In all cases seeking review pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) of a final determination of
the Commissioner of Social Security denying a claim for benefits, no motion for summary
judgment shall be filed without leave of Court for good cause shown. The action shall
commence upon filing of a complaint, and the Commissioner shall file any motion to dismiss,
motion to remand, and/or answer within sixty (60) days of service of the complaint. With its
answer, the Commissioner shall file the administrative record. The plaintiff shall, unless
otherwise ordered by the Court, serve and file a brief in support of the complaint within thirty
(30) days after the Commissioner’s service of an answer and the administrative record. The
Commissioner shall serve and file a brief in support of the answer within thirty (30) days after
service of the plaintiff’s brief. Plaintiff shall have fourteen (14) days after service of the
Commissioner’s brief to file a reply brief. No further briefs shall be filed except by leave of
Court for good cause shown. A brief filed pursuant to this rule shall not exceed fifteen (15)
standard typed pages, exclusive of a signature page and attachments, except by leave of Court
for good cause shown. A reply brief shall not exceed ten (10) typed pages.
(Amended February 8, 1999, effective March 15, 1999; Amended July 10, 2006, effective August 28, 2006; Amended September 8, 2009,
effective December 1, 2009)
