(a) When Due. Requests for instructions must be submitted not later than 14 days
before the date for which trial is set; additional and revised instructions may be
admitted thereafter as the evidence may justify.
(b) How Presented. Each requested instruction must be on a separate document, must
be numbered (as P-1, et seq. and D-1, et seq.), and must be supported by citation of
authority on papers separate from the requested instruction. Copies must be
furnished to opposing counsel when the special requests are submitted to the court.
Where good cause is shown to exist, counsel may, with the permission of the court,
submit additional written requests during the progress of the trial.
(c) Automated Formats. Parties registered on the court’s electronic filing system
must submit instructions via electronic mail to the chambers of the trial judge.
Proposed instructions should not be docketed or filed with the court’s CM/ECF
system. The addresses for the district judges’ and for the magistrate judges’
chambers appear on the courts’ Internet Websites and in the courts’ Administrative
Procedures for Electronic Case Filing.
(d) Standard Instructions Not Required. Counsel should not submit pattern or
“boilerplate” instructions which are routinely given by the court. This rule is
intended to give the court an opportunity to study requests for instructions tailored
specifically for a particular trial.
