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RULE 9004-1. PAPERS — REQUIREMENTS OF FORM

(a) General Form Requirements. Except for exhibits and attachments, all pleadings and other papers presented for filing must be 8½ inches by 11 inches in size, typed or legibly hand-printed, double-spaced (except for Official Forms and quoted material), and paginated consecutively at the bottom beginning with the second page. In addition, if presented for filing in a conventional manner, all papers must be on white paper of good quality, flat and unfolded, and fastened by paper clip or stapled in the upper left corner.

(b) Exhibits. Each exhibit should display a prominent number or letter by which reference is made in the document to which it is attached, be numbered consecutively within if reference is made to a specific page of the exhibit, and not be two-sided.