Local Rule D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.1: MOTIONS
D. Colo. — Civil rule
D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.1 MOTIONS
(a) Duty to Confer. Before filing a motion, counsel for the moving party or an unrepresented party shall confer or make reasonable, good faith efforts to confer with any opposing counsel or unrepresented party to resolve any disputed matter. The moving party shall describe in the motion, or in a certificate attached to the motion, the specific efforts to fulfill this duty.
(b) Exceptions to the Duty to Confer:
(1) a motion filed in a case involving an unrepresented prisoner or detainee;
(2) a motion under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12;
(3) a motion under Fed. R. Civ. P. 56; or
(4) a motion under D.C.COLO.LAttyR 5(a) and (b).
(c) Unopposed Motion. If a motion is unopposed, it shall be titled "Unopposed Motion for ________."
(d) Motion, Response and Reply; Time for Serving and Filing; Length. Excluding motions filed under Fed. R. Civ. P. 65, a motion involving a contested issue of law shall state under which rule or statute it is filed and be supported by a recitation of legal authority in the motion. The responding party shall have 21 days after the date of service of a motion, or such lesser or greater time as the court may allow, in which to file a response. The moving party may file a reply no later than 14 days after the date of service of the response, or such lesser or greater time as the court may allow. The date of service of a motion electronically filed shall be determined under D.C.COLO.LCivR 5.1(d). Nothing in this rule precludes a judicial officer from ruling on a motion at any time after it is filed.
A motion shall not be included in a response or reply to the original motion. A motion shall be filed as a separate document.
(e) Citations. Every citation in a motion, response, or reply shall include the specific page or statutory subsection to which reference is made. If an unpublished opinion is cited, a copy of the opinion shall be provided to any unrepresented party.
(f) Supplemental Authority. If the matter is set for hearing, any supplemental authority shall be filed no later than seven days before the hearing.
(g) Proposed Order. A moving party may submit a proposed order with an unopposed motion or nondispositive motion. A general order attached to a motion (such as "it is ordered" or "so ordered") is not permitted. A proposed order shall be a separate document, bear a separate caption, and set out clearly its basis and terms.
(h) Hearing. A motion may be decided without oral argument at the discretion of the court.
(i) Sanctions. Motions, responses, and replies shall be concise. A verbose, redundant, ungrammatical, or unintelligible motion, response, or reply may be stricken or returned for revision, and its filing may be grounds for sanctions.