y 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 on paper. The pendency of the application to seal does not affect any deadlines that may govern the proposed filing. The parties shall comply with such deadlines by filing the redacted version on ECF, serving the unredacted papers at issue on any opposing parties, and providing courtesy copies of the unredacted version to Chambers. If the Court approves the filing under seal, no further submissions shall be required. If the Court denies, in part, the motion for filing under seal, the party who made the submission shall be required to refile the document with modified redactions as directed by the Court.

discovery dispute with the Court must first confer in good faith with the opposing party, in person or by telephone, in an effort to resolve the dispute. If the meet-and-confer does not resolve the dispute, a party may submit a letter motion no longer than 3 single-spaced pages, explaining the nature of the dispute and requesting a conference. Such letter motion must state when the meet-and- confer occurred. