for requests and inquiries.
Telephone calls will not be answered but will go to voicemail; and there may be significant delays in responding to any voicemail messages. Thus, parties are encouraged to make any requests or inquiries to the Court through ECF or, if permitted or required under the Court’s Individual Rules and Practices, by email.
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- Side bar
Side bar conferences are strongly disfavored; save non-urgent matters for recess.
The Court strongly disfavors side bar conferences; counsel should save for a recess any matters that do not require immediate resolution.
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- Verbal
Speak distinctly, avoid overlapping speech, and speak at a pace the Court Reporter can follow.
Speak distinctly; do not speak while someone else is speaking. Do not speak so fast that the Court Reporter has difficulty keeping up with the speaker.
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- Verbal
Counsel must clarify witness answers about distances or objects for the record.
Answers given by a witness relating to distances in the Courtroom, or objects before the witness, should be clarified by counsel for the record, so that the transcript will convey a clear report of what took place at trial.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone calls to Chambers limited to urgent matters not addressed by court orders or rules.
Except as set forth elsewhere in these Individual Practices, telephone calls to Chambers should be reserved only for urgent matters requiring immediate attention that cannot be answered by reference to the Court’s prior orders in the case, these Individual Practices, the S.D.N.Y. Local Rules, or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Urgent hand deliveries require notification to Chambers staff through Court Security Officers.
If the hand-delivered letter is urgent and requires the Court’s immediate attention, ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived that needs to be retrieved by Chambers staff immediately.
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- Phone to chambers
Mobile phones must be turned off in courtroom; non-compliance may result in sanctions.
Mobile phones are permitted inside the courtroom, but they must be kept turned off at all times. Non-compliance with this rule may result in sanctions including forfeiture of the device for the remainder of the proceedings.
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- Phone to chambers
Phone communication with chambers only allowed in emergencies.
Counsel are not to communicate with Chambers by phone except in case of emergency.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Fax communication with chambers requires prior approval.
Counsel are not to communicate with chambers via facsimile without prior approval.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Copies of correspondence between counsel should not be sent to the Court.
Copies of correspondence between counsel should not be sent to the Court.
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- Email to chambers
ECF filings are not reviewed same day; urgent matters require email alert to Chambers in addition to ECF filing
Matters filed via ECF are not necessarily reviewed the same day they are filed. If a matter requires urgent attention, parties should so alert Chambers by email in accordance with the above rules, in addition to filing any related submission on ECF.
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- Email to chambers
Alternative filing methods (email to Chambers) available when unable to comply with ECF sealing requirements.
Any party unable to comply with the requirements for electronic filing under seal through the ECF system, or who believes that a particular document should not be electronically filed at all, shall file a letter-motion seeking leave of the Court to file in a different manner. If the party is unable to file such a letter-motion on ECF, or believes there is good cause not to file such a letter-motion on ECF, the party may submit the letter-motion and the document at issue by email to Chambers as text-searchable PDF attachments, copying all counsel.
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- Phone to chambers
Mobile phones permitted in courtroom but must be turned off; non-compliance may result in forfeiture.
If permitted by the Standing Order, mobile telephones are permitted inside the Courtroom, but they must be kept turned off at all times. Non-compliance with this rule may result in forfeiture of the device for the remainder of the proceedings.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (888) 278-0296
Civil conferences and proceedings will be held by telephone; parties call the Court's line at (888) 278-0296 and use Access Code 5195844#.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all conferences and proceedings in civil cases will be held by telephone. In some cases, the Court may direct one of the parties to set up a conference line. In all other cases, the parties should call into the Court’s dedicated conference line at (888) 278-0296, and enter Access Code 5195844, followed by the pound (#) key.
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- Phone to chambers
Chambers telephone calls go to voicemail with delayed responses; voicemail should state the issue and callback number, and requests/inquiries should go through ECF or email.
Telephone calls will not be answered but will go to voicemail; and there may be significant delays in responding to any voicemail messages. Thus, parties are encouraged to make any requests or inquiries to the Court through ECF or, if permitted or required under the Court’s Individual Rules and Practices, by email. If leaving a voicemail, a party should (1) briefly state the nature of the issue (including, if applicable, the case name and docket number); and (2) provide a call-back telephone number.
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- Email to chambers
Urgent emails to Chambers must include 'URGENT' in the subject line, case name/docket number, a description, and a callback number.
For urgent matters requiring immediate attention, parties should send an email to Chambers that (1) includes the word “URGENT” in the subject line; (2) specifies the case name and docket number; (3) briefly describes the nature of the issue; and (4) provides a telephone number at which the party (and any other relevant parties) can be reached.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes are prohibited for all purposes.
Faxes are not permitted for any purposes.
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- Email to chambers
TRO/emergency-relief emails must include 'URGENT', a callback number, and the parties' availability for a telephone conference.
The email should (1) include the word “URGENT” in the subject line; (2) provide a telephone number at which the party (and any other relevant parties) can be reached; and (3) provide the relevant parties’ availability for a telephone conference in the next few days.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (914) 390-4177
Telephone calls to Chambers only for urgent matters requiring immediate attention.
Telephone Calls. Telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only for urgent matters requiring immediate attention. In such rare situations, call Chambers at (914) 390-4177.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Fax letters to Chambers preferred; do not send duplicate mail/fax; do not send counsel correspondence to Court.
Letters sent to Chambers by fax are preferred. Do not both fax and mail the same letter. Copies of correspondence between counsel shall not be sent to the Court.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes to Chambers encouraged; max 5 pages without permission; must send copies to all counsel.
Faxes to Chambers in lieu of mail or hand deliveries are encouraged. The fax number is (914) 390-4179. Copies must be simultaneously faxed or delivered to all counsel. No document longer than five pages may be faxed without prior permission.
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- Email to chambers
Email to Court requires prior approval; must identify authorizing person; subject line must include docket, parties, and subject.
If a party wishes to email a .pdf letter or document to the Court, it must obtain prior approval of the Court. The body of the email must clearly identify the person in Chambers who authorized permission to send it. The email subject line must state clearly (i) the docket number of the case, (ii) the party names, and (iii) the subject of the communication.
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- Email to chambers
Questions on scheduling, substance or procedure should be by letter; emergencies by email
Questions or requests on matters of scheduling, substance or procedure should be presented by letter. (See 1.A.) For matters requiring immediate attention, please email Chambers at: CastelNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 805-6312
Telephone calls to chambers only for emergencies; call Courtroom Deputy at (212) 805-6312.
Telephone calls to Chambers should be made only in emergency situations requiring immediate attention. In such situations only, call the Courtroom Deputy, Mr. David C. Gonzalez, at (212) 805-6312. Any voice messages should be brief, and provide the case caption/number and a brief description of the emergency (see Rule 1D for further information on contacting Mr. Gonzalez).
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes permitted only if copies sent to all counsel; max 10 pages without prior authorization.
Faxes to Chambers are permitted (e-mail is preferred) only if copies are also simultaneously faxed or delivered to all counsel. No document longer than ten (10) pages may be faxed without prior authorization. Do not follow with a hard copy.
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- Face to face to opposing counsel
Counsel must meet face-to-face for at least one hour to discuss settlement within 14 days after fact discovery closes.
All counsel must meet face-to-face for at least one hour to discuss settlement within fourteen (14) days following the close of fact discovery.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 805-6312
Calls to chambers only for emergencies; contact Courtroom Deputy Gonzalez at (212) 805-6312 with case info.
Telephone calls to Judge Crotty’s Chambers should be made only in emergency situations requiring immediate attention. In such situations only, call the Courtroom Deputy, Mr. David C. Gonzalez, at (212) 805-6312. Any voice messages should be brief, and provide the case caption/number and a brief description of the emergency.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone calls go to voicemail only; use ECF or email instead.
Telephone calls will not be answered but will go to voicemail; and there may be significant delays in responding to any voicemail messages. Thus, parties are encouraged to make any requests or inquiries to the Court through ECF or, if permitted or required under the Court’s Individual Rules and Practices, by email.
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- Email to chambers
Wi-Fi access requests must be submitted at least 3 business days before trial/hearing
Requests submitted later than three business days prior to the relevant trial or hearing may be denied on that basis alone.
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- Email to chambers
Electronic devices require permission to use in Judge Subramanian's Courtroom
Electronic devices (including mobile telephones, personal electronic devices, computers, and printers) may not be used in Judge Subramanian’s Courtroom without his permission.
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- Phone to chambers
Mobile phones must be turned off in Courtroom even when permitted
If permitted by the Standing Order, mobile telephones are permitted inside the Courtroom, but they MUST be always turned off.
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- Phone to chambers
Mobile phones allowed in courtroom but must be turned off
Mobile phones are permitted inside the Courtroom, but must be kept turned off at all times.
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- Phone to clerk
- Phone
- (212) 805-0140
If Chambers doesn't respond within 2 hours on time-sensitive matters, contact Clerk's Office.
If the matter is time-sensitive and Chambers does not respond within two hours, the moving party may contact the Clerk's Office before the end of the business day at (212) 805-0140.
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- Phone to chambers
Voicemail messages to Chambers must include caller identity, call-back number, and relevant case number.
Any voicemail messages should identify the identity of the caller, a call-back number, and the relevant case number.
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- Phone to chambers
Counsel should use landline/headset for teleconferences, mute when not speaking.
Whenever possible, counsel should use a landline and a headset instead of speakerphone. Counsel should mute themselves when they are not speaking to eliminate background noise.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone calls to Chambers only for emergencies; email first to request contact info; ex parte calls not accepted; all counsel should join unless lead counsel designated; provide case number.
Telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only in emergency situations requiring immediate attention. In such situations, parties should email the Chambers inbox requesting the Court’s contact information. Ex parte telephone calls will ordinarily not be accepted; wherever possible, counsel for all affected parties should be on the line when a call to Chambers is placed, except to the extent that similarly situated parties have designated a lead counsel to represent them on such a call. Please be ready to provide the case number when calling Chambers.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Hand deliveries to Chambers must be delivered to all counsel simultaneously; leave with Court Security Officer at Worth Street entrance; not brought to Chambers.
Hand deliveries made to Chambers must be simultaneously delivered to all counsel. Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officer at the Worth Street entrance of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007; it may not be brought to Chambers.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Parties must not submit pre-motion letters to the Court.
The parties shall not submit copies of these letters to the Court.
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Substantive communications must be in letter body, not email body.
Parties shall not include substantive communications in the body of the email; such communications shall be included only in the body of the letter.
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- Chambers to chambers
Sidebars discouraged; anticipate issues in advance.
Sidebars during jury trials are discouraged. Counsel are expected to anticipate any problems that might require argument and to raise those issues with the Court in advance of the time that the jury will be hearing the evidence.
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- Email to chambers
ECF filings may not be reviewed same day; use "URGENT" email for immediate attention.
