Local Rule LR 3.1: Civil Cover Sheet

LR 3.1 - Civil Cover Sheet Every complaint or other document initiating a civil action must be accompanied by a completed civil cover sheet, on a form JS 44 available from the clerk and on the Court's website. This requirement is solely for administrative purposes; information appearing only on the civil cover sheet has no legal effect in the action.

If the complaint or other document is filed without a civil cover sheet or with an incomplete civil cover sheet, the clerk will mark the complaint or other document as to the date received and promptly give notice of the deficiency to the filing party. When the deficiency has been corrected, the clerk will file the complaint or other document nunc pro tunc as of the date of the original receipt.