Papers offered for filing must be on 8 1/2” x 11” paper, paginated, and double spaced except that
footnotes and quotations may be single spaced.
Papers must have a caption that includes the division, the district judge and the magistrate judge to
whom the case is assigned, and the information required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 10.
A completed and executed Civil Cover Sheet form must accompany the initial pleading of each civil
case to be filed, except that such requirement must not apply to persons in the custody of civil, state
or federal institutions or to persons filing cases pro se.
