(a) Except as provided in LR 5.2(b), all documents filed must be typewritten,
printed, or prepared by a clearly legible duplication process. Document text must be
double-spaced, except for quoted material and footnotes, and pages must be numbered
consecutively at the bottom. Documents filed after the case-initiating document must
contain—on the front page and above the document’s title—the case number and the
name or initials of the assigned district judge and magistrate judge.
(b) LR 5.2(a) does not apply: (1) to exhibits; and (2) in removed actions, to
documents filed in state court before removal.
(c) Documents filed by an attorney must include the attorney’s registration
number.
[Adopted effective January 3, 2000; amended May 17, 2004; amended January 31, 2011]
2011 Advisory Committee’s Note to LR 5.2
The language of LR 5.2 has been amended in accordance with the restyling process described in
the 2012 Advisory Committee’s Preface on Stylistic Amendments.
Subsection (c). Attorneys who are licensed in Minnesota must provide their Minnesota license
number as their attorney-registration number. Attorneys who are admitted pro hac vice and licensed in a
state other than Minnesota must provide the state of licensure and the license number as their attorney-
registration number.
