District of Delaware Local Rules and Judge Filing Requirements

Sworn declarations required for disputed factual issues

Materials for appendix must be submitted in Joint Appendix.

Rebuttal fact witness list due one month after receiving initial fact witness list

Page limits for proposed Findings of Fact must be proposed in pretrial order.

Parties must submit to depositions within this district upon request.

Opposition letters for motions to amend must be filed within 7 days and limited to 5 single-spaced pages.

Defendant's sur-reply brief in claim construction is limited to 2,750 words.

Opposing parties must respond to concise statement of facts within 6 pages, addressing each paragraph and providing citations for disputed facts.

Opposition to summary judgment must include a response to the concise statement, limited to 6 pages.

Opposition to motions to strike must be filed within 7 days as a 5-page letter.

Joint voir dire, jury instructions, and verdict forms must be filed 3 business days before the final pretrial conference with electronic courtesy copies in Microsoft Word format emailed to Rebecca_Polito@ded.uscourts.gov.

Two courtesy copies required for briefs and supporting documents, including sealed papers, by noon next business day.

Parties may submit two courtesy copies of a case compendium with any briefing.

Courtesy copies required for briefs, appendices, exhibits, declarations, affidavits, and sealed papers; appendices/exhibits must have hard tabs.

Parties must provide two double-sided courtesy copies of all briefs and supporting documents, with tabbed exhibits and highlighted sections.

Parties must jointly submit a proposed judgment order within seven days after jury verdict.

Parties are encouraged to submit a redline of agreed changes to a proposed order one hour before the hearing.

Parties must supplement identification of accused products and invalidity references by the specified date, unless otherwise agreed and approved.

Opposition to a motion to amend must be filed within 7 days of the motion.

Opposition letter for discovery disputes must be filed 48 hours before the conference.

Brief cover colors: opening (blue), answering (red), reply (gray); motions in limine excluded.

The parties must produce single-page TIFF images with associated multi-page extracted-text or OCR files and Concordance and Opticon load files containing requisite information, including relevant metadata.

Multiple exhibits should be sent as a zip file with exhibit numbers and descriptions.

Non-hyperlinked cases: trial exhibits required within 1 week, double-sided, stapled/bound, in labeled folders, with electronic copy on labeled flash drive.

Pretrial documents must be submitted in Word format.

Confer with chambers to obtain dates before filing a Certificate of Counsel and proposed Omnibus Hearing Date Order.

Video conference emails must include links and joining instructions.

PSI reports and sentencing memoranda must be emailed to chambers at the specified address.

Parties may inquire about status of pending matters after reasonable time.

Counsel must contact Judge Wolson by phone for deposition issues and must not leave a deposition without first attempting to contact Chambers for guidance.

Motions to strike must be accompanied by a 3-page letter, not an opening brief.

Early case dispositive motions require leave with 4-page letter brief; responsive briefs limited to 4 pages within 7 days; no reply briefs.

Meet and confer required 3-2 weeks before claim construction hearing to file Amended Joint Claim Construction Chart.

Responses to discovery motions are due within 3 days absent a court order.

Opposition pre-motion letter (max 4 pages, 12pt font) due 48 hours before conference.

Multiple Daubert motions must be numbered in order of priority; Court will not review subsequent motions if one is denied.

First Day Binders require submission of a virtual hyperlinked hearing agenda and delivery of one physical binder to Chambers.

Separate briefing on in limine requests is prohibited; all arguments must be included in the pretrial order.

Demonstratives created during testimony or used for cross examination are exempt from the exchange requirements.

Motions in limine must not be filed separately.

To request sealing/redaction of a transcript, file a motion with highlighted complete transcript and proposed redacted version.

Redacted versions of sealed documents must be filed electronically within 7 days of the sealed filing.

Redacted version of sealed documents must be filed electronically within 7 days.

Sealed documents require 1 original + 2 copies to Clerk; electronic redacted version within 7 days.

To seal a transcript, note intent at start of proceeding and file a motion with highlighted and proposed redacted transcripts.

Continuances of court events are granted only in extreme circumstances; other extension requests require an appropriate showing of good cause.

Parties must adhere to scheduling orders unless good cause exists; trial date extensions require extraordinary circumstances.

Claim construction hearing: no testimony without prior approval, max 3 hours total.

United States may request extension for good cause

Discovery-related extension requests for case dispositive motions must follow the discovery dispute letter procedure.

Mediation statements must not be e-filed or docketed.

Stipulations and proposed orders must be emailed to Chambers instead of filed on the docket, departing from Local Civil Rule 5.1.2(9).

For claims binders, email hyperlinked index or consolidated searchable PDF.

Sealed documents must be filed electronically.

Mediation statements must not be electronically filed; they must be delivered to the Clerk's Office in a sealed envelope addressed to the Magistrate Judge.

Claim construction briefs are served on opposing counsel but not filed with the court individually.

The responding party must serve its response to the statement of facts on all other parties at least 14 days before the summary judgment motion deadline.

After filing a Notice of Completion of Briefing, email a copy to chambers.

Delaware counsel must inform out-of-state counsel about this Order.

Exhibits intended for use at a hearing must be emailed in PDF format to all relevant parties and chambers no later than 24 hours before the hearing.

Judge encourages newer attorneys to argue motions they contributed to briefing for.

If a party designates a younger attorney to argue a motion, the Court will permit supervising counsel to assist during oral argument.

Attorneys with fewer than 7 years of experience are encouraged to participate in proceedings.

Judge Wolson encourages assigning court presentations to less-experienced attorneys and may permit two lawyers to argue if requested in advance.

Newer attorneys (practicing fewer than 7 years) are encouraged to participate in oral arguments; upon notice, judge grants oral argument if practicable, considers extra time, and allows experienced counsel to assist.

A filing fee of $199 may be recovered for a motion for relief from stay.

Pro hac vice motions will be denied if no filing fee is submitted.