(a) General Form. A brief must be printed, typewritten, or presented in some other
legible form. The brief must be on an 8½-by-11-inch page. The font size must be 12-point
or larger. The text must be double-spaced, but quotations more than two lines long may
be indented and single-spaced. Headings and footnotes may be single-spaced. Margins
must be at least one inch on all four sides. Page numbers may be placed in the margins,
but no text may appear there.
(b) Amicus Briefs. An amicus brief may not be filed without leave of the presiding
judge. The brief must specifically set forth the interest of the amicus curiae in the outcome
of the litigation.
(c) Length. Unless another local civil rule provides otherwise, a brief must not exceed
25 pages (excluding the table of contents and table of authorities). A reply brief must not
exceed 10 pages. Permission to file a brief in excess of these page limitations will be
granted by the presiding judge only for extraordinary and compelling reasons.
Effective September 2, 2025
(d) Tables of Contents and Authorities. A brief in excess of 10 pages must contain:
(1) a table of contents with page references; and
(2) an alphabetically arranged table of cases, statutes, and other authorities
cited, with page references to the location of all citations.
(e) Citations to Appendix. If a party’s motion or response is accompanied by an
appendix, the party’s brief must include citations to each page of the appendix that supports
each assertion that the party makes concerning any documentary or non-documentary
materials on which the party relies to support or oppose the motion.
(f) Disclosure of Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence.
(1) A brief prepared using generative artificial intelligence must disclose this
fact on the first page under the heading “Use of Generative Artificial
Intelligence.” If the presiding judge so directs, the party filing the brief must
disclose the specific parts prepared using generative artificial intelligence.
(2) “Generative Artificial Intelligence” means a computer tool (whether
referred to as “Generative Artificial Intelligence” or by another name) that
is capable of generating new content (such as images and text) in response
to a submitted prompt (such as a query) by learning from a large reference
database of examples.
(3) A party who files a brief that does not contain the disclosure required by
subsection (f)(1) of this rule certifies that no part of the brief was prepared
using generative artificial intelligence.
