Judge Louis L. Stanton
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
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Limits & Logistics
Courtesy Copies
All filings
- 1 copy • Chambers Drop Off
Adjournments
- Adjournment/extension requests must include original date, previous requests, adversary consent, and proposed revised schedule if affecting other dates; 48-hour advance notice required for court appearances.
- Trial dates are firm; clerk information does not justify continuance.
- Out-of-town witnesses or scheduling problems require early application.
- Sidebar conferences minimized; postpone unless necessary to avoid prejudice.
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Request must include
Communication
Phone
Letter via ECF
Page & Word Limits1 rule
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Unless the case is unusually complex, each party will be limited to 10 minutes.
Summary: Opening statements limited to 10 minutes unless case is unusually complex.
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Document Format Requirements1 rule
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In all submissions to Judge Stanton where exhibits are attached, the exhibits shall be separated by index tabs so that the particular exhibit may be readily located within the group of exhibits.
Summary: Exhibits must be separated by index tabs for easy location.
Document Filing Requirements14 rules
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In jury trials, counsel are required to submit at the time the joint pre-trial order is filed (1) a brief discussing the issues to be tried (2) proposed voir dire questions and a list of individuals, companies or other entities that may appear as witnesses or otherwise be referred to during the trial, (3) proposed jury charges.
Summary: Jury trials require brief, proposed voir dire, and jury charges with pre-trial order.
Document Type
Pre-Trial Order
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All exhibits should be marked prior to introduction. No trial time will be used for this purpose.
Summary: Exhibits must be marked before trial; no time allocated for marking during trial.
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Exhibits
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When expert witnesses will be used to support disputed findings, the party who will call the expert must submit to his adversary and file with the Court on or before the submission date of the pre-trial order, a sworn statement, executed by the expert witness, summarizing his or her education and professional background and his or her direct testimony.
Summary: Expert witness sworn statements required with pre-trial order.
Document Type
Pre-Trial Order
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Defendant shall serve on plaintiff proposed counter-findings of ultimate fact with respect to the contested findings. With each counter-finding, defendant shall list the evidentiary source which supports his or her contentions, such as the page number of a deposition, name of a witness, exhibit or photograph.
Summary: Defendant must serve counter-findings with evidentiary sources for each contested finding.
Document Type
Pretrial Order
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In bench trials, unless otherwise instructed, counsel are required to submit proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law with their trial briefs.
Summary: Bench trials require proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law with trial briefs.
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Trial Brief
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At trial, the parties may only offer proof with respect to the disputed facts contained in the pre-trial order. The agreed facts will automatically become part of the record.
Summary: At trial, only disputed facts from pre-trial order may be offered as proof; agreed facts become part of record.
Document Type
Pretrial Order
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Finally, with the pre-trial order the parties shall each submit trial briefs on contested issue(s) of law, requests to charge, proposed voir dire, and copies of the expert's sworn statements, if applicable.
Summary: Trial briefs, requests to charge, and proposed voir dire required with pre-trial order.
Document Type
Pre-Trial Order
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At the beginning of the trial, a complete extra set of documentary exhibits should be handed to the Judge for his use during the trial. Upon application, the court may excuse a party from this requirement where it would be burdensome.
Summary: Extra set of documentary exhibits required for judge at trial start.
Document Type
Exhibits
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Promptly after the completion of discovery, plaintiff shall serve on defendant a set of proposed findings of ultimate fact, without evidentiary detail, which would be sufficient to sustain a judgment for plaintiff if these facts were ultimately found to be true. Twenty findings should be sufficient in most cases.
Summary: Plaintiff must serve 20 proposed findings of ultimate fact to defendant after discovery completion.
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Pretrial Order
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Counsel should stipulate to the foundation for all exhibits whose authenticity is not questioned. Trial time will not be wasted on unnecessary foundation testimony.
Summary: Stipulate to exhibit foundation when authenticity not questioned.
Document Type
Exhibits
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Trial briefs should also identify and address any evidentiary issue(s) likely to arise at trial. Briefs should be concise, declaratory statements of the law without unnecessary detail or recitation of facts. Each statement of law in the briefs must be supported by citation to appropriate authority.
Summary: Trial briefs must be concise, address evidentiary issues, and cite authority.
Document Type
Trial Brief
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Defendant shall inform plaintiff which proposed findings are contested and which are not contested. Disagreements should be on substance only, not on form or wording.
Summary: Defendant must inform plaintiff which proposed findings are contested, focusing on substance only.
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Pretrial Order
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Plaintiff shall inform defendant which of defendant's proposed findings are contested and which are not contested. With respect to those which plaintiff contests, defendant shall list the evidentiary sources which support his or her contentions.
Summary: Plaintiff must inform defendant which counter-findings are contested and provide supporting evidentiary sources.
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Pretrial Order
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Defendant shall also serve proposed findings on affirmative defenses and other subject matter not covered by plaintiff. Defendant's concessions, counter-findings, and new proposed findings should be sufficient to sustain judgment in defendant's favor if found to be true.
Summary: Defendant must serve proposed findings on affirmative defenses and other uncovered subject matter.
