Local Rule Rule 7: Motions and Memoranda of Law
D. Me. — Civil rule
Rule 7 Motions and Memoranda of Law
(a) Submissions of Motions and Supporting Memoranda Every motion must incorporate a memorandum of law. Any affidavits and other documents supporting the motion must be filed with the motion. Written discovery motions cannot be filed without the prior approval of a judge under Local Rule 26(c).
(b) Objections and Responses to Motions
(1) Any objection or other response to a motion must be filed within 21 days after the motion is filed and must incorporate a memorandum of law. Any affidavits and other documents supporting the objection or response must be filed with the objection or response.
(2) If a timely objection or response is not filed, it is waived. This waiver does not apply to motions filed during trial.
(c) Reply Memoranda No later than 14 days of the filing of any objection or response to a motion, the moving party may file a reply memorandum confined to replying to new matter raised in the objection or response.
(d) Page Limits
(1) A memorandum of law in support of or in opposition to a nondispositive motion may not exceed 10 pages. A memorandum of law in support of or in opposition to a motion to dismiss, a motion for judgment on the pleadings, a motion for summary judgment, a motion for injunctive relief, or any other dispositive motion may not exceed 20 pages. A reply memorandum may not exceed 7 pages.
(2) A motion to exceed the page limits of this rule must be filed no later than 3 business days before the deadline for filing the memorandum.
(e) Oral Argument Unless otherwise required by rule or statute, all motions may be decided by the Court without oral argument. Any party may request oral argument in the caption of the motion, objection or response, or reply, or by filing the form requesting oral argument available on the Court's website, https://www.med.uscourts.gov/forms, within 5 days of the filing of the reply.
(f) Motions for Reconsideration
(1) A motion to reconsider an interlocutory order of the Court, meaning a motion other than one governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59 or 60, must demonstrate that the order was based on a manifest error of fact or law. The motion must be filed within 14 days from the date of the order unless the party seeking reconsideration shows cause for not filing within that time. Cause for not filing within 14 days from the date of the order includes newly available material evidence or an intervening change in the governing legal standard.
(2) When a party files a motion to reconsider a magistrate judge's ruling or recommendation, the deadline for filing an objection to that ruling or recommendation under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72 or 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) is extended to 14 days after the magistrate judge rules on the motion to reconsider.