Materials filed via ECF are not necessarily reviewed the same day they are filed. If a submission requires immediate attention, please notify Chambers by an email to the Chambers inbox; the Re line should be marked “URGENT.”
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Documents may be mailed if unable to file electronically, but may be delayed.
If a party or counsel is unable to submit a document electronically—either by ECF or email—the document may be mailed to the Court. However, mail to the Court may be delayed.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone appearances require prior express permission from the Court.
Appearances by telephone will not be permitted without express prior permission of the Court.
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- In person to chambers
Counsel and parties must be on time; arrange colleague coverage if conflicts exist.
Counsel and parties are to be on time for each court session. If counsel have matters in other courtrooms when a trial is scheduled, arrange in advance to have a colleague handle appearances for you.
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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.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Correspondence between parties should not be copied to chambers or filed on ECF except as exhibits.
Copies of correspondence between the parties or their counsel should not be copied to chambers, or filed on ECF, except as exhibits to otherwise properly-filed documents.
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- Email to chambers
Non-attorneys cannot bring electronic devices into the courthouse.
The Court is unable to authorize non-attorneys to bring electronic devices into the courthouse.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Letters to court permitted but must comply with requirements; no copying court on counsel correspondence.
Letters to the Court are permitted. However, the Court will not consider any letter that fails to comply with any applicable requirement contained in these Individual Practices. Parties shall not copy the Court on correspondence sent between counsel or the parties.
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Telephone calls to chambers only permitted in emergency situations.
Except as provided in Paragraph 1.D below, telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only in emergency situations. For any other situation, a party may submit a letter to the Court in accordance with paragraphs 1.A and 1.B above.
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- Letter ecf
Letters to court permitted but must comply with Individual Practices; no copying court on counsel correspondence.
Letters to the Court are permitted. However, the Court will not consider any letter that fails to comply with any applicable requirement contained in these Individual Practices. Parties shall not copy the Court on correspondence sent between counsel or the parties.
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- Email to chambers
Emails to Chambers are permitted for urgent matters or when expressly permitted.
Emails to Chambers are permitted for urgent matters requiring immediate attention or where otherwise expressly permitted by the Court in advance.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Permission required for telephone/video participation in settlement conference, granted only in exceptional hardship cases.
In the event personal attendance is a great hardship, counsel may write to the Court seeking permission for that individual to participate by telephone or video conference (although permission will be the exception, not the rule). This issue should be raised with the Court as soon as possible and preferably during the pre-conference phone call.
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- Letter ecf
Correspondence between counsel should not be sent to the Court.
Copies of correspondence between counsel shall not be sent to the Court.
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- Phone to chambers
Counsel should call chambers to confirm court is in session during severe weather.
In the event of severe weather conditions when the Courthouse is open, counsel with scheduled appearances should call chambers to confirm that Judge McCarthy is holding court.
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- Sidebar
Sidebar conferences are presumptively not tolerated except in extraordinary circumstances.
Sidebar conferences will presumptively not be tolerated, except in extraordinary and unforeseen circumstances. These conferences have a distracting effect on the jury, and the parties should strive to postpone raising issues outside the jury’s presence until the next recess, except when an immediate conference appears necessary to avoid unfair prejudice.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Non-ECF letters must be marked as ex parte or confidential content.
Letters submitted by attorneys which are not required to be filed on ECF may be delivered by mail or hand-delivery, and shall be prominently designated as “EX PARTE” or “NOT FILED VIA ECF DUE TO CONFIDENTIAL CONTENT.”
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- Letter fax to chambers
Faxes/emails require prior approval; approved faxes limited to 5 pages.
Faxes and e-mails are not permitted without prior approval. Call to obtain approval. If approval is granted, a fax may not exceed five pages.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Party-to-party letters not addressed to the Court may not be filed on ECF or sent to the Court.
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 (except as exhibits to an otherwise properly filed document).
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- Letter ecf to clerk
Hand deliveries must go to Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance, not directly to chambers; if urgent, ask officers to notify chambers.
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. If the hand-delivered letter is urgent and requires immediate attention, ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Participants living more than 100 miles from the courthouse may request remote participation in writing; such permission is the exception, not the rule, and must be raised as early as possible.
For in person conferences at the courthouse, if a participant resides more than 100 miles from the courthouse and would incur great hardship to attend in person, counsel may write to the Court seeking permission for that individual to participate remotely (although permission will be the exception, not the rule). This issue should be raised with the Court in writing as soon as possible.
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Telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only for urgent matters requiring immediate attention.
Telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only for urgent matters requiring immediate attention. If you are encountering difficulties using ECF, call the ECF help desk at (212) 805-08500.
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- Email to chambers
Emails to Chambers are only permitted for urgent matters requiring immediate attention or when otherwise expressly permitted by the Court in advance.
Emails to Chambers are only permitted for urgent matters requiring immediate attention or when otherwise expressly permitted by the Court in advance.
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- Phone to chambers
Counsel must contact chambers if interpreter cannot be secured
Counsel should call Chambers if there is any difficulty securing an interpreter.
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- Email to chambers
Urgent matters require filing a request on ECF before calling or emailing chambers.
If a matter requires urgent attention, the parties must first file a request for relief on the docket before alerting Chambers by telephone call or email.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
Hand deliveries must be left with Court Security Officers, not brought to chambers.
Where permitted by these Rules, hand deliveries 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.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
Hand deliveries must go to Court Security Officers, not directly to chambers.
Where permitted by these Rules, hand-deliveries 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. If the hand-delivery is urgent and requires the Court's immediate attention, ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived that needs to be retrieved immediately by Chambers staff.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Parties more than 100 miles away may request telephone participation.
If a party resides more than 100 miles from the Courthouse and it would be a great hardship for that party to attend in person, counsel may write to the Court seeking permission for the party to participate by telephone.
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Email body must not contain substantive communications
Parties shall not include substantive communications in the body of the email; such communications shall be included only in the body of the letter.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
Urgent hand deliveries go to Foley Square entrance for immediate attention
if the hand-delivery is urgent and requires the Court’s immediate attention, proceed to the entrance of the 40 Foley Square Courthouse ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived that needs to be retrieved by Chambers staff immediately.
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- Email to chambers
Urgent matters require email notification after ECF filing; all other communications must be ECF letters.
Urgent Communications. As a general matter, letter motions or requests filed via ECF are reviewed by the Court the day that they are filed. Other materials filed on ECF are reviewed the business day after they have been filed. If you believe you have an urgent matter that requires Judge Nathan’s truly immediate attention, please notify Chambers by email at ca02_AJNchambers@ca2.uscourts.gov after you file the submission via ECF. If you seek to provide information to the Court, or seek information from the Court, you must file a letter on ECF, unless sealing is sought pursuant to Rule 1.C.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone calls to Chambers are prohibited except for urgent matters as directed in Rule 1.B.
Parties should not call the Chambers telephone line except as directed in Rule 1.B.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Movant must send letter to alert court if motion not decided within 90 days of being fully briefed.
If a motion is not decided within 90 days of the time that it has become fully briefed, counsel for the movant shall send a letter to alert the Court.
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- Email to chambers
Counsel must email the Electronic Devices General Purpose Form to the Court at least two business days before trial or hearing to bring electronic devices into the Courthouse.
counsel seeking to bring a device into the Courthouse shall submit a copy of the Electronic Devices General Purpose Form, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/node/766 , to the Court by email at least two business days prior to the relevant trial or hearing.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 857-2450
Phone calls to chambers only for immediate attention situations.
Telephone calls to chambers are permitted only in situations requiring immediate attention. In such situations only, call (212) 857-2450.
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- Email to chambers
Represented parties should communicate with chambers by email to SwainNYSDCorresp@nysd.uscourts.gov, copying all counsel.
Communications with Chambers by represented parties should be made by email, directed to SwainNYSDCorresp@nysd.uscourts.gov. All counsel must be copied, unless the email concerns an ex parte matter.
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- Email to chambers
Represented parties should email chambers for docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters.
For docketing, scheduling and calendar matters, represented parties should email Chambers, copying all counsel, at SwainNYSDCorresp@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Phone to chambers
Court communications only to Liaison Counsel unless otherwise necessary.
Phone calls and facsimiles from the Court will be made to Liaison Counsel only, unless otherwise necessary.
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- Email to chambers
Court email for communication; counsel should not respond by email.
The Court has set up an email address (wtc_letters@nysd.uscourts.gov) to communicate to counsel in the September 11 litigation. Counsel should not, however, respond by email to the Court.
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- Letter fax to chambers
Fax communications of 6 pages or fewer require no permission; no hard copy needed if faxed.
Written communications of six (6) pages or fewer may be faxed at any time without permission. No hard copy should be sent if a copy is sent by facsimile.
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- Phone to chambers
Court will communicate by phone and fax to Liaison Counsel only unless otherwise necessary.
Phone calls and facsimiles from the Court will be made to Liaison Counsel only, unless otherwise necessary.
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- Chambers to chambers
Second Case Management Conference scheduled one week after settlement meeting to discuss case status, settlement, ADR, expert discovery, and motions.
Approximately one week thereafter, the parties shall meet with the Court for a Second Case Management Conference to discuss the status of the case, the prospects of settlement, whether alternative disputes-resolution procedures should be utilized, the need for and a schedule regulating experts and expert-discovery, appropriate motions and schedules therefor, and any other issue counsel or the Court wish to discuss. The Case Management Conference will be held on Friday, _________________, at 10:00 a.m.
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- Email to chambers
Routine docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters should be handled by email to Chambers.
For routine docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters, please email Chambers at ALCarterNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to magistrate judge
Discovery disputes should be directed to the assigned Magistrate Judge.
To raise a discovery dispute with the Court, contact the assigned Magistrate Judge.
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- Email to chambers
Email Chambers to resolve deposition disputes if letter-motion procedures aren't feasible.
If a dispute arises during a deposition, and the letter-motion procedures in Paragraph 5 are not feasible to address it, the parties may email Chambers to raise the dispute with the Court during the deposition.
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- Letter to chambers
Advise Court by letter if junior attorney will handle oral argument.
A party should advise the Court by letter if oral argument would be handled by a less-experienced attorney because, as discussed in Paragraph 7 above, that may make the Court more inclined to hold oral argument.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se parties can file papers in person at Pro Se Office or by mail to Pro Se Intake
A pro se party may file papers with the Court by: i. delivering them in person to the Pro Se Office, Thurgood Marshall Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, Room 105, New York, NY 10007; ii. mailing them to Pro Se Intake at: United States District Court, Southern District of New York, Pro Se Intake Unit, 500 Pearl Street, Room 250, New York, NY 10007.
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- Email to chambers
Chambers email address for Judge Subramanian.
SubramanianNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov
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- Email to clerk
- Phone
- (212) 805-0800
Technical ECF questions should go to the ECF Help Desk, not Chambers.
