Local Rule LR 10-7: Forms

LR 10-7 Forms Absent specific directives or a requirement to use a particular form (such as the "JS-44 Civil Cover Sheet" at case initiation), a party may use any form provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, provided by these Local Rules, or recommended by the Administrative Office Forms Working Group of judges and clerks on the United States Courts website at uscourts.gov on the Forms page, as applicable, even if the forms do not comply with LR 10.

Practice Tips 1. When citing an attorney's name in a signature block or address block, regardless of the form used, the Court prefers that all parties comply with LR 10-2(a) and include the bar number for the attorney.

2. Some national judiciary forms may display brackets or parentheses in the case caption to set off party names from the document title. LR 10-2(e) was enacted after notice that the inclusion of parentheses or brackets displayed in a vertical line in a text file may not print or translate well when a PDF version of that document is created for electronic filing in CM/ECF. The Court prefers that these be removed.

3. Parties are advised to read the Notice Regarding Federal and Local Civil/Criminal Forms that is found on the Court's website at ord.uscourts.gov. (See also Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d)(4).)