Local Rule LR7.7: Motions: Counter Motions, Joinders.

LR7.7. Motions: Counter Motions, Joinders.

Any motion raising the same subject matter as an original motion may be filed by the responding party together with the party's opposition and may be noticed for hearing on the same date as the original motion, provided that the motions would otherwise be heard by the same judge. A party's memorandum in support of the counter motion must be combined into one document with the party's memorandum in opposition to the original motion and may not exceed the page or word limit for an opposition absent leave of court. The opposition to the counter motion shall be served and filed together with any reply in support of the original motion in accordance with LR7.4. A party's opposition to the counter motion must be combined into one document with that party's reply in support of the original motion and may not exceed the page limit for a reply absent leave of court. The movant on a counter motion shall file and serve any reply as follows: if the matter is scheduled for a hearing, at least seven (7) days before the scheduled hearing; if the matter is scheduled as a non-hearing motion, within seven (7) days after service of the opposition to the counter motion.

Except with leave of court based on good cause, any substantive joinder in a motion or opposition must be filed and served within three (3) days of the filing of the motion or opposition joined in. "Substantive joinder" means a joinder that is supported by a memorandum that complies with LR7.4(a) and (b) supplementing the motion or opposition joined in. If a party seeks the same relief sought by the movant for himself, herself, or itself, the joinder shall clearly indicate that. A joinder of simple agreement may be filed at any time. A separate opposition or reply complying with LR7.4 may be filed in response to a substantive joinder in a motion or opposition, respectively. No substantive joinder in a reply may be filed; a party that has joined in a motion may file its own reply (as opposed to a joinder in the movant's reply) by the reply deadline only if the opposition has addressed matters unique to that joining party. Joinders in motions must specifically identify the pending motion by docket number to which the joinder applies. This paragraph applies only to joinders relating to motions, not other proceedings, and does not preclude the filing of an independent motion that does not seek to be included in a pre-existing hearing schedule, or the filing of a motion to consolidate matters for hearing.

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, when an underlying motion is withdrawn, any joinders are also treated as withdrawn.