Technical questions pertaining to ECF filings should be directed to the ECF Help Desk at helpdesk@nysd.uscourts.gov or (212) 805-0800.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 805-0238
Courtroom Deputy phone number for scheduling audio-visual arrangements.
The party should contact the Courtroom Deputy, at (212) 805-0238, sufficiently in advance of trial to make the necessary arrangements
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- Letter ecf
Hand deliveries must be left at Worth Street entrance with Court Security Officers.
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States District Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007.
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- Email to chambers
Attorneys may obtain authorization for courtroom Wi-Fi during hearings/trials
Attorneys may obtain authorization to use the Court’s Wi-Fi system in Judge Subramanian’s Courtroom during a hearing or trial.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Standard communications with the Court must be by letter filed on ECF.
Except for matters requiring immediate attention or as otherwise provided below, communications with the Court should be by letter filed on ECF.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone calls to Chambers permitted only in emergencies or as authorized, with all counsel joining.
Telephone calls to Chambers are permitted solely in emergency situations where a letter or letter-motion is not feasible, or as specifically authorized in Paragraph 6(B) (Conduct in Depositions). In such situations, counsel for all parties must join the call.
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- Email to clerk
- Phone
- (212) 805-0800
Contact ECF Help Desk for contact info updates; do not file letter-motion for such changes.
For assistance with updating contact information, please contact the ECF Help Desk at helpdesk@nysd.uscourts.gov or (212) 805-0800; do not file a letter-motion advising the Court of the change.
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- Email to chambers
Parties may email Chambers during depositions for disputes where letter-motion procedures are not feasible, provided all attending parties email jointly and are available.
If a dispute arises during a deposition, and the letter-motion procedures in Paragraph 5 are not feasible to address it, the parties may email Chambers to raise the dispute with the Court during the deposition. If a party wishes to engage the Court in this manner, all parties in attendance at the deposition must make themselves available and email the Court jointly.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Parties should advise the Court by letter if a less-experienced attorney will handle oral argument to increase likelihood of argument being held.
A party should advise the Court by letter if oral argument would be handled by a less-experienced attorney because, as discussed in Paragraph 7 above, that may make the Court more inclined to hold oral argument.
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- Email to chambers
Parties should submit copies of proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law to the court by email in PDF and Microsoft Word formats at filing.
At the time of filing, parties should also submit copies of these documents to the Court by email, both in PDF format and as a Microsoft Word document.
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- Email to chambers
Parties should submit copies of requests to charge, verdict forms, and voir dire questions to the court by email in Microsoft Word format at filing.
At the time of filing, parties should also submit copies of these documents to the Court by email, as Microsoft Word documents.
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- Email to clerk
Contact Courtroom Deputy Clerk Walter Clark for docketing/scheduling matters between 9 AM and 5 PM.
Please contact Courtroom Deputy Clerk Walter Clark at walter_clark@nysd.uscourts.gov between 9 am and 5 pm.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 805-6325
Emergency communications allowed with chambers
Emergency Communications with Chambers
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- Phone to chambers
ECF filings reviewed next business day; call chambers for immediate attention after filing.
As a general matter, materials filed via ECF are reviewed by the Court the business day after they have been filed. If a submission requires more immediate attention, please notify Chambers by telephone after you file your submission on ECF.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Discovery disputes are resolved by the assigned Magistrate Judge.
Discovery disputes in this case will be resolved by the assigned Magistrate Judge, who is .
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- Email to chambers
Civil conferences available by phone/Skype; requests to Deputy Clerk at Mariela_DeJesus@nysd.uscourts.gov.
The court is available to hold civil conferences by telephone or Skype for Business at any time if counsel agree; requests for conferences should be addressed to the Deputy Clerk at Mariela_DeJesus@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Chambers email address is ChambersNYSDMcMahon@nysd.uscourts.gov.
Email: ChambersNYSDMcMahon@nysd.uscourts.gov
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 805-6325
Chambers telephone number is (212) 805-6325.
Tel: (212) 805-6325
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- Letter fax to chambers
Chambers fax number is (212) 805-6326.
Fax: (212) 805-6326
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- Phone to clerk
- Phone
- (212) 805-6325
Deputy Clerk for Civil cases is Mariela De Jesus, telephone number (212) 805-6325.
Deputy Clerk: Civil Mariela De Jesus (212) 805-6325
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- Phone to clerk
- Phone
- (212) 805-6329
Senior Law Clerk for Criminal cases is James O’Neill, telephone number (212) 805-6329.
Senior Law Clerk: Criminal James O’Neill (212) 805-6329
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- Phone to chambers
ECF filings are generally reviewed the next business day; parties may notify Chambers by telephone after ECF filing if immediate attention is needed.
As a general matter, materials filed via ECF are reviewed by the Court the business day after they have been filed. If a submission requires more immediate attention, please notify Chambers by telephone after you file your submission on ECF.
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- Phone to chambers
Initial pretrial conferences are automatically scheduled, held by phone unless in-person requested, with notice via ECF; parties must be registered for ECF notifications.
When a civil case is assigned to Judge McMahon, Chambers will automatically schedule an initial pretrial conference pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16. These conferences will be held by phone unless the parties specifically request one in person. Counsel will be notified of the time of the conference and the dial-in number via ECF; all counsel and pro se parties must assure that they are registered to receive notifications via that system.
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- Letter ecf to clerk
Signed approved case management plan serves as notice of initial pretrial conference cancellation; no separate notice is sent.
If the Court approves the plan, the initial conference will be canceled. Where these conditions are met, the Court normally will not send a notice canceling the conference. The Court’s signature on the case management plan is your notice that the conference has been cancelled.
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- Email to chambers
Large files require special file transfer protocol via email request.
The Court has a file transfer protocol for the safe electronic transmission of large files. If a party needs to submit large files by email (as opposed to ECF), the party should email the Court (at HoNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) requesting a link to be used for such transfer.
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- Email to chambers
Government may use USAfx for large file transfers.
The Government may use USAfx.
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- Phone to chambers
Remote conference participants must identify themselves, spell names, and avoid interruptions.
To facilitate orderly teleconferences and the creation of an accurate transcript where a teleconference is held on the record, counsel are required to identify themselves every time they speak. Counsel should spell any proper names for the court reporter and take special care not to interrupt or speak over one another.
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- Email to chambers
Wi-Fi authorization available for hearings/trials in Judge Ho's Courtroom; see separate Individual Practices document.
Attorneys may obtain authorization to use the Court’s Wi-Fi system in Judge Ho’s Courtroom during a hearing or trial. For further information, see Judge Ho’s Individual Practices for Hearings and Trials, available on the Court’s website (https://nysd.uscourts.gov/hon-dale-e-ho).
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Conference notices will be docketed on ECF and mailed to pro se parties
Notices scheduling a court conference will be docketed on ECF and mailed to the pro se party or parties.
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- Phone to chambers
Incarcerated parties may participate by telephone if unable to attend in-person conferences
An incarcerated party may not be able to attend scheduled in-person conferences but may be able to participate by telephone.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Family member or representative may attend conference if incarcerated party cannot participate
If an incarcerated party is unable to participate by telephone, a family member or a representative may attend or otherwise participate in the conference.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 805-0190
Representatives should contact Chambers at (212) 805-0190 to determine conference location
If a representative is designated, he or she should contact Chambers at (212) 805-0190 to determine the location of the conference.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Court will send conference transcript to incarcerated party
The Court will also have a transcript of the conference sent to the incarcerated party.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Incarcerated pro se party without representative should write to Judge about conference issues
If an incarcerated party does not have counsel and a representative cannot attend a conference, the pro se party should write to the Judge regarding any issue the pro se party wishes to have addressed at the conference.
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- Hand delivery
Hand deliveries go to Court Security Officers at Worth Street entrance
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance (200 Worth Street, New York, NY 10007) of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States District Courthouse. If the hand-delivered letter is urgent and requires the Court’s immediate attention, ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived that needs to be retrieved by Chambers staff immediately.
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- Email to chambers
Docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters should be emailed to chambers.
Please email chambers at ChambersNYSDRamos@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Notify Chambers by email after ECF filing if submission requires immediate attention.
If a submission requires immediate attention, please notify Chambers by email after you file the submission via ECF.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Parties may request oral argument by letter when filing motion papers.
Parties may request oral argument by letter at the time their moving, opposing or reply papers are filed.
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- Email to chambers
Questions about sentencing procedures may be sent via email to chambers.
If you have any questions about these procedures, send an email to chambers.
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- Phone to clerk
- Phone
- (212) 805-0800
ECF help desk should be called for docketing-related issues at (212) 805-0800.
For docketing-related issues, please consider calling the ECF help desk at (212) 805-0800.
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- Phone to chambers
Counsel must spell proper names for the court reporter during telephone conferences.
Counsel should spell any proper names for the court reporter.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone conferences are open to the public and press.
Like in-person conferences, telephone conferences are open to the public. Members of the public or the press may join a telephone conference using the dial-in information above.
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- Email to chambers
Email digital copies of paper filings to chambers at WoodsNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
Digital copies of these documents must also be emailed to chambers (outside the ECF system) at WoodsNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to clerk
- Phone
- (212) 805-0800
Technical ECF questions should be directed to the ECF Help Desk.
Technical questions pertaining to ECF filings should be directed to the ECF Help Desk at helpdesk@nysd.uscourts.gov or (212) 805-0800.
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- In person to chambers
In-person conferences are held in Courtroom 706 at 40 Foley Square, NY.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all in-person conferences will be held in Courtroom 706 of the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York NY, 10007.
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- Phone to chambers
Telephone proceedings use the Court's dedicated conference line.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any proceeding held by telephone will be on the Court's dedicated conference line, which can be accessed
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- Email to intake unit
Pro se parties who consent to electronic service will not receive hard copies of electronically filed documents.
If a pro se party consents to electronic service (via ECF or email) or if the Court grants a motion to participate in “e-filing,” that party will not receive hard copies of any document filed electronically via ECF or served by email.
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- Email to chambers
Confidential letters may be emailed as PDF attachments to Court
Letters containing confidential or sensitive information that cannot be filed on ECF may be sent by e-mail as a .pdf attachment to the Court
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- Email to chambers
Large files that cannot be uploaded to ECF should be emailed to Chambers with specific information
If a party needs to submit large files that cannot be uploaded to ECF due to size, the party should email the Court at VargasNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov. The e-mail should copy all other counsel in the case and include the name and docket number of the case and the nature and size of the materials to be submitted electronically.
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- Phone to chambers
Urgent matters may be communicated by phone to Chambers
For urgent matters, including to direct the Court’s notice to an ECF filing that requires immediate attention, call Chambers.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Hand-delivered mail goes to Court Security Officers at Worth Street entrance
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States District Courthouse, 200 Worth Street, New York, NY 10007.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Urgent hand-delivered letters require Chambers notification via Security Officers
If the hand delivered letter is urgent and requires the Court’s immediate attention, ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived that needs to be retrieved by Chambers staff immediately.
