(a) Unless the court orders otherwise:
(1) Each party has 30 days from the arraignment to file and serve the pretrial
motions and notices specified in subsection (b) of this rule;
(2) Responses to pretrial motions and notices must be filed and served within
14 days from the date of service of the motion; and
(3) A reply brief may be filed and served within seven days from the date of
service of the response. The reply brief must only address arguments
made in the response.
(b) The following pretrial motions and notices must be filed within the time period in
subsection (a) of this rule:
(1) Defenses and objections based on defects in the institution of the
prosecution (except challenges to the composition of the grand or petit
jury, which are governed by 28 U.S.C. § 1867);
(2) Defenses and objections based on defects in the indictment or information
(except objections based on a failure to show the court’s jurisdiction or to
charge an offense, which may be noticed by the court at any time during
the pendency of the proceedings);
(3) Motion for bill of particulars, Fed. R. Crim. P. 7(f);
(4) Motion to sever, Fed. R. Crim. P. 14;
(5) Written demand by the government for notice of an alibi defense, Fed. R.
Crim. P. 12.1;
(6) Notice of insanity defense or expert evidence of a mental condition, Fed.
R. Crim. P. 12.2;
(7) Notice of defense based on public authority, Fed. R. Crim. P. 12.3; and
(8) Motion to suppress evidence, Fed. R. Crim. P. 41(h).
(c) Any party filing pretrial motions, responses to motions, or replies must provide a
certification that the motion, response, or reply is filed timely. The certification
must be identified and must be set forth separately as an opening paragraph in the
motion, response, or reply.
(d) Fed. R. Crim. P. 45 governs the computation of time.
