(a) Form: Statement Regarding Filing of Documents.
(1) All documents drafted for filing in this Court shall be on 8-1/2 by 11 inch paper,
numbered sequentially, plainly written in ink or printed in no smaller than standard 12-point
typeface without defacing erasures or interlineations, shall be double spaced and if
filed in paper format, not printed on the reverse side of the paper. Footnotes may be
printed in no smaller than standard 10-point typeface. Quotations and footnotes may be
single spaced. All margins must be no less than one inch. No print or writing, except
page numbers, must appear in the margins, and page numbers must not be less than
one-half inch from the bottom of the page.
(2) In addition to the requirement of Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a), after allotment the caption shall
also indicate the initials of the United States District Judge and United States Magistrate
Judge (“Magistrate Judge”) to whom the case is assigned (e.g., 10-CV-292-JVP-SCR).
(3) A completed and executed Civil Cover Sheet form shall accompany the initial pleading
of each civil case to be filed, except that such requirement shall not apply to persons in the
custody of civil, state, or federal institutions or to persons filing cases pro se.
(4) In addition to the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1(a), civil complaints must also be
accompanied by a separately filed and signed certificate of interested persons that
contains a complete list of all persons, associations of persons, firms, partnerships,
corporations, guarantors, insurers, affiliates, parent or subsidiary corporations, or other
legal entities that are financially interested in the outcome of the case or else a statement
that there are no such persons to identify. This requirement shall not apply to persons in
the custody of civil, state or federal institutions or to persons filing cases pro se.
(5) An amended complaint will supersede any prior filed complaint. Except to the extent that
adoption by reference is permitted under Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(c), an amended complaint
shall set forth amended allegations and fully restate all other allegations against all
parties.
(b) Consolidated Cases.
(1) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, where cases are consolidated, whether for trial only
or for pretrial matters and trial, the caption of all documents filed after consolidation shall
list first the name and docket number of the lowest numbered case in the group, with
words “consolidated with” or abbreviation “c/w”. This shall be followed by a listing of the
names and docket numbers of only those cases to which the document applies. This
rule does not apply to cases wherein the assigned Magistrate Judge has ordered
coordinated or consolidated discovery, but the cases are not consolidated for trial or any
other purpose. See LR 10(b)(3).
(2) The caption of the lowest numbered case will serve as the identifying caption during the
pendency of the consolidation and will continue to be used even if that particular case is
closed.
(3) For cases consolidated for discovery purposes only, the caption of all discovery related
filings subject to the assigned Magistrate Judge’s discovery consolidation order shall list
the names and docket numbers of all cases in which coordinated discovery has been
ordered. The filing party’s case caption should appear at the top of the pleading followed
by the other case caption(s) separated by “AND”. For discovery pleadings required to be
filed into the record, the filing party must file the pleading in each individual case subject
to the discovery consolidation order.
(c) Constitutional Questions. Whenever the constitutionality of any act of Congress is, or is
intended to be, drawn into question in any suit or proceeding to which the United States, or any
agency, officer or employee thereof as such officer or employee, is not a party, counsel for the
party raising or intending to raise the constitutional issue shall notify the Court, in writing, of the
existence of that question (to enable the Court to comply with 28 U.S.C. § 2403). A copy of such
notice shall be served upon each of the other parties. The notice shall give the title of the cause,
a reference to the questioned statute sufficient for its identification, and the grounds upon which
the statute is claimed to be unconstitutional.
