Procedures for Civil Consent Case Matters
1. For any opposed motion, counsel should indicate in their briefing whether they
request a hearing on the motion and, if so, whether they request it be conducted
telephonically or in person.
2. If materials must be sent to the Court for any reason, they should be sent
electronically to
[email protected] or by mail to: Judge
Gregory Wormuth, 100 N. Church Street, Las Cruces, NM 88001. Please do not
send by facsimile. Opposing counsel must be copied on all written or email
communications that counsel conduct with the Court with the exception of the
confidential letter sent in anticipation of a settlement conference.
3. Counsel is advised that Judge Wormuth will conduct trials in Albuquerque or
Roswell if the parties unanimously request it.
4. Even if stipulated, parties seeking an extension in excess of ten (10) days for any
filing deadline must file a Motion to Extend with the Court by the day of the
original deadline. If the parties agree to a filing extension of less than ten (10)
days which does not interfere with other established case management
deadlines, they are reminded to file a notice as required by Local Rule 7.4(a).
5. Proposed orders must be sent to
[email protected] after
the filing of any unopposed motion. They should be submitted in Microsoft
Word format (as .docx files), should have 1” margins, be non-justified, include
two spaces between each sentence, and use Palatino Linotype Font, size 12. In
civil cases, the case number should be presented as follows: Civ. No. ###-###
[Presiding Judge initials] / [Referral Judge initials]. Further, they should indicate
the approval of all parties by including the electronic signature of all parties at
the end of the document.
6. Individual exhibits attached to a filing on CM/ECF must be filed as separate
attachments such that each exhibit has a unique docket sub-number. For
example, Exhibit A should be Attachment 1, Exhibit B should be Attachment 2,
and so on. If the final docket number for the filing is 10, Exhibit A will be labeled
as doc. 10-1, and Exhibit B will be labeled as doc. 10-2.
7. Parties must clearly label all exhibits attached to a filing on CM/ECF. For
example, rather than merely labeling an exhibit “Exhibit A,” parties must
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provide additional description, such as “Exhibit A: Deposition of Plaintiff Jones,”
or “Exhibit A: Defendant Smith’s Responses to Interrogatories.”
8. For telephonic conferences or hearings, counsel must call into the conference line
no later than three (3) minutes before the conference or hearing begins.
9. Please determine well in advance if there is a need for court interpreters for a
hearing or trial and advise the Court.
10. When submitting proposed jury instructions, counsel should review the Court’s
stock (both preliminary and pre-deliberation) jury instructions. While the stock
instructions are not mandatory or inflexible, counsel should consider whether
they object to the relevant stock instructions.
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