(a) Motions to Extend Time. Motions to extend time shall state whether the extension
would result in the continuance of any hearing, conference, or trial, and state the proposed
extended date. Motions to extend deadlines set in the discovery plan shall (i) state whether the
extension would result in the need to extend any other deadline set forth in the discovery plan;
(ii) state the proposed extended date for those deadlines; and (iii) be accompanied by a
completed Civil Form 3.
Motions to extend time based upon a scheduling conflict shall be filed within seven (7) days
of the date that counsel learned, or reasonably should have learned, of the scheduling conflict.
(b) Motions to Strike. Any motion to strike material offered in support of or in opposition
to a motion must be filed within fourteen (14) days of the filing of the motion or objection to
which the objected-to material is attached.
(c) Motions for Continuance of Trials. A motion to continue a trial shall contain a
certification that the party on behalf of whom the motion was filed has been notified of the
request by counsel.
(d) Motions for Reconsideration. A motion to reconsider an interlocutory order of the
court, meaning a motion other than one governed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 59 or 60, shall
demonstrate that the order was based on a manifest error of fact or law and shall be filed
within fourteen (14) days from the date of the order unless the party seeking reconsideration
shows cause for not filing within that time. Cause for not filing within fourteen (14) days
from the date of the order includes newly available material evidence and an intervening
change in the governing legal standard.
When a motion to reconsider a ruling by the magistrate judge is directed to the magistrate
judge, an objection pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 or 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) shall be filed
within fourteen (14) days after being served with a copy of the magistrate judge’s ruling on
the motion to reconsider.
(Prior (c), Motions for Continuance of Trials, and (d), Motions for Reconsideration, relettered to
(d) and (e), and new § (c), Motions to Strike, added 1/1/01; § (e) amended 1/1/02; § (c) amended
1/1/03; § (e) amended 1/1/06; §§ (c) and (e) amended 12/1/09; § (a) amended, former § (b)
Summary Judgment relocated to LR 56.1, former § (d) amended, former §§ (b) – (e) relettered
12/1/13; § (b) amended 12/1/21)
