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Courtesy Copies of Initial Pleadings

D. Del. Standing Order — Courtesy Copies of Initial Pleadings

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE IN RE: ) ) COURTESY COPIES OF INITIAL ) PLEADINGS ) ) ORDER WHEREAS, District of Delaware Local Rule 5.3 - Originals and Copies of Filed Documents, directs: When a party electronically files a document, the electronically filed copy is deemed the original. One paper copy ofthe following papers shall be furnished to the Clerk, unless otherwise ordered by the Court: pleadings, stipulations, motions, responses to motions, briefS, memoranda ofpoints and authorities, appendices, andproposed pretrial orders in conformance with D. Del. LR J6.3(c). WHEREAS, the Judges of this Court have determined that courtesy copies are no longer ; required of initial pleadings (i.e. Complaints, Notices of Removal, Petitions to Enforce, etc., ) filed in the Court's designated holding case, 99-mc­ NOW THEREFORE, at Wilmington, this IT IS ORDERED THAT: f day of September, 2014, Courtesy copies of the aforementioned initial pleadings, filed in the Court's designated holding case 99-mc-9999, are no longer required to be furnished to the Clerk's Office when the original pleading is electronically filed with the Court; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the remaining provisions ofD. Del. LR 5.3 remain in FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. COURT: ~f. ITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Official source: https://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/files/general-orders/Courtesy-Copies-Initial-Pleadi · retrieved 2026-07-23