UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT LOCAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE LOCAL RULES FOR MAGISTRATE JUDGES LOCAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Amended December 1, 2009* *If a Rule was amended after December 2009, the date of amendment is located on the page of the Rule. TABLE OF CONTENTS JUDGES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT ............................................................................................................................ 1 LOCAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE ..................................................................................... 2 RULE 1 ...................................................................................................................................... 2 SCOPE OF RULES ................................................................................................................... 2 (a) Title and Citation ......................................................................................................... 2 (b) Effective Date .............................................................................................................. 2 (c) Definitions ................................................................................................................... 2 RULE 2 ...................................................................................................................................... 3 (RESERVED) ............................................................................................................................ 3 RULE 3 ...................................................................................................................................... 4 COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION .............................................................................................. 4 (a) Complaint or Other Initiating Document ...................................................................... 4 (b) Place of Filing; Number of Copies .............................................................................. 4 (c) Statutory Fee .............................................................................................................. 4 (d) In Forma Pauperis Motion ........................................................................................... 4 RULE 4 ...................................................................................................................................... 5 CIVIL PROCESS ....................................................................................................................... 5 (a) Issue and Service ....................................................................................................... 5 (b) Service Copies ............................................................................................................ 5 (c) Attachments and Pre-Judgment Remedies ................................................................ 5 (d) Filing Return of Service ............................................................................................... 5 RULE 5 ...................................................................................................................................... 6 SERVING AND FILING PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS .................................................. 6 (a) E-Filing ........................................................................................................................ 6 (b) Appearance ................................................................................................................. 6 (c) Proof of Service .......................................................................................................... 6 (d) United States As A Party ............................................................................................ 6 (e) Sealed Proceedings and Documents .......................................................................... 6 (f) Filing of Discovery Materials ....................................................................................... 9 (g) Service in Manually Filed Cases ................................................................................. 9 i RULE 6 .................................................................................................................................... 10 COMPUTATION OF TIME ...................................................................................................... 10 RULE 7 .................................................................................................................................... 11 MOTION PROCEDURES ........................................................................................................ 11 (a) Procedures ................................................................................................................ 11 (b) Motions for Extensions of Time ................................................................................. 12 (c) Motions for Reconsideration ..................................................................................... 12 (d) Reply Memoranda ..................................................................................................... 13 (e) Withdrawals of Appearances .................................................................................... 13 (f) Motions to Amend Pleadings .................................................................................... 13 RULE 7.1 ................................................................................................................................. 14 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT .................................................................................................. 14 RULE 8 .................................................................................................................................... 15 RULES OF PLEADING ........................................................................................................... 15 (a) Statement of the Claim ............................................................................................. 15 (b) Petitions Shall be Legible .......................................................................................... 15 RULE 9 .................................................................................................................................... 16 (RESERVED) .......................................................................................................................... 16 RULE 10 .................................................................................................................................. 17 PREPARATION OF PLEADINGS ........................................................................................... 17 RULE 11 .................................................................................................................................. 18 MOTIONS FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND/OR SANCTIONS ................................................ 18 RULE 12 .................................................................................................................................. 19 (a) Notice to Self-Represented Litigants Regarding Motions to Dismiss ........................ 19 RULE 13 – RULE 15 ............................................................................................................... 21 (RESERVED) .......................................................................................................................... 21 RULE 16 .................................................................................................................................. 22 STATUS AND SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES AND ADR ................................................... 22 (a) Status Conferences .................................................................................................. 22 (b) Scheduling Orders .................................................................................................... 22 (c) Settlement Conferences ........................................................................................... 23 (d) Pretrial Order ............................................................................................................ 23 (e) Trial Briefs ................................................................................................................. 23 ii (f) Failure of Compliance ............................................................................................... 23 (g) Sanctions Against Counsel and Parties .................................................................... 24 (h) Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) ....................................................................... 24 RULE 17 - RULE 22 ................................................................................................................ 26 (RESERVED) .......................................................................................................................... 26 RULE 23 .................................................................................................................................. 27 CLASS ACTION - DISPOSITION OF RESIDUAL FUNDS ..................................................... 27 RULE 24 – RULE 25 ............................................................................................................... 28 (RESERVED) .......................................................................................................................... 28 RULE