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- Phone to chambers
Adverse bail determination appeals require contacting Chambers to arrange conference
A party who wishes to appeal an adverse bail determination by the Magistrate Judge should contact Chambers to arrange a conference for
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- Email to chambers
Electronic device use governed by Standing Order M10-468; email completed Model Court Order to chambers for permission.
Attorneys’ use of personal electronic devices (including mobile phones) and general purpose computing devices (such as laptops and tablets) within the Courthouse and its environs is governed by Standing Order M10-468. When Court permission is required under the Standing Order, attorneys seeking to bring electronic devices to the Court should email a completed Model Court Order to VargasNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov. Chambers will coordinate with the District Executive’s Office to issue the Order bringing the equipment into the Courthouse.
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- Phone to chambers
Audio-only participants should spell proper names for court reporter.
The pro se litigant or counsel should spell any proper names for the court reporter.
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- Email to clerk
Non-incarcerated pro se parties are encouraged to consent to electronic service
To ensure timely service of documents, including Court Orders, non-incarcerated pro se parties are encouraged to consent to receive electronic service through the ECF System.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Conference notices docketed on ECF and mailed to pro se parties.
Notices scheduling a court conference will be docketed on ECF and mailed to the pro se party or parties.
Conferences may be held remotely or in person at specified courthouse.
Conferences may be held remotely or in person at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York 10007.
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- Email to chambers
Remote conferences held via Microsoft Teams unless otherwise ordered.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any Remote Conference will be held via a Microsoft Teams meeting organized by the Court.
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- Email to chambers
Non-speaking attendees must have videos off and be muted during remote conferences.
Persons in attendance who will not be speaking must have their videos off and be muted for the duration of the conference.
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- Phone to chambers
Audio-only participants should use landlines, headsets, and mute when not speaking.
If the pro se litigant or counsel joins the Remote Conference by audio-only, pro se litigant or counsel should dial-in using a landline whenever possible, should use a headset or handset instead of speakerphone, and must mute themselves whenever they are not speaking to eliminate background noise.
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- Phone to chambers
Audio-only participants must identify themselves each time they speak for transcript accuracy.
To facilitate the creation of an accurate transcript if the conference is held on the record, the pro se litigant or counsel who are joining the conference audio-only are required to identify themselves every time they speak.
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- Phone to chambers
Audio-only participants should avoid interrupting or speaking over each other.
The pro se litigant or counsel should also take special care not to interrupt or speak over one another.
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- Phone to chambers
Incarcerated parties may participate by telephone if unable to attend in-person conferences.
An incarcerated party may not be able to attend scheduled in-person conferences but may be able to participate by telephone.
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- Phone to chambers
Family member or representative may attend conference if incarcerated party cannot participate.
If an incarcerated party is unable to participate by telephone, a family member or a representative may attend or otherwise participate in the conference.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Court will send conference transcript to incarcerated party.
The Court will also have a transcript of the conference sent to the incarcerated party.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Incarcerated pro se party without representative should write to Judge about conference issues.
If an incarcerated party does not have counsel and a representative cannot attend a conference, the pro se party should write to the Judge regarding any issue the pro se party wishes to have addressed at the conference.
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- Email to chambers
Pro se parties should consult Court website for important information about pro se proceedings.
Pro se parties are directed to the Court’s website (https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/prose/role-of-the-prose-intake-unit/contact) for other important information concerning proceeding pro se in this Court.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 659-6190
Pro Se Law Clinic available to assist unrepresented parties in civil cases.
There is a Pro Se Law Clinic in this District to assist parties in civil cases who do not have lawyers. The Clinic may be able to provide a pro se litigant with advice in connection with his or her case.
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- Phone to chambers
All affected parties' counsel must participate in phone calls to chambers; lead counsel may be designated.
Counsel for all affected parties must be on the line whenever a telephone call to Chambers is placed; however, all similarly situated parties may, if they wish, designate a 'lead' counsel in advance to represent them on any such call.
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Chambers available for phone calls 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM; no advance scheduling needed within these hours.
The Judge and/or his clerks are normally available to receive telephone calls between 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. If calling within these hours, counsel need not schedule a telephone call to Chambers in advance.
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- Phone to chambers
Voicemail messages must include docket number and names/phone numbers of all participating counsel.
If all lines are busy, the call will be transferred to voicemail. Any message left on the Chambers voicemail or with Chambers staff must include the docket number of the case and the names and telephone numbers of all participating counsel.
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- Phone to chambers
Phone calls to chambers must clearly state application nature, reasons, and opposition status.
On calls to Chambers, parties should be prepared to state clearly and succinctly (1) the nature of their application (the relief requested of the Court); (2) the reasons for their application; and (3) whether a given application is opposed by another party.
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- Email to chambers
Electronic devices/WiFi access requires emailing form to Linda Kotowski.
Should any counsel seek to bring an electronic device into the courthouse or seek access to the courthouse WiFi, they should email the Courthouse’s Fillable Form for Electronic Devices to Judge Rakoff’s Courtroom Deputy, Linda Kotowski, at linda_kotowski@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- Not specified in text
Contact Courtroom Deputy for docketing, scheduling, or calendar matters.
For questions that cannot be answered by reference to these Rules or the S.D.N.Y. Local Rules, or for docketing, scheduling, or calendar matters, counsel may contact the Courtroom Deputy, Khalilah Williams.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- Not specified in text
Call chambers directly for immediate attention; email for contact info.
For situations requiring immediate attention from the Court, counsel should call Chambers directly; in such situations, parties should email ReardenNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov requesting the Court’s contact information.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
Hand deliveries go to Court Security Officers at Worth Street entrance.
Hand deliveries should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the Courthouse. If a hand delivery requires the Court’s immediate attention, ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived.
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- Email to chambers
Email ReardenNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov to request upload link for trial exhibits.
The parties shall email ReardenNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov requesting a link to upload these materials.
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- Email to chambers
Court coordinates with District Executive's Office to issue electronic device order after approval.
Upon the Court’s approval, Chambers will coordinate with the District Executive’s Office to issue the order and forward a copy to counsel.
- Contact
- Phone to intake unit
- Phone
- (212) 659-6190
Pro Se Law Clinic available for non-incarcerated pro se litigants.
This District offers a Pro Se Law Clinic to assist non-incarcerated persons who are parties in civil cases and do not have lawyers.
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Non-incarcerated pro se parties encouraged to consent to electronic service
To ensure timely service of documents, including Court orders, non-incarcerated pro se parties are encouraged to consent to receive electronic service through ECF.
- Contact
- Phone to clerk
- Phone
- Not specified in text
For docketing, scheduling, or calendar matters, contact Courtroom Deputy Khalilah Williams.
For questions that cannot be answered by reference to these Rules or the S.D.N.Y. Local Rules, or for docketing, scheduling, or calendar matters, counsel may contact the Courtroom Deputy, Khalilah Williams.
- Contact
- Hand delivery to chambers
Hand deliveries go to Court Security Officers at Worth Street entrance; notify chambers for urgent packages.
Hand deliveries should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the Courthouse. If a hand delivery requires the Court’s immediate attention, ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived.
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- Email to chambers
Email chambers for scheduling and calendar matters.
For scheduling and calendar matters, email Chambers at RochonNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
- Contact
- Email to clerk
- Phone
- (212) 805-0800
Technical ECF questions should be directed to the ECF Help Desk.
Technical questions pertaining to ECF filings should be directed to the ECF Help Desk at helpdesk@nysd.uscourts.gov or (212) 805-0800.
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- Other to chambers
Electronic device use governed by Standing Order M10-468.
Attorneys’ use of electronic devices (including mobile telephones, personal electronic devices, computers, and printers) within the Courthouse and its environs is governed by the Court’s Standing Order M10-468, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/forms/standing-order-electronic-devices-general-purpose.
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- Email to chambers
Email Chambers at RochonNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov for scheduling and calendar matters.
For scheduling and calendar matters, email Chambers at RochonNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
- Contact
- Email to clerk
- Phone
- (212) 805-0800
Technical ECF filing questions should be directed to the ECF Help Desk.
Technical questions pertaining to ECF filings should be directed to the ECF Help Desk at helpdesk@nysd.uscourts.gov or (212) 805-0800.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
WiFi requests must be indicated on the Electronic Devices form.
If WiFi is requested, counsel shall check the appropriate box on the form.
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- Email to chambers
Large files require email request for transfer link with case details.
C. Submission of Large Electronic Files. The Court has a file transfer protocol for the safe electronic transmission of large files. If a party needs to submit large files by email (as opposed to ECF), the party should email the Court (at Furman_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) requesting a link to be used for such transfer. The email should include the name and docket number of the case and the nature and size of the materials to be submitted electronically.
In-person conferences are held in Courtroom 24B unless otherwise ordered.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all in-person conferences will be held in Courtroom 24B of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York NY.
- Contact
- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (855) 244-8681
Telephone proceedings use Court's dedicated conference line with specific access code.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any proceeding held by telephone will be on the Court’s dedicated conference line, which can be accessed by calling (855) 244-8681 and then entering Access Code 2303 019 3884, followed by the pound (#) key.
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Teleconference email must include counsel's telephone numbers.
The email should also provide the telephone numbers from which counsel expect to join the call.
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Plea agreements and Pimentel letters should be emailed to specific address.
These documents should be e-mailed to the Court at Furman_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Government must use USAfx for large files; others may request email transfer link.
The Government should use USAfx to transfer large files to the Court. If USAfx is unavailable or another party needs to submit large files by email (as opposed to ECF), the party should email the Court (at Furman_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) requesting a link to be used for such transfer.
- Contact
- Letter fax to intake unit
Pro se parties can file papers in person or by mail to Pro Se Office
A pro se party may file papers with the Court by: i. delivering them in person or mailing them to the Pro Se Office, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, Room 250, New York, New York 10007;
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- Email to intake unit
Pro se parties can email papers as PDF attachments to prose@nysd.uscourts.gov
emailing them as an attachment in PDF format to prose@nysd.uscourts.gov, in which case the pro se party should follow the instructions contained in the April 1, 2020 Addendum to the Court’s ECF Rules & Instructions, available at https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/electronic-case-filing;
- Contact
- Letter ecf to clerk
Pro se parties can file on ECF after motion for permission is granted
filing them on the ECF System if the pro se party has filed a motion to participate in ECF (available at http://nysd.uscourts.gov/file/forms/motion-for-permission-for-electronic-case-filing-for-pro-se-cases and in the Pro Se Office) and been granted such permission by the Court.
- Contact
- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (855) 244-8681
Initial case management conference scheduled within 4 months, held remotely by default.
