Local Rule 10.1: Form of Papers
N.D.N.Y. — Civil rule
10.1 Form of Papers
(a) Form Generally. All pleadings, motions, and other documents that a party presents for filing, whether in paper form or in electronic form, shall meet the following requirements:
1. all text, whether in the body of the document or in footnotes, must be a minimum of 12 point type 2. all documents must have one-inch margins on all four sides of the page 3. all text in the body of the document must be double-spaced 4. the text in block quotations and footnotes may be single-spaced 5. extensive footnotes must not be used to circumvent page limitations 6. compacted or other compressed printing features must not be used 7. pages must be consecutively numbered
(b) Additional requirements for all pleadings, motions, and other documents that a party presents for filing in paper form:
1. all documents must be on 8 ½ x 11 inch white paper of good quality 2. all text must be plainly and legibly written, typewritten, printed or reproduced without erasures or interlineations materially defacing them 3. all documents must be in black or blue ink 4. pages of all documents must be stapled (or in some other way fastened) together 5. all documents must be single-sided 6. the Court, at its discretion, may require the electronic submission of any document in a Word-compatible or WordPerfect-compatible format The Court may strike documents that do not comply with the above-listed requirements.
(c) Information required. The following information must appear on each document that a party files.
1. Each document must contain a caption for the specific case to which it pertains. The caption must include the title of the Court, the title of the action, the civil action number of the case, the initials of the assigned judge(s), and the name or nature of the paper in sufficient detail for identification. If a litigant has more than one action pending in this Court, any and all papers filed in a case must contain and pertain to one civil action number, unless the civil actions have been consolidated by the Court. Any motion or other papers purporting to relate to more than one action will not be accepted for filing and may be stricken by the Court. This Rule shall not apply, as noted below, to notices of change of address filed by attorneys of record and pro se litigants. The parties must separately caption affidavits and declarations and must not physically attach them to the Notice of Motion or Memorandum of Law.
2. Each document must identify the person filing the document. This identification must include an original signature of the attorney or pro se litigant; the typewritten name of that person; the address of a pro se litigant, including zip code; and the bar roll number, office address, telephone number, e-mail address and fax number of the attorney. Telephone numbers of non-prisoner pro se parties may be provided voluntarily or upon request of the Court. See General Order # 22 for signature requirements.
All attorneys of record and pro se litigants must immediately notify the Court of any change of address. Parties must file the notice of change of address with the Clerk and serve the same on all other parties to the action. The notice must identify each and every action to which the notice shall apply. In addition, the notice shall be clearly entitled, "Notice of Change of Address." Attorneys shall update their bar record within (14) days of a change, including their address, email address, telephone or fax number through https://www.pacer.gov/. Detailed instructions to update the bar record are available on the Court's website, www.nynd.uscourts.gov.
Failure to keep this information current will result in removal from the roll of the Court.
(d) The record on hearings, unless ordered printed, shall be plainly typewritten and bound in book form, paginated and indexed.
(e) The Court conducts its reviews and deliberations in English. Unless otherwise directed by the Court, any document that a party transmits to the Court (including one in the record on appeal) that is in a language other than English must be accompanied by an English translation that the translator has certified as true and accurate, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746. Any party who disputes a translation must file notice of its intention to challenge the translation with the Court and all other parties within seven (7) days of receiving the Notice of Electronic Filing for the translation, or, if a non-Filing User, within seven (7) days of receiving the translation. Upon receipt of a notice to challenge a translation, the Court shall establish the procedure and applicable time periods for the challenge to be heard.