(A) Grounds and Relief to be Stated: All motions shall state with particularity the grounds
therefor and shall set forth the relief or order sought.
(B) Address and Telephone Number of Attorney and Pro Se Litigants: All pleadings and
motions shall include the attorney's office address and telephone number. All pleadings filed
by non-prisoner litigants proceeding pro se shall contain an address where notice can be
served on such person and a telephone number where such person can be reached or a
message left. All pleadings filed by prisoners proceeding pro se shall contain an address
where notice can be served on such person.
(C) Personal Identifiers:
(1) Redaction of personal identifiers is governed by Fed.R.Civ.P. 5.2 unless the Court directs
otherwise. In all actions for benefits under the Social Security Act, the government shall file the
administrative record under seal in paper form, the Court having found that such administrative
records are by nature confidential and that applicants’ privacy interests outweigh any public
interest in disclosure; but this provision does not preclude a motion to unseal in any such action.
(2) The responsibility for redacting personal identifiers rests solely with counsel and the parties.
The Clerk will not review each pleading for compliance with this Local Rule. Counsel and the
parties are cautioned that failure to redact these personal identifiers may subject them to
sanctions.
(D) Use of Forms: Abrogated.
(E) Return Date: Except as otherwise provided by an order of the Court or by these Local
Rules, all motions shall be made returnable to the time obtained from and scheduled by the
Court for a hearing thereon. The moving party shall be responsible to set the motion for
hearing or to arrange with opposing counsel for submission of the motion without oral
argument. Unless otherwise ordered, a motion shall be deemed withdrawn if the movant does
not set it for hearing (or arrange to submit it without a hearing) within thirty (30) days after the
date on which the motion is filed. The non-moving party also may arrange for a hearing.
Before endeavoring to secure an appointment for a hearing on any motion, it shall be
incumbent upon the counsel desiring such hearing to meet and confer in person or by
telephone with his or her opposing counsel in a good-faith effort to narrow the area of
disagreement. In the absence of any agreement, such conference shall be held in the office of
the attorney nearest the Court in the division in which the action is pending. In any division
that has a regularly scheduled motions day, the motion should be noticed for the first
permissible motions day. The hearing date of motions for summary judgment is also governed by Local