Absent a motion to dismiss, the Court will generally schedule an initial case management conference within four months of the filing of the complaint. The Notice of Initial Pretrial Conference will be docketed on ECF and mailed to the pro se party or parties. Unless and until the Court orders otherwise, the conference will be held remotely by telephone using the Court’s dedicated conference line, which can be access by calling (855) 244-8681 and then entering Access Code 2303 019 3884, followed by the pound (#) key. When prompted for an attendee ID number, press the pound key again. If any party wishes for the conference to be conducted in person or by videoconference, he or she should confer with all other parties and promptly file a letter-motion to that effect with the Court.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 805-0282
Communications with Chambers must be by ECF letter/motion; urgent matters call Courtroom Deputy.
Any other communications with Chambers, including requests for extensions or adjournments, shall be by letter or letter-motion filed on ECF in accordance with Paragraphs 3(C) and 5(A). For questions that cannot be answered by reference to these Rules or for urgent matters requiring immediate attention, call Alexandra Smallman, Courtroom Deputy, at (212) 805-0282.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Communications with Court must be ECF letters/motions; relief requests as letter-motions.
Except for matters requiring immediate attention or as otherwise provided below, communications with the Court should be by letter filed on ECF. Letters seeking relief, including requests for extensions, adjournments, or bail modification, should be filed on ECF as letter-motions in accordance with Paragraph 5(A) below, not as ordinary letters.
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- Email to chambers
Parties must confer to avoid calling same witness twice; broader cross-examination allowed to prevent recall.
If both sides intend to call a particular witness, the parties shall confer in an effort to ensure that the witness does not need to be called twice. Where a defense witness is called by the plaintiff (or a rebuttal witness is called by a defendant), the Court will allow counsel to go beyond the scope of the direct examination on cross-examination to avoid the need for the witness to be recalled.
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- Sidebar
Court conducts voir dire; sidebar/robing room for sensitive issues.
The panelists will be voir dired (by the Court, not counsel) in the Courtroom. If issues are raised that are better discussed outside the presence of the entire panel (e.g., sensitive issues, requests to be excused, etc.), the Court will follow-up with the individual jurors either at sidebar or in the robing room.
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- Website to court
Pro se parties must consult court website for important information.
Pro se parties are directed to the Court’s website (https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/prose/role-of-the-prose-intake-unit/contact) for other important information concerning proceeding pro se in this Court.
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- Legal assistance to pro se legal assistance
Federal Pro Se Legal Assistance Project available for non-incarcerated civil litigants.
There is a Federal Pro Se Legal Assistance Project in this District to assist non-incarcerated people who are parties in civil cases and do not have lawyers.
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Email ClarkeNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov for upload link if files exceed email size limits.
If the files are too large for submission by email, the parties shall email ClarkeNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov requesting a link to upload these materials.
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Large files require special email protocol to chambers.
The Court has a file transfer protocol for the safe electronic transmission of large files. If a party needs to submit large files by email (as opposed to ECF), the party should email the Court (at ClarkeNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) requesting a link to be used for such transfer. The email should include the name and docket number of the case as well as the nature and size of the materials to be submitted electronically. The Government may use USAfx.
- Contact
- Hand delivery to chambers
Hand deliveries go to court security officers; urgent items require immediate notification.
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Charles L. Brieant Jr. Courthouse, 300 Quarropas Street, White Plains, New York, NY 10601. If the hand-delivered letter is urgent and requires the Court's immediate attention, ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived that needs to be retrieved by Chambers staff immediately.
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- In person to chambers
In-person conferences held in White Plains unless ordered otherwise; Manhattan cases follow same rule
Conferences may be held remotely or in person. Unless ordered otherwise, in person conferences will be held in Courtroom 320 of the Charles L. Brieant Jr. Courthouse, 300 Quarropas Street, White Plains, NY. This general rule also applies to cases designated to the Manhattan courthouse (cases with case numbers that start with "1:").
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- In person to chambers
Parties/counsel encouraged to advise Court of preferred pronouns/honorifics for respectful address
The parties and counsel are encouraged to advise the Court if they would like to be addressed with a particular pronoun and/or honorific – such as Ms., Mx. or Mr. – so that the Court may address them respectfully.
- Contact
- Letter ecf to chambers
Explain non-obvious reasons for oral argument in ECF letter, not letter-motion.
If a party believes that the Court would benefit from oral argument for a particular reason not obvious from the parties’ briefing, the party may file a letter explaining the reason – not a letter-motion – on ECF.
- Contact
- Letter fax to chambers
Sensitive/confidential adjournment requests may be submitted by fax or mail instead of ECF.
If a request contains sensitive or confidential information, it may be submitted by fax or mail in lieu of being filed electronically.
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- Email to chambers
ECF filings reviewed next business day; email chambers for immediate attention.
As a general matter, materials filed via ECF are reviewed by the Court the business day after they have been filed. If your submission requires immediate attention, please notify Chambers by e-mail after you file via ECF.
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- Ecf to clerk
Notice of orders/judgments provided through ECF; no facsimile copies except for non-ECF cases or extraordinary circumstances.
The Court will provide notice of entry of any order or judgment through the Electronic Filing System for all ECF cases. The Court will no longer send facsimile copies of orders or judgments, except in cases which are not ECF cases and in extraordinary circumstances.
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- Letter ecf
Oral argument may be requested by letter when filing motion papers
Parties may request oral argument by letter at the time their moving, opposing, or reply papers are filed. Oral argument will be held at the Court’s discretion.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- not_provided
Contact Courtroom Deputy Meghan Henrich for docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters.
For questions that cannot be answered by reference to these Rules or the S.D.N.Y. Local Rules, or for docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters, counsel may contact the Courtroom Deputy, Meghan Henrich.
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- Phone to chambers
Contact Courtroom Deputy Meghan Henrich for docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters.
For questions that cannot be answered by reference to these Rules or the S.D.N.Y. Local Rules, or for docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters, counsel may contact the Courtroom Deputy, Meghan Henrich.
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- Email to chambers
Email subject must include case caption, docket number, and brief description.
E-mails shall state clearly in the subject line (1) the caption of the case, including the lead party names and docket number and (2) a brief description of the contents of the letter.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
For urgent hand deliveries, ask Court Security Officers to notify Chambers immediately.
If the hand-delivered letter is urgent and requires the Court's immediate attention, the party should ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived that needs to be retrieved by Chambers staff immediately.
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- Phone to chambers
Defense counsel must indicate if ex parte conference is needed when requesting substitution.
If defense counsel believes an ex parte conference is necessary, it should so indicate in its communications with the Deputy.
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- Email to intake unit
Pro se parties can consent to electronic service but cannot file electronically
Pro se parties who want to receive service of notices and documents by e-mail instead of regular mail, should submit a completed Consent to Electronic Service form, to the Pro Se Intake Office, which is available on the court’s website at: https://nysd.uscourts.gov/forms/consent-electronic-service-pro-se-cases. If a pro se party consents to receive documents electronically, they will no longer receive documents in the mail, and instead, will receive a Notice of Electronic Filing (“NEF”) by e-mail each time a document is filed in their case. Electronic service does not allow a pro se party to electronically file their documents.
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- Phone to chambers
ECF filings reviewed within one business day; urgent submissions require telephone notification to Chambers.
Materials filed via ECF are generally reviewed within one business day of filing. If a given submission requires immediate attention, please notify Chambers by telephone after it is filed on ECF.
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- Email to chambers
Electronic device use governed by Standing Order M10-468
Attorneys’ use of electronic devices (including mobile telephones, personal electronic devices, computers, and printers) within the Courthouse and its environs is governed by the Court’s Standing Order M10-468, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/standing-order-electronic-devices.pdf.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- not specified
Mobile phones permitted in courtroom but must be turned off
If permitted by the Standing Order, mobile telephones are permitted inside the Courtroom, but they must be kept turned off at all
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- Email to chambers
Scheduling matters should be directed to Ms. Dawn Bordes via email.
For scheduling and calendar matters, contact Ms. Dawn Bordes, Courtroom Deputy Clerk, at KarasNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Phone to chambers
Civil conferences/proceedings held by telephone unless otherwise ordered.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all conferences and proceedings in civil cases, besides trials, will be held by telephone.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (605) 472-5160
Call (605) 472-5160 with Access Code 4653066 for civil conferences.
The Parties should call into the Court’s dedicated conference line at (605) 472-5160, and enter Access Code 4653066, followed by the pound (#) key.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Letters should be filed via ECF unless sealed or containing sensitive/confidential information, which should be mailed.
Communications with the Court should be by letter. Unless there is a request to file a letter under seal or a letter contains sensitive or confidential information, letters should be filed electronically via ECF. Letters to be filed under seal or containing sensitive or confidential information should be delivered to the Court by mail.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Letter-motions for adjournments, extensions, and pre-motion conferences must be filed via ECF.
Letter-motions should be filed via ECF if they comply with the S.D.N.Y. Local Rules and the S.D.N.Y. “Electronic Case Filing Rules and Instructions.” In particular, all requests for adjournments, extensions, and pre-motion conferences (including pre-motion conferences with respect to discovery disputes) should be filed as letter-motions.
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- Phone to clerk
- Phone
- (914) 390-4000
ECF filing questions should be directed to Clerk's Office or ECF Hotline, not Chambers.
Questions regarding ECF filings should go to the Clerk’s Office, (914) 390-4000, or to the ECF Hotline, (212) 805-0800. The Court does not handle the
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- Email to chambers
For scheduling matters, contact Ms. Dawn Bordes at KarasNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
For scheduling and calendar matters, contact Ms. Dawn Bordes, Courtroom Deputy Clerk, at KarasNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- In person to chambers
Criminal conferences/proceedings held in person unless otherwise ordered.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all conferences and proceedings will occur in person.
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- Phone to chambers
Defense counsel must arrange phone access for incarcerated pro se plaintiffs.
For conferences involving incarcerated pro se plaintiffs, Defense counsel is responsible for making arrangements with the relevant correctional facility to ensure that the plaintiff will be reachable via telephone at the time of the conference.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Final pretrial conference scheduled for jury cases; non-jury cases referred to magistrate for settlement.
The Court will schedule a final pretrial conference in jury cases after the parties have filed their joint pretrial order. Non-jury cases will be referred to the designated Magistrate Judge for settlement after the joint pretrial order has been signed.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (888) 363-4749
Court’s dedicated conference line is (888) 363-4749 with access code 1613818.
The Court’s dedicated conference line is: (888) 363-4749; Access Code 1613818. Conference-line access information will also be published on the public docket for every case in which a teleconference is scheduled.
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- Email to chambers
Court’s individual rules and trial procedures available online.
The Court’s Individual Rules and Trial Procedures are available at http://nysd.uscourts.gov/ judge/Wood.
