(a) Unless a form provided by the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts is used, documents prepared for filing by a party must be:
(1) page size 8½ x 11 inches, printed on one side only, with top, bottom,
and side margins of one inch, with no background shading, no staples,
and free of materially defacing erasures or interlineations;
(2) double-spaced, except for quoted material and footnotes, and
typewritten in 14-point font size or neatly handwritten.
(3) consecutively numbered at the bottom of each page; and
(4) formatted as to counsel or party identification, case caption, and
document title in substantial compliance with forms in Appendix C.
(b) When a hand signature is used, the name of the signer must be printed or
typed under the signature line.
(c) Affidavits must be notarized and all signatures must be hand signatures.
(d) Citation form must follow the most recent edition of the Bluebook or of
the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) Citation Manual. Pinpoint
citation to paragraphs or pages of cases and to sections of statutes or acts is
required. Citation to the United States Reporter is preferred. Parallel citations are
not required. Hyperlinking is permissible, but neither the hyperlink nor any Internet
site will be considered part of the record of the case.
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D.Mont L.R. 1.5 Form of Documents and Citations
Civil Rule 3. Commencing an Action
