(a) Submissions of Motions and Supporting Memoranda
Every motion must incorporate a memorandum of law. Any affidavits and
other documents supporting the motion must be filed with the motion. Written
discovery motions cannot be filed without the prior approval of a judge under
Local Rule 26(c).
(b) Objections and Responses to Motions
(1) Any objection or other response to a motion must be filed within 21 days
after the motion is filed and must incorporate a memorandum of law.
Any affidavits and other documents supporting the objection or response
must be filed with the objection or response.
(2) If a timely objection or response is not filed, it is waived. This waiver
does not apply to motions filed during trial.
(c) Reply Memoranda
No later than 14 days of the filing of any objection or response to a motion, the
moving party may file a reply memorandum confined to replying to new matter
raised in the objection or response.
(d) Page Limits
(1) A memorandum of law in support of or in opposition to a nondispositive
motion may not exceed 10 pages. A memorandum of law in support of or
in opposition to a motion to dismiss, a motion for judgment on the
pleadings, a motion for summary judgment, a motion for injunctive
relief, or any other dispositive motion may not exceed 20 pages. A reply
memorandum may not exceed 7 pages.
(2) A motion to exceed the page limits of this rule must be filed no later than
3 business days before the deadline for filing the memorandum.
(e) Oral Argument
Unless otherwise required by rule or statute, all motions may be decided by
the Court without oral argument. Any party may request oral argument in the
caption of the motion, objection or response, or reply, or by filing the form
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requesting oral argument available on the Court’s website, https://
www.med.uscourts.gov/forms, within 5 days of the filing of the reply.
(f) Motions for Reconsideration
(1) A motion to reconsider an interlocutory order of the Court, meaning a
motion other than one governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59
or 60, must demonstrate that the order was based on a manifest error of
fact or law. The motion must be filed within 14 days from the date of the
order unless the party seeking reconsideration shows cause for not filing
within that time. Cause for not filing within 14 days from the date of the
order includes newly available material evidence or an intervening
change in the governing legal standard.
(2) When a party files a motion to reconsider a magistrate judge’s ruling or
recommendation, the deadline for filing an objection to that ruling or
recommendation under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72 or 28 U.S.C.
§ 636(b) is extended to 14 days after the magistrate judge rules on the
motion to reconsider.
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