Document Type
Pretrial Order
Filing & Service rules
Courtesy Copy Requirements
Courtesy copies of all motion papers must be submitted to chambers at time of service.
Courtesy copies of all motion papers, marked as such, should be submitted to chambers at the time papers are served.
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Sealing & Redaction Procedures
Sealed documents must be filed under seal in ECF and related to the motion; docket text must not contain confidential information.
The proposed sealed document must be contemporaneously filed under seal in the ECF system and electronically related to the motion. The summary docket text, but not the sealed document, will be open to public inspection and should not include confidential information sought to be filed under seal.
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For redaction approval, file redacted version publicly and unredacted version under seal with highlights.
Where the motion seeks approval to redact information from a document that is to be publicly filed, the filing party shall: (a) publicly file the document with the proposed redactions, and (b) electronically file under seal a copy of the unredacted document with the proposed redactions highlighted. Both documents must be electronically filed through the ECF system and related to the motion.
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Supporting papers for sealing must be filed electronically and may be sealed/redacted only as necessary.
the particular reasons for seeking to file that information under seal and should not include confidential information sought to be filed under seal. Supporting papers must be separately filed electronically and may be filed under seal or redacted only to the extent necessary to safeguard information sought to be filed under seal.
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Parties unable to file under seal electronically must seek leave to file on paper.
Any party unable to comply with the requirement for electronic filing under seal through the ECF system, or who has reason to believe that a particular document should not be electronically filed, must move for leave of the Court to file in the traditional manner, on paper.
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Filing Bundling Requirements
Motion papers must be filed promptly after service.
Motion papers shall be filed promptly after service.
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Parties must submit one consolidated pre-trial order signed by all parties.
At this point the parties should meet to collate the various disputed and undisputed proposed findings, submitting to the court ONE CONSOLIDATED pre-trial order signed by all the parties to the action.
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Pre-Motion Conference Requirements
Pre-motion conference required for most motions (except specified exceptions); moving party must submit 3-page letter explaining basis for anticipated motion.
For discovery motions, follow Local Civil Rule 37.2. For motions other than discovery motions, a pre-motion conference is required before filing any motion, except applications for temporary restraining orders or for injunctive relief, motions made by persons in custody, motions to dismiss in lieu of an answer, motions for reduction of sentence, motions for reargument, motions to affirm or vacate an arbitration award, Pro Hac Vice motions, and appeals from a magistrate judge’s rulings. To arrange a pre-motion conference, the moving party shall submit a letter not to exceed three pages in length setting forth the basis for the anticipated motion.
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Adjournment & Extension Requirements
Adjournment/extension requests must include original date, previous requests, adversary consent, and proposed revised schedule if affecting other dates; 48-hour advance notice required for court appearances.
All requests for adjournments or extensions of time must state (1) the original date, (2) the number of previous requests for adjournment or extension, (3) whether these previous requests were granted or denied, and (4) whether the adversary consents, and, if not, the reasons given by the adversary for refusing to consent. If the requested adjournment or extension affects any other scheduled dates, a proposed Revised Scheduling Order (reflecting only business days) must be attached. If the request is for an adjournment of a court appearance, absent an emergency it shall be made at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled appearance.
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Trial dates are firm; clerk information does not justify continuance.
All trial settings are firm. The court clerk will be happy to answer your questions as to how the schedule appears, but reliance upon such information will not justify a continuance.
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Sidebar conferences minimized; postpone unless necessary to avoid prejudice.
Sidebar conferences will be kept to a minimum. This court agrees with Standard 5.9 of the Standards suggested by the American Bar Association Advisory Committee on the Judge's Function (1972): The trial Judge should be alert to the distracting effect on the jury during the taking of evidence of frequent bench conferences between counsel and the judge out of the hearing of the jury, and should postpone the requested conference to the next recess except when an immediate conference appears necessary to avoid prejudice.
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Out-of-town witnesses or scheduling problems require early application.
Counsel with out-of-town witnesses or other special scheduling problems may request appropriate consideration by presenting an application well before the trial date.
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Be on time for court sessions; arrange in advance for other courtroom matters.
Please be on time for each court session. If you have matters in other courtrooms, arrange in advance to...
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Chambers Communication Rules
Faxes and emails to chambers are prohibited.
Faxes and emails to chambers are not permitted.
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For docketing, scheduling, and calendar matters, call chambers at (212)805-0252.
Docketing, Scheduling, and Calendar Matters. For docketing, scheduling and calendar matters, call chambers at (212)805-0252.
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Telephone calls permitted for non-docketing/scheduling matters at (212)805-0252.
Telephone Calls. In addition to Paragraph 1(D) below, telephone calls to chambers are permitted. For matters other than docketing, scheduling or calendaring, call chambers at (212)805-0252.
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Communications with chambers must be by letter with copies to all counsel; counsel correspondence not sent to court.
Letters. Except as otherwise provided below, communications with chambers shall be by letter, with copies simultaneously delivered to all counsel. Copies of correspondence between counsel shall not be sent to the Court.
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Counsel may write to court if matter undecided after 60 days or creates particular problems.
If a matter is not decided within sixty days of the time it is fully submitted, or its pendency undecided creates particular problems for any party, counsel may write so advising the court.
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