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- Letter ecf to intake unit
Pro se communications docketed upon receipt constitute service on ECF users.
Unless the Court orders otherwise, all communications with the Court by a pro se party will be docketed upon receipt; such docketing shall constitute service on any user of the ECF system.
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- Email to chambers
For large electronic files, email the Court to request a file transfer link, including case name, docket number, and file details.
N. Submission of Large Electronic Files. The Court has a file transfer protocol for the safe electronic transmission of large files. If a party needs to submit large files by email (as opposed to ECF), the party should email the Court (at LimanNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) requesting a link to be used for such transfer. The email should include the name and docket number of the case and the nature and size of the materials to be submitted electronically.
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- Hand delivery to intake unit
Non-e-filing pro se parties may also deliver papers in person to the Pro Se Intake Unit at the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse.
or delivered in person to the Pro Se Intake unit at the following physical address: Pro Se Intake Unit Thurgood Marshall United States District Courthouse, Room 105 40 Foley Square New York, NY 10007.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Represented parties must notify pro se parties of conference changes; no notification required if all parties are pro se.
If there is a combination of represented and pro se parties, the represented parties shall take responsibility to notify any pro se parties. If all parties are pro se, there is no responsibility for any party to notify another.
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- Phone to chambers
Court does not notify parties of extension/adjournment dispositions; counsel must check docket.
The Court will not advise the parties by telephone or mail of the disposition of requests for extensions and adjournments. Counsel are responsible for checking the docket sheet in the Clerk's office in person, by use of a service, or through use of the Court's ECF system.
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- Email to clerk
Counsel responsible for knowing all rulings regardless of notice received; check CM/ECF system.
Counsel are responsible for knowledge of all rulings and other papers regardless of whether they receive electronic or written notice thereof. The docket sheet and electronic copies of papers are available online through the CM/ECF system.
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- Phone to chambers
Court will not notify parties of extension/adjournment decisions; counsel must check docket.
The Court will not advise the parties by telephone or mail of the disposition of requests for extensions and adjournments. Counsel are responsible for checking the docket sheet in the Clerk's office in person, by use of a service, or through use of the Court's ECF system.
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- Email to chambers
Email Courtroom Deputy for scheduling and calendar matters.
For docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters, email the Courtroom Deputy at: PreskaNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov
Initial case management conference scheduled within three months of complaint filing.
The Court will generally schedule an initial case management conference within three months of the filing of the Complaint.
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- Phone
Incarcerated parties may participate in conferences by phone or video.
An incarcerated party may not be able to attend this or other conferences, but may be able to participate by telephone or video conference.
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- Email to chambers
Court reviews redactions and notifies parties via ECF
The Court will review the proposed redactions and notify the parties of its decision via ECF.
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- Email to chambers
Reasonable accommodation requests for disability or religion may be emailed to specified chambers address.
Requests for reasonable accommodations on account of disability or religion with respect to the Court’s rules or in connection with any proceeding before Judge Schofield may be emailed to Schofield_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Counsel and parties may inform Court of their personal pronouns.
Counsel and parties are invited to inform the Court of their personal pronouns.
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- Email to chambers
Email specific address to request upload link for trial materials.
The parties shall email Schofield_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov requesting a link to upload these materials.
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- Letter ecf
Communications with chambers must be by letter with copies to all counsel; counsel correspondence not sent to court.
Letters. Except as otherwise provided below, communications with chambers shall be by letter, with copies simultaneously delivered to all counsel. Copies of correspondence between counsel shall not be sent to the Court.
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- Phone
- Phone
- (212)805-0252
Telephone calls permitted for non-docketing/scheduling matters at (212)805-0252.
Telephone Calls. In addition to Paragraph 1(D) below, telephone calls to chambers are permitted. For matters other than docketing, scheduling or calendaring, call chambers at (212)805-0252.
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- Phone
- Phone
- (212)805-0252
For docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters, call chambers at (212)805-0252.
Docketing, Scheduling, and Calendar Matters. For docketing, scheduling and calendar matters, call chambers at (212)805-0252.
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- Letter ecf
Counsel may write to court if matter undecided after 60 days or creates particular problems.
If a matter is not decided within sixty days of the time it is fully submitted, or its pendency undecided creates particular problems for any party, counsel may write so advising the court.
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- Email to chambers
Communications with chambers guidelines
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In-person conferences are held in Courtroom 906 at 40 Foley Square, NY unless otherwise ordered.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all in-person conferences will be held in Courtroom 906 of the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY 10007.
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- Email to chambers
TRO communications must follow general chambers email rules.
As with any other communication with Chambers, parties must follow the instructions for email communications with Chambers detailed in Rule I(B)(3), supra.
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- Court order to court
Court will schedule final pretrial conference and set deadlines in criminal cases.
In criminal cases, the Court will enter an order scheduling a final pretrial conference and setting deadlines for pretrial submissions.
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- Email to chambers
Urgent letters should be emailed as PDF to Chambers.
Letters requiring immediate attention should be emailed as a PDF to Chambers.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 805-0174
Call Courtroom Deputy for scheduling between 9AM-4:30PM.
For docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters, call the Courtroom Deputy Roseanne Dempsey at (212) 805-0174 between 9:00AM and 4:30PM.
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- Email to chambers
Court provides notice of orders/judgments through ECF system; no facsimile copies except for non-ECF cases or extraordinary circumstances.
The Court will provide notice of entry of any order or judgment through the Electronic Filing System for all ECF cases. The Court will not send facsimile copies of orders of judgments, except in cases which are not ECF cases and in extraordinary circumstances.
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- Phone to chambers
Criminal conferences and proceedings will be held by telephone or video to the maximum extent possible.
To the maximum extent possible, all conferences and proceedings will be held by either telephone or video.
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- Phone to intake unit
- Phone
- (212) 805-0175
Pro se parties should direct questions to the Pro Se Intake Unit at (212) 805-0175.
Any questions should be directed to the Pro Se Intake Unit at (212) 805-0175.
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- Email to chambers
Chambers can be contacted via email, fax, hand delivery, or mail.
to BuchwaldNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov or delivered to Chambers by fax, hand or mail.
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- Phone to chambers
Initial case management conference scheduled; telephone arrangements for incarcerated parties.
The Court will schedule an initial case management conference. Arrangements will be made for incarcerated parties to appear by telephone.
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- Phone to pro se clinic
- Phone
- (212) 659-6190
Pro Se Clinic provides telephone assistance only by appointment; call to schedule.
The New York Legal Assistance Group’s Pro Se Clinic has suspended all in-person client meetings until further notice. Limited-scope legal assistance will continue to be provided, but only by appointment and only over the telephone. To schedule an appointment, call (212) 659-6190 and leave a message specifying a call-back number.
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- Phone to chambers
Voicemail must include issue description and call-back number.
If leaving a voicemail, a party should (1) briefly state the nature of the issue (including, if applicable, the case name and docket number); and (2) provide a call-back telephone number.
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- Phone to pro se clinic
- Phone
- (212) 659-6190
Pro Se Clinic suspended in-person meetings; limited telephone assistance by appointment only.
The New York Legal Assistance Group’s Pro Se Clinic has suspended all in-person client meetings until further notice. Limited-scope legal assistance will continue to be provided, but only by appointment and only over the telephone. To schedule an appointment, call (212) 659-6190 and leave a message specifying a call-back number.
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Counsel should use landline and headset for telephone proceedings.
Whenever possible, counsel should use a landline and a headset instead of speakerphone.
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Counsel should mute themselves when not speaking during phone conferences.
Counsel should mute themselves when they are not speaking to eliminate background noise.
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Moving party must specify time frame requested for Court action on TRO.
The moving party must also give notice of the time frame requested for Court action.
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All parties must be copied on email when TRO motion is made on notice.
If the motion is made on notice, all parties should be copied on the email.
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Counsel must keep ECF contact info current and monitor all docket activity.
Counsel are responsible for updating their contact information on ECF, should it change, and they are responsible for ensuring that they are aware of all docket activity in their cases, regardless of whether they receive ECF notifications.
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In-person conferences are held in Courtroom 1305 unless otherwise ordered.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all in-person conferences will be held in Courtroom 1305 of the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY.
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- (855) 244-8681
Telephone proceedings use specific conference line with access code.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any proceeding held by telephone will be on the Court’s dedicated conference line, which can be accessed by calling (855) 244-8681, and entering Access Code 2318-315-0661, followed by the pound (#) key.
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- 212-805-0268
Urgent matters may be communicated via phone call to Chambers at (212) 805-0268.
For urgent matters, call Chambers at (212) 805-0268.
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Responding parties to discovery dispute letters should call chambers to advise of impending response.
should call Chambers promptly to advise that a responsive letter will be forthcoming.
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- (212) 805-0140
For time-sensitive TRO matters, if Chambers does not respond within 2 hours, moving parties may contact the Clerk’s Office at (212) 805-0140 before end of business day.
If the matter is time-sensitive and Chambers does not respond within two hours, the moving party may contact the Clerk’s Office before the end of the business day at (212) 805-0140.
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Correspondence between counsel should not be sent to court.
Copies of correspondence between counsel shall not be sent to the Court.
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Questions about sealed documents should be directed to ECF Help Desk via email during business hours
Questions about the filing of and access to sealed documents may be directed to the court's ECF Help Desk. The Help Desk is available via email at helpdesk@nysd.uscourts.gov, Monday through Friday during business hours.
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Contact ECF Help Desk at helpdesk@nysd.uscourts.gov for questions about sealed documents.
Questions about Sealed Document Procedures – Questions about the filing of and access to sealed documents may be directed to the court’s ECF Help Desk. The Help Desk is available via email at helpdesk@nysd.uscourts.gov, Monday through Friday during business hours.
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Trials run Mon-Thu 10am-5pm; counsel meetings 9:30-10am.
Trials will generally be conducted Monday through Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Court will be available to meet with counsel from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
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Jurors may deliberate on Fridays.
Jurors may deliberate on Fridays.
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Sensitive letters may be emailed to chambers as searchable PDF with courtesy copies to counsel
Letters containing sensitive or confidential information that cannot be filed on ECF in accordance with the procedures set forth in Paragraph 5 below may be emailed to the Court (Abrams_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov) as a text-searchable .pdf attachment with a copy simultaneously delivered to all counsel.
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Contact Courtroom Deputy for questions not answered by rules or for scheduling matters.
For questions that cannot be answered by reference to these Rules or the S.D.N.Y. Local Rules, or for docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters, counsel may contact the Courtroom Deputy, Angela Caliendo, at the Chambers inbox listed above.
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- Phone
- 1-855-244-8681
Telephonic post-discovery conference with specific dial-in information.
