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District of New Hampshire

D.N.H. — local rules, ECF filing procedures, and judges’ standing orders, readable in full.

Civil Rules (130)
1.1 Scope Of Supplemental Rules
1.2 Relief From Administrative Procedures; Failure to Comply
1.3 Sanctions; Relief From Failure to Comply
2.1 Pleading Patent Infringement Claims Or Counterclaims
2.2 Consequences of Electronic Filing
2.3 Format and Quality Control
2.4 Civil and Miscellaneous Case Opening Documents
2.5 Attachments/Non-Trial Exhibits
2.6 Certified Documents/Records and Social Security Administrative Records
2.7 Signatures on Electronically Filed Documents
2.8 Service of Electronically Filed Documents
2.10 Technical Failure
2.11 Refund of Fees Paid Electronically
3.1 Scheduling Conference, Discovery Plan, And Discovery Order
3.2 Conventional Filings in Civil/Miscellaneous Cases
3.3 Sealed Matters
3.4 Ex Parte Pleadings
3.5 Conventional Filings by Email
3.6 Trial Exhibits/Exhibit Lists
3.7 Notice of Appeal
3.8 Pro Hac Vice Motions
3.9 Letters and Correspondence
3.10 Service of Conventional Filings
4.1 General Provisions Governing Patent Disclosures
4.2 Transcripts of Federal Court Proceedings in this District
4.3 Transcripts of Court Proceedings in Other Courts
4.4 Payment of Fees
5.1 Preliminary Patent Disclosures
5.2 Internet Access
5.3 Conventional Copies and Certified Copies
5.4 Filing and Service by Electronic Means
6.1 Claim Construction Proceedings
6.2 Registration
7.1 Final Patent Disclosures
7.1.1 Disclosure Statements
7.2 Specified Motions
7.3 Hazardous Pleadings and Exhibits
7.4 Habeas Corpus Petitions Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254
7.5 Habeas Corpus Petitions Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255; Petitioner’s Right to Reply
8.1 Expert Discovery
9.1 Social Security Cases
9.2 Requests for Three-Judge Court
9.3 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Cases
9.4 Cases under § 502(a)(1)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
9.5 Electronic Case Filing Rules
9.6 Patent Cases
10.1 Pseudonym Litigant
10.2 Complex Cases
10.3 Post-Arraignment Meeting
11.1 Entry of Guilty Plea Without Plea Agreement
11.2 Request for Expedited Plea and Sentencing Hearing In Certain Reentry After
11.3 Disclosure of Medications
12.1 Motion Practice
12.4.1 Disclosure Statement
13.1 Related Criminal Cases
15.1 Motions to Amend
16.1 Routine Discovery
16.2 Due Diligence and Duty to Supplement
16.3 Motions Seeking Routine Discovery
16.4 Altering Deadlines
17.1 Subpoenas
23.1 Class Actions
24.1 Jury Selection
26.1 Discovery Plan
26.2 Protective Orders
30.1 Jury Instructions
32.1 Guideline Sentencing
32.2 Conditions of Probation and Supervised Release
32.4 Repayment of Financial Obligations
37.1 Motions to Compel
38.1 Notation of Jury Demand
39.1 Courtroom Practice
39.2 Continuances
39.3 Views
40.1 Commitment to Another District
40.2 Assignment of Remanded Cases
41.1 Settlements
42.1 Related Cases
44.1 Appointment of Counsel
45.1 Computation of Time
45.2 Witnesses in Cases Proceeding In Forma Pauperis
45.3 Writs of Habeas Corpus
45.5 Attorneys as Witnesses
47.1 Dissemination of Juror Questionnaires
47.2 Jury Selection
47.3 Communications with Jurors
48.1 Dismissal
53.1 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
54.1 Bill of Costs
54.2 Assessment of Juror Costs
55.1 Default
56.1 Summary Judgment
57.1 Release of Information in Criminal Cases
58.1 Procedure for Misdemeanors & Other Petty Offenses; Payment in Lieu of
62.1 Bonds or Other Security Staying Execution of Money Judgment
65.1 Draft of Temporary Restraining Order or Preliminary Injunction
65.1.1 Sureties
67.1 Security for Costs
67.2 Deposit of Registry Funds Into Interest-Bearing Account
67.3 Disbursal of Registry Funds
67.4 Form of Payment Accepted
67.5 Qualified Settlement Funds
69.1 Writs of Execution; Related Proceedings
72.1 Duties of Magistrate Judge
72.2 Response to Objection to Magistrate Judge Order on Nondispositive Matter
73.1 Assignment of Cases to Magistrate Judge
77.1 Clerk’s Office
77.2 Orders by Clerk of Court
