Courtesy copies are required when a filing is > 10 pages. Details: 1 copy, delivery upon filing, by hand delivery. Courtesy copies required for letters over 10 pages (including exhibits).
Yes. A pre-motion letter is required for discovery. Details: 5 pages. Discovery disputes require meet-and-confer before filing 5-page ECF letter motion; responsive letters due within 3 business days.
Judge Sarah Netburn's rule states these limits: 5 pages. Letters to chambers limited to 5 pages (excluding exhibits) without prior permission.
Judge Sarah Netburn's rule states these limits: 8750 words; 8750 words; 3500 words. Excludes table of contents and table of authorities. Motion memoranda limited to 8,750 words; reply briefs limited to 3,500 words; tables required for briefs 3,500+ words.
Judge Sarah Netburn's formatting rule includes file format paper. Audio/visual evidence must be submitted on password-free USB, not on ECF.
The rule requires caption, judge name, case number, ai disclosure, proposed order, certificate of service, local rule certificate, certificate of conference, notice of electronic filing, exhibit list, legal argument, table of contents, statement of facts, and table of authorities. Joint pretrial orders must include specific information as outlined in the rule.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Letters between parties/counsel not addressed to court cannot be filed on ECF.
Parties may contact Judge Sarah Netburn's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. Emails to chambers must include case caption and docket number in subject line.
A motion to seal is required for covered sealed filings before Judge Sarah Netburn. Process: file redacted on ecf and file unredacted to chambers. Request to file redacted/sealed documents must be made by letter explaining reasons and legal basis.
Judge Sarah Netburn's rules specify what an adjournment or extension request must include. The request must include reason for request, original date, number of previous requests, previous requests granted or denied, and adversary position. Adjournment/extension requests must be filed as letter motions on ECF.
Letters to chambers limited to 5 pages (excluding exhibits) without prior permission.
Discovery dispute letters limited by the discovery order in the case.
Courtesy copies required for letters over 10 pages (including exhibits).
Adjournment/extension requests must be filed as letter motions on ECF.
Adjournment/extension letter motions must include original due date, prior requests, and adversary consent.
Unredacted courtesy copies required for sealed filings.
Joint pretrial orders must include specific information as outlined in the rule.
Courtesy copies of trial prep documents must be emailed to chambers in Word format.
Audio/visual evidence must be submitted on password-free USB, not on ECF.
USB submissions can be mailed or delivered to courthouse mailroom.
Letters to chambers are limited to 5 pages (excluding exhibits).
Letters between parties/counsel not addressed to court cannot be filed on ECF.
Adjournment requests must include original date, previous requests, and adversary consent.
Extension/adjournment requests must be made at least 48 hours before deadline.
Sensitive/confidential letters must be emailed as PDF (not PDF/A) to chambers.
Emails to chambers must include case caption and docket number in subject line.
No substantive content in email body - only in attached letter.
Confidential information must be clearly marked as such.
Phone calls to chambers only for urgent matters requiring immediate attention.
Email courtroom deputy for docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters.
All moving papers, letter motions, and letters must be in searchable PDF format, not scanned images.
One courtesy copy of all motion papers must be submitted to Chambers in three-ring binder(s) within one week after motion is fully briefed.
Motion memoranda limited to 8,750 words; reply briefs limited to 3,500 words; tables required for briefs 3,500+ words.
Sur-reply memoranda require prior permission from the Court.
Discovery disputes require meet-and-confer before filing 5-page ECF letter motion; responsive letters due within 3 business days.
Request to file redacted/sealed documents must be made by letter explaining reasons and legal basis.
Sealed/redacted filings must be filed electronically through ECF system following specific standing order and ECF rules.
Motion to seal must be filed publicly and explain reasons without including confidential information.
Supporting papers for seal motions may be filed under seal or redacted only as necessary.
Proposed sealed document must be contemporaneously filed under seal and electronically related to the motion.