The Court will conduct a telephonic post-discovery conference on ____________________ at _________. [To be completed by the Court.] The dial-in number is 1-855-244-8681 and the access code is 2309 3085 835. There is no attendee ID.
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Voir dire conducted in courtroom; sensitive issues handled at sidebar or in robing room.
The panelists will be voir dired in the Courtroom. If issues are raised that are better discussed outside the presence of the entire panel (e.g., sensitive issues, requests to be excused, etc.), Judge Broderick will follow-up with the individual jurors either at sidebar or in the robing room.
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Challenges for cause heard at sidebar or robing room; excused panelists replaced.
After the follow-up voir dire, the Court will entertain challenges for cause (at sidebar or in the robing room). If panelists are excused for cause, they will be replaced and the new panelists will be voir dired, following the procedures above.
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Peremptory challenges exercised at sidebar/robing room; civil cases alternate starting with plaintiff.
The parties will then exercise their peremptory challenges (at sidebar or in the robing room). In a civil case, plaintiff exercises the first challenge and the defendant goes second, with the parties proceeding in that fashion until all peremptories are exhausted.
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Criminal cases: 5 rounds of peremptory challenges with defendant going first (2 per round) and government (2 then 1 per round).
In a single-defendant criminal case with the usual number of peremptories, the parties exercise their challenges in 5 rounds, with the defendant going first and exercising 2 challenges each round and the Government exercising 2 challenges in the first round and 1 challenge in each of the remaining 4 rounds.
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Criminal cases: each side gets one additional challenge for alternates selected from remaining panelists.
In criminal cases, each side will have one additional challenge exercisable only with respect to the alternates, who will be selected from the remaining panelists.
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Letters should be filed via ECF or emailed to chambers.
Parties are strongly encouraged to file their letters or letter-briefs on the District’s electronic document filing system (“ECF”) or by electronic mail to ChambersNYSDMarrero@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Letters under 5 pages may be faxed.
If fewer than five pages, letters may be sent by fax, but only as indicated below in Paragraph I.C.
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For summary judgment motions, parties may be directed to serve LR 56.1 statements to Court before serving fully-prepared motion.
In connection with motions for summary judgment, where the Court may deem it appropriate, the parties may be directed to serve their Local Rule 56.1 statements for the Court’s review prior to proceeding with service of the fully-prepared motion.
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Motions are decided on papers unless Court determines oral argument necessary. Counsel should not repeat arguments already in motion papers.
Motions will be decided on the papers after all moving papers have been submitted, unless the Court determines that oral argument will be necessary. If oral argument is scheduled, the Court will advise the parties of the date and time for argument and whether it will be limited to specific issues. Counsel should expect that the Court will have reviewed motion papers prior to oral argument and will be familiar with the issues presented therein, and therefore counsel should not use oral argument to repeat factual recitations or legal arguments adequately addressed in the motion papers.
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Trials Monday-Friday 9am-5pm with lunch break; counsel must be present before 9am and after 5pm in jury trials upon Court's request.
Unless otherwise decided by the Court, trials will be conducted Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a lunch break from about 12:45 p.m. to about 2:00 p.m. In jury trials, in order to keep distractions during the trial to a minimum, upon request by the Court counsel must be present prior to 9:00 a.m. and after 5:00 p.m. to discuss scheduling for the day and any disputed matters that may arise during the day’s proceedings. One ten or fifteen-minute break will take place in the morning and one will take place in the afternoon. This break may also be used to address disputes that arise during the trial.
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Counsel and parties must stand when Court is opened, recessed, and adjourned.
Counsel and parties are to stand as the Court is opened, recessed and adjourned.
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- In person to chambers
Counsel must stand when addressing Court/jury, except when opposing counsel speaks or due to disability.
Counsel shall stand at the table or lectern when addressing the Court or jury, including when making objections and for opening and closing statements. Counsel unable to stand on account of physical disabilities will be excused from this requirement. Counsel should not stand when opposing counsel is addressing the Court.
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- (914) 390-4166
Telephone calls to Chambers are only permitted for matters requiring immediate attention; Chambers phone number is (914) 390-4166.
Except as provided below, telephone calls to Chambers are permitted only in situations requiring immediate attention. In such situations, call Chambers at (914) 390-4166.
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- (914) 390-4167
Docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters must be directed to Courtroom Deputy Clerk Yadira Fuschillo at (914) 390-4167 during regular business hours.
Docketing, Scheduling, and Calendar Matters. Please call Yadira Fuschillo, Courtroom Deputy Clerk, at (914) 390-4167, during regular business hours.
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- (914) 390-4166
Counsel must call Chambers at (914) 390-4166 to arrange submission of emailed pretrial documents.
Counsel should call Chambers at (914) 390-4166 to make arrangements for same.
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Guilty pleas taken by Judge Briccetti, not Magistrate Judges, except under special circumstances.
Guilty pleas will ordinarily be taken by Judge Briccetti and will not be assigned to Magistrate Judges by standing order. Permission for a guilty plea to be taken before a Magistrate Judge may be given under special circumstances.
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Disability accommodation requests may be emailed to Chambers.
Requests for reasonable accommodations on account of disability with respect to these rules may be sent by e-mail to KrauseNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Courtroom Deputy may be contacted 9am-5pm for docketing, scheduling, and calendaring.
For docketing, scheduling, and calendaring matters, parties may contact the Courtroom Deputy, Salihah Brown between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
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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.
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- 212-805-0228
Chambers phone number provided for scheduling; otherwise only for urgent matters
For scheduling and calendar matters, counsel may call chambers at 212-805-0228. Otherwise, telephone calls are permitted only for urgent matters requiring immediate attention or to obtain permission to submit a document other than via ECF.
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Settlement conferences held Mon-Thu at 2:15 PM
Settlement conferences are normally held Monday through Thursday, beginning at 2:15 p.m.
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Settlement conferences held in Courtroom 20A
Settlement conferences are normally held in Courtroom 20A.
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Pretrial procedures apply only to cases with consent under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)
The procedures set out below apply only to cases in which the parties have consented pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) to have all proceedings before Judge Moses, including trial.
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Pro se parties can file documents via drop box, mail, or email to ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov.
Pro se parties may file pleadings, letters, and other documents with the Court by using any of the following methods: i. Drop off the documents in the drop box located in the lobby of the U.S. Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY, 10007. ii. Mail the documents to the Pro Se Intake Unit at 500 Pearl Street, Room 205, New York, New York, 10007. iii. Email the documents to ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Ex parte settlement letters should be emailed to chambers email address.
Ex parte letters required by the Court in advance of a settlement conference should be emailed to the chambers email address, which will be provided in the settlement conference scheduling order.
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- 212-805-0228
Telephone calls to chambers permitted for scheduling and calendar matters.
For scheduling and calendar matters, counsel may call chambers at 212-805-0228.
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Telephone calls permitted only for urgent matters or permission to submit non-ECF documents.
Otherwise, telephone calls are permitted only for urgent matters requiring immediate attention or to obtain permission to submit a document other than via ECF.
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Hand deliveries left with Court Security Officer at Worth Street entrance; urgent matters require notification to chambers.
Permitted hand deliveries may be left with a Court Security Officer at the Worth Street entrance of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse. If the matter requires the Court's immediate attention, ask the Court Security Officer to notify chambers that an urgent delivery has arrived.
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- Email to intake unit
Pro se parties may file documents via drop box, mail, or email to ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov.
Pro se parties may file pleadings, letters, and other documents with the Court by using any of the following methods: (i) Drop off the documents in the drop box located in the lobby of the U.S. Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY, 10007. (ii) Mail the documents to the Pro Se Intake Unit at 500 Pearl Street, Room 205, New York, New York, 10007. (iii) Email the documents to ProSe@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Attorneys with Service Pass may bring one personal device; others need permission for computing devices.
If you are an attorney with a valid SDNY Attorney Service Pass, you may bring one Personal Electronic Device (e.g., a cellphone) into the courtroom. If you are an attorney without a Service Pass, or if you have a Service Pass but wish to bring in a General Purpose Computing Device (e.g., a laptop) in order to advance proceedings before the Court, you must obtain permission from Judge Moses to bring the necessary device(s) into the courtroom.
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- Email to chambers
Chambers email address for submitting electronic device permission forms.
Moses_NYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov
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Extension/adjournment requests use 'letter motions' ECF category; other letters use 'letter' category; no courtesy copies needed for ECF filings.
For any request for an extension or an adjournment (which must comply with paragraphs 1.E and 1.F below), counsel should select the “letter motions” option on ECF. All other letters should be docketed simply as a “letter.” If a letter is filed on ECF, a courtesy copy should not be sent to Chambers.
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- (212) 805-4260
Call chambers at (212) 805-4260 for adjournment date availability.
For information regarding available dates for adjournments as stated in paragraph 1.F below, call Chambers at (212) 805-4260.
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- (212) 805-4260
Contact Deputy Clerk at (212) 805-4260 for available dates, then check other parties' availability before requesting adjournment.
Prior to making such a request, the party intending to make the request should contact the Deputy Clerk ((212) 805-4260), to determine an alternative date for which the Court is available for a rescheduled court appearance. The requesting party should next contact all other parties to determine their availability for that date.
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Electronic device orders require ECF letter (Letter category) filed at least 2 business days before proceeding.
Orders permitting an attorney to bring an electronic device to the Courthouse may be requested by filing a letter on ECF (using the “Letter” category) that attaches a completed form. Any such letter shall be filed at least two business days before the proceeding at issue.
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Only attorneys eligible for electronic device orders.
Note that only attorneys are eligible for such an order.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Discovery conference request letters must use 'Letter' category, not 'Letter Motion' on ECF.
(Do not use the “Letter Motion” category on ECF for such a letter; use instead the “Letter” category.)
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Extension/adjournment requests use “letter motions” ECF category; other letters use “letter” category; no courtesy copies needed for ECF filings.
For any request for an extension or an adjournment (which must comply with paragraphs 1.E and 1.F below), counsel should select the “letter motions” option on ECF. All other letters should be docketed simply as a “letter.” If a letter is filed on ECF, a courtesy copy should not be sent to Chambers.
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- (212) 805-4260
Call (212) 805-4260 for adjournment date availability.
For information regarding available dates for adjournments as stated in paragraph 1.F below, call Chambers at (212) 805-4260.
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Counsel may call Chambers for procedural/administrative matters not requesting a ruling.
For procedural or administrative matters that do not request a ruling from the Court, counsel may call Chambers.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Alternative delivery methods allowed for ex parte letters if email not possible.
If a party (e.g., a pro se litigant) is unable to send the letter by e-mail, the party may fax or hand-deliver the letter to the Court, or send it by mail or overnight delivery, so long as it arrives no later than five business days before the conference.
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Incarcerated parties may participate by telephone.
Incarcerated parties may participate in the conference by telephone.
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- Other to chambers
Parties must provide their own interpreters for settlement conferences.