77.3 Filings
77.4 Bankruptcy
77.5 Agreement with Districts of Rhode Island and Maine
77.6 Communications With Judicial Officers
80.1 Record of Proceedings
81.1 Removal Actions
83.1 Bar of District Court
83.2 Practice by Persons Not Members of the Bar of This Court
83.3 Conferred Disciplinary Jurisdiction
83.4 Promulgation of Disciplinary Rules
83.5 Disciplinary Rules
83.6 Appearances
83.7 Limited Representation by Counsel
83.8 Photographing; Broadcasting; Televising
83.9 Provisions for Special Orders in Widely Publicized and Sensational Cases
83.10 Courthouse Security
83.11 Pending Matters in Stayed Cases
83.12 Sealed Documents
83.13 Judicial Misconduct
83.14 Exhibits and Witness List
83.15 Courtroom Technology
83.16 Presentation of Electronic Evidence to a Deliberating Jury, Jury Evidence
Electronic Filing (ECF) Procedures
Electronic Case Filing Procedures
District Forms (70)
Acknowledgement Sentencing Options and Supervision Conditions
Acknowledgment & Waiver for Non-Negotiated Plea
Acknowledgment & Waiver for Non-Negotiated Plea (Spanish)
Appearance
Arraignment Appearance Waiver
Bill of Costs
Certificate of Custodial Institution
CJA Proposed Budget Worksheet
Consent to Magistrate Judge (Misdemeanor)
Consent to Magistrate Judge--
Consent to Magistrate Judge--N
Consent to Magistrate Judge--Notice of Reassignment to Magistrate Judge Johnstone
Consent to Magistrate Judge--Notice of Reassignment to Magistrate Judge Saint-Marc
Consent to Mediation
Declaration of Technical Failure
Disclosure Statement - Criminal Form 2
Disclosure Statement - Criminal Form 3 - Victims
Discovery Plan - Civil Form 2
Diversity Disclosure Statement - Civil Form 4.1
ESI Checklist
Exhibit List
Extending Deadlines Established by Discovery Plan - Civil Form 3
Form-Fillable Civil Complaint
Form-Fillable Motion
LASER Admission Criteria
LASER Participant Agreement
LASER Participant Overview
LASER Program Phases
Mediator Information Sheet
Mediator Selection Form
Nongovernmental Corporate Party Disclosure Statement - Civil Form 4
Notice for Expedited Plea and Sentencing Hearing
Notice of Assignment to Magistrate Judge Johnstone
Notice of Change of Address
Notice of Completion of Limited Scope Representation - Civil Form 6
Notice of Conventional Filing
Notice of Lawsuit
Notice of Mediation
otice of Assignment to Magistrate Judge Saint-Marc
Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241
Post ADR Reporting Form
Prisoner Litigation Reform Act Consent Form
Pro Se Motion to Obtain Permission to File Electronically
Protective Order - Civil Form 5
Receipt for Custody of Exhibits
Request for Appointment of Counsel Form
Request for Appointment of Counsel Grand Jury Target/Witness or Trial Witness
Request for Refund of Attorney Admission Fee
Request for Refund of Filing Fee
Statement Regarding Interested Parties - Civil Form 7
Stipulation to Detention
Subpoena to Produce or Permit Inspection
Subpoena to Testify at Deposition
Subpoena to Testify at Trial/Hearing
Subpoena to Testify at Trial/Hearing
Subpoena to Testify at Trial/Hearing (Spanish)
Summons
Summons - Third Party
Transcript Redaction Request Form
Victim Address Change Form
Victim Name Change Form
Waiver of Indictment
Waiver of Indictment (Spanish)
Waiver of Preliminary/Probable Cause Hearing
Waiver of Rule 32.1 Hearings
Waiver of Rule 5 & 5.1 Hearings
Waiver of Service of Summons
Writ of Attachment and Trustee Process
Writ of Execution
CJA23Financial Affidavit (CJA23)
National (AO) forms used in every district are searchable too — try “AO 440” or “subpoena to testify at a deposition” in Search.
Standing Orders & Judge Procedures (5)
Court-wide (5)
First Circuit Chief Justice Designation for Judge Mastroianni to Serve in the District of New Hampshire
IFP Procedures for Incarcerated Persons
Order Modifying LASER Program Description and Participant Agreement
Order Setting Procedures for Destruction of Documents Scanned and Uploaded into ECF
Plan for the Random Selection of Grand and Petit Jurors
Tip: everything on this page is also retrievable in Search (“D.N.H. LR 7.1”) and cited by Ask.