New York Supreme Court, Bronx County Filing Rules

If no Notice of Appearance was previously entered, the attorney must complete and submit one in Open Court before appearing.

The physician affirmation, medical records, or hospital report must contain specified medical-history, examination, diagnosis, prognosis, recovery, and treatment information.

Subpoenas are not required to be so ordered.

When the action is unassigned, the request for a preliminary conference must be filed with an RJI.

A Note of Issue deadline extension request must include an affirmation stating why discovery could not be completed by the current deadline and the shortest time needed to complete discovery.

The Court part may be contacted by email for sample questions about inquests.

The Part Clerk may provide information about scheduling conferences and motion arguments.

A proposed Order should be electronically filed and emailed to the Law Clerks in Word format.

Parties are prohibited from calling chambers or the part to schedule an appearance or request an appearance adjournment.

Parties seeking a pre-note settlement conference calendar date must agree in advance and email Part 33.

All Part 11 documents must be filed electronically through NYSCEF, except that unrepresented litigants are not required to use e-filing but are strongly encouraged to do so.

Papers submitted electronically must comply with the Bronx Supreme Court Filing Rules for E-filed Motions.

Hard-copy submission of a proposed order to show cause and supporting papers is permitted for an emergency TRO request demonstrating significant prejudice from notice, and is mandatory when presentation outside normal court hours is necessary; the papers must include the specified back-page notice and generally must later be e-filed.

In a case not converted to e-filing, an affirmation must be emailed to the Part address on notice to all sides at least one day before the court appearance.

To waive preliminary-conference appearances, parties must file the jointly completed scheduling order through NYSCEF and email a copy to the Part Clerk.

A witness’s unavailability does not qualify as such a circumstance if the party knew before the case was assigned to Part 11 for trial that the witness’s testimony was necessary.

An adjournment request requiring an explanation will be denied if the requesting party does not provide it.

A motion-adjournment request must be written, filed on NYSCEF, and submitted at least 48 hours before the return date.

An adjournment generally will not be granted unless good cause is shown and the request is made three business days in advance, except in an emergency.

Dates set by the Referee are final and may be adjourned only for good cause with the Referee's approval.

A Notice of Malpractice filed after 60 days requires leave of court obtained by motion and a showing of good cause.

The admitted-exhibit list and its hard copy must be filed within seven days after the conclusion of trial.

Summary-judgment motions and cross-motions must be served and filed no later than 60 days after the Note of Issue is filed.

A party may request a virtual oral argument by filing a letter or stipulation at least one week before the argument and emailing a copy to the three listed court addresses.

Papers served in violation of the stated CPLR time periods may be rejected by the court.

A discovery motion filed without a prior Rule 14 Conference will be held in abeyance until the conference occurs.

A party may request oral argument by filing a letter with the motion papers and emailing the request to the listed chambers address.

The court will schedule an in-person appearance for every compliant discovery motion, while a noncompliant discovery motion will be denied without prejudice.

When court intervention is necessary after a good-faith discovery effort, the parties must file an NYSCEF letter requesting an in-person discovery conference and briefly describe the issue.

If good-faith efforts do not resolve a discovery dispute, the Court strongly encourages an application for a pre-motion conference addressing the dispute and other discovery issues.

Motions must use official citations instead of unofficial Westlaw or Lexis citations.

Copies submitted with motion papers must be legible.

Each separately filed motion exhibit must bear a title identifying the exhibit.

A flash drive containing motion media must be clearly labeled with the index number, motion sequence, and exhibit letter or number.

When a party proposes modifying a PJI, it must submit the complete modified PJI to Chambers in hard copy and in clean and redline Microsoft Word documents and include it in the referenced exchanges.

After providing the required TRO notice, the movant must immediately e-file proof of that notice's service to NYSCEF.

The conference adjournment request must be sent to all parties.

The party filing the RJI must file proof of service of the RJI, the preliminary-conference request, and the notice on the opposing litigant or attorney no later than ten days before the preliminary conference.

Plaintiff must serve the Note of Issue and inquest-request letter on the defendant by first-class mail within 10 days of filing them in NYSCEF and upload an affidavit of service within 10 days after service.

A Notice of Motion must be served under CPLR 2214 and CPLR Rule 2103.

Chambers does not require a working copy when the electronically filed motion and exhibits together contain fewer than 20 pages.

Motion Support no longer accepts working copies of motion-related papers.

The Court must receive working copies of both the redacted and unredacted papers, with the status clearly identified on each cover page.

Chambers does not require paper working copies of electronically filed motion papers.

A copy of the motion-withdrawal filing must be sent to the two specified chambers email addresses.

The Court will consider requests for additional sealing or redaction only through an order to show cause.

Confidential personal information includes taxpayer identification numbers, birth dates, minors' full names, and financial account numbers, subject to the stated limited exceptions.

The court may refuse to accept a paper that does not comply with the stated New York redacted-filing rule.

Confidential personal information must be omitted or redacted from papers submitted for filing.

All e-filed documents must redact the infant’s full name and date of birth, except initials and year.

The word limits in Uniform Rule 202.8-b(a) will be strictly enforced for motion filings.

All submitted motions must comply with the CPLR word-count requirements.

Parties must comply with the word-count limits in 22 NYCRR 202.8-b, but the Court may permit an oversized submission upon oral or written application with notice to all parties.

A motion must not exceed the word count specified in 22 NYCRR 202.8-b unless the court grants leave.

The court may permit an oversize submission upon oral or written application with notice to all parties.

Reply papers may not be submitted on an order to show cause.

A motion seeking substantive relief may not be combined with an application for discovery relief.

A motion seeking substantive relief may not be joined with a discovery application.

A discovery motion must stand alone, may not include requests for other relief, and must initially be returnable in Motion Support Office, Room 217, on a non-court-holiday weekday at 9:30 a.m.

After a motion is fully submitted or argued, no further submissions or post-argument letters concerning that motion will be accepted.

The court's menu Fee Schedule states the applicable filing fees.

The party filing the first paper must pay the proper fee, obtain an index number from the county clerk, and affix it to the paper.

A separate filing fee is required for each infant plaintiff's Infant Compromise Order.

The Court strongly encourages participation by women, diverse attorneys, and attorneys with less than five years of practice, including opportunities for them to appear in court.