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 Fouratt, 100 N. Church Street, Suite 550, 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
confidential letters (and any associated materials) sent in anticipation of a settlement
conference.
3. Counsel is advised that Judge Fouratt 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 justified, and use Times New
Roman Font, size 12. In civil cases, the case number should be presented as follows:
Case No. ###-cv-### [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. 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 provide
additional description, such as “Exhibit A: Deposition of Plaintiff Jones,” or
“Exhibit A: Defendant Smith’s Responses to Interrogatories.”
7. For telephonic conferences or hearings, counsel must call into the conference
line no later than three (3) minutes before the conference or hearing begins.
8. Please determine well in advance if there is a need for court interpreters for a
hearing or trial, and advise the Court accordingly.
9. 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.