Any party requiring an interpreter must supply its own interpreter (who need not have any special certification). The Court does not provide interpreters for settlement conferences.
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- Other to chambers
Settlement conference scheduling does not affect other case deadlines unless ordered by the Court.
The scheduling of a settlement conference has no effect on any deadlines or other pending obligations in the case, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.
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- Email to chambers
Emails to chambers are permitted for scheduling inquiries
While communications with Chambers should normally be by letter, emails to Chambers are permitted for scheduling inquiries.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Hand deliveries must be left with court security officers at Worth Street entrance
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance...
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- Email to chambers
Reasonable accommodation requests for disability or religion may be emailed to chambers.
Requests for reasonable accommodations on account of disability or religion with respect to these rules may be sent by email to RicardoNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Parties and counsel may inform the court of their preferred pronouns.
Counsel and parties are also invited to inform the Court of their preferred pronouns.
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- Email to chambers
Accommodations requests for disability or religion may be emailed to chambers.
Requests for reasonable accommodations on account of disability or religion with respect to these rules may be sent by email to RicardoNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Email to chambers
Parties and counsel may inform court of preferred pronouns.
Counsel and parties are also invited to inform the Court of their preferred pronouns.
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- Email to chambers
For immediate attention, contact Chambers by email after ECF filing.
If your submission requires immediate attention, please contact Chambers by email after you file via ECF.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Motion procedures governed by Judge Ricardo's Civil Cases rules
The procedures for filing motions, including regarding discovery disputes, are governed by Section II of Judge Ricardo's Individual Rules and Practices for Civil Cases, available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/hon-henry-j-ricardo.
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Parties and counsel may inform the court of preferred pronouns.
Counsel and parties are also invited to inform the Court of their preferred pronouns.
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- Email to chambers
Reasonable accommodation requests for disability or religion may be emailed to chambers.
Requests for reasonable accommodations on account of disability or religion with respect to these rules may be sent by email to RicardoNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Contact Courtroom Deputy for docketing, scheduling, or calendar matters.
For questions that cannot be answered by reference to these Rules or the S.D.N.Y. Local Rules, or for docketing, scheduling, or calendar matters, counsel may contact the Courtroom Deputy, Khalilah Williams.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
Hand deliveries go to Court Security Officers at Worth Street entrance.
Hand deliveries should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the Courthouse. If a hand delivery requires the Court’s immediate attention, ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived.
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Email Chambers at ReardenNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov to request upload link for trial materials.
The parties shall email ReardenNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov requesting a link to upload these materials.
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Parties more than 100 miles away may attend by phone with advance written application.
If a Party resides more than 100 miles from the Courthouse and it would be a great hardship for the Party to attend in person, upon written application in advance of the conference in the form of a letter-motion to be filed on ECF, I will sometimes excuse that Party’s presence but I will require that Party to be available by telephone throughout the settlement conference.
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- Phone to clerk
- Phone
- (914) 390-4220
White Plains Courthouse delays/closures announced by 6:00 am via recorded message.
White Plains Courthouse delays or closures are announced by 6:00 am. Call (914) 390-4220 to hear a recorded message.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
Hand deliveries must be left with Court Security Officers, not brought to Chambers
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.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (212) 805-0248
Chambers may be called by phone between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. only for administrative, scheduling, or calendar matters — not to seek rulings.
For administrative, scheduling, and calendar matters that do not request a ruling from the Court, Chambers may be called between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Oral argument requests must be made by letter; the Court retains full discretion whether to grant them and may schedule oral argument sua sponte.
Requests for oral argument of motions should be made by letter. Whether oral argument will be held remains in the Court's discretion. In some instances, the Court may hold oral argument even if the parties have not requested it.
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Settlement conferences are held via Microsoft Teams by default; parties may request in-person and the Court may order in-person sua sponte.
The Court holds many of its settlement conference via Microsoft Teams. This enables parties to more freely participate and avoid unnecessary travel. However, parties may request to hold settlement conferences in person at the courthouse, and the Court may do so sua sponte if it believes doing so would be beneficial.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
If the case settles before the scheduled conference, parties should file a letter-motion on ECF requesting adjournment sine die.
If all parties advise the Court in writing that the case has settled prior to the scheduled conference, the Court ordinarily will adjourn the conference with no future designated date. In these circumstances, the parties should file a letter-motion on ECF requesting an adjournment of the settlement conference sine die.
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- Email to chambers
Completed electronic device permission forms must be emailed to chambers.
The completed form should be emailed to chambers at the address above, and Chambers will then send the order to the District Executive’s Office, which will be transmitted to court security.
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- Email to chambers
Settlement conferences are confidential and off the record.
All settlement conferences are “off the record” and strictly confidential. No communications relating to settlement may be used in discovery and will be in-admissible at trial.
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- Email to chambers
Orders permitting attorneys to bring electronic devices to Court are available on the SDNY website and should be emailed to Chambers for approval, not filed on ECF.
Orders permitting an attorney to bring an electronic device to Court may be found on the forms page of the SDNY website https://nysd.uscourts.gov/forms and is titled “Fillable Forms for Electronic Devices General Purpose.” Please note that only attorneys are eligible for such an order. These orders should not be filed on ECF. Once completed, they may be emailed to Chambers, TarnofskyNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov, for Court approval. The Court will then email back to counsel a copy of the signed order if approved.
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- Email to chambers
For docketing, scheduling and calendar matters, email TarnofskyNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
For docketing, scheduling and calendar matters, email TarnofskyNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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Pro se communications are docketed upon receipt and constitute service on ECF users
Unless the Court orders otherwise, all communications from pro se litigants will be docketed upon receipt; such docketing shall constitute service on any user of the ECF system.
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- Email to chambers
Settlement conferences encouraged at earliest practical opportunity.
The Court believes the parties should fully explore settlement at the earliest practical opportunity. Early consideration of settlement allows the parties to avoid the substantial cost, expenditure of time and uncertainty that are typically a part of the litigation process.
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- Email to chambers
Settlement conference and in camera submissions may be emailed to TarnofskyNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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.
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- Phone to clerk
- Phone
- (212) 805-0800
Contact the ECF help desk at (212) 805-0800 for ECF-related technical issues.
contact the ECF help desk at (212) 805-0800
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- Phone to intake unit
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- (212) 805-0175
Pro se litigants should contact the Pro Se Intake Unit at (212) 805-0175 for questions about procedural matters.
If a pro se litigant has questions about these Individual Rules or any other procedural matters, they should contact the Court’s Pro Se Intake Unit at (212) 805-0175, or the independent Legal Assistance Clinic at (212) 382-4794.
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- Email to intake unit
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- 212-382-4794
Pro se litigants can contact the Legal Assistance Clinic at (212) 382-4794 or fedprosdny@nycbar.org for intake form questions or urgent deadlines.
If a pro se litigant has questions about the intake form or needs to highlight an urgent deadline already disclosed in the form, the Clinic can be contacted by phone (212-382-4794) or email (fedprosdny@nycbar.org).
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Parties encouraged to request earlier settlement conference if productive
The parties are, however, encouraged to contact the Court earlier if they believe a settlement conference sooner would be productive.
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- Phone to chambers
Settlement conferences may be conducted by telephone if parties jointly request.
The Court will consider applications to conduct the entire settlement conference by telephone if the parties jointly request.
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- Phone to chambers
Individuals living more than 100 miles from NYC may participate by telephone with Court permission.
I have obtained permission from the Court to allow the following individual(s) who live(s) more than 100 miles from New York City to participate in the conference by telephone.
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- Email to chambers
Email courtroom deputy for docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters.
For docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters, email the Courtroom Deputy at Diljah_Shaw@nysd.uscourts.gov.
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- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- (914) 390-4219
Call specific number for scheduling matters during business hours.
For docketing, scheduling, and calendaring matters, call Courtroom Deputy Brigid Altimari at (914) 390- 4219 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
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- Email to chambers
Sealed/sensitive letters may be emailed as PDF attachments
Letters to be filed under seal or containing sensitive or confidential information may be emailed to the Court (ca02_AJNchambers@ca2.uscourts.gov) as .pdf attachments.
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- Email to chambers
Email subject must include case caption and letter description
Any such email shall state clearly in the subject line (i) the full caption of the case, and (ii) a brief description of the contents of the letter.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
Hand deliveries must go to Court Security at Worth Street entrance
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the 500 Pearl Street Courthouse and may not be brought directly to Chambers.
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- Email to chambers
Court reviews ECF letters within one business day; email for immediate attention
As a general matter, the Court will review letters filed via ECF within one business day. If a submission requires immediate attention, please notify chambers by email after you file via ECF.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Hand deliveries must go through Court Security; urgent deliveries at 40 Foley Square require notification to Chambers.
Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the 500 Pearl Street Courthouse and may not be brought directly to Chambers. Hand deliveries are regularly retrieved from Court Security. However, if the hand-delivery is urgent and requires the Court's immediate attention, proceed to the entrance of the 40 Foley Square Courthouse ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived that needs to be retrieved by Chambers staff immediately.
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- Email to chambers
For urgent submissions, notify chambers by email after filing on ECF.
As a general matter, the Court will review letters filed via ECF within one business day. If a submission requires immediate attention, please notify chambers by email after you file via ECF.
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- Hand delivery to chambers
Hand deliveries must go to Court Security at Worth Street entrance; urgent deliveries go to Foley Square.
Hand Deliveries. Hand-delivered mail should be left with the Court Security Officers at the Worth Street entrance of the 500 Pearl Street Courthouse and may not be brought directly to Chambers. Hand deliveries are regularly retrieved from Court Security. However, if the hand-delivery is urgent and requires the Court’s immediate attention, proceed to the entrance of the 40 Foley Square Courthouse ask the Court Security Officers to notify Chambers that an urgent package has arrived that needs to be retrieved by Chambers staff immediately.
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- Letter ecf to chambers
Oral argument may be requested by letter when filing motion papers.
Parties may request oral argument by letter at the time their moving, opposing, or reply papers are filed.
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- Email to chambers
Chambers email address for submitting trial documents in Microsoft Word format.
In addition to filing these documents on ECF, parties should also submit copies of these documents to the Court by email (ca02_AJNchambers@ca2.uscourts.gov), as Microsoft Word documents.
How may parties contact Southern District of New York?
Parties may contact the court by email only as allowed by the rule. The rule lists email OetkenNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov. Requests to charge and voir dire must be emailed to chambers as Word docs
How may parties contact Southern District of New York?
Parties may contact the court by in person only as allowed by the rule. Criminal conferences held in person unless otherwise ordered
How may parties contact Southern District of New York?
Parties may contact the court by letter fax only as allowed by the rule. Chambers will not accept faxes from pro se litigants; any such faxes are ignored, and pro se litigants must file papers with the Pro Se Clerk’s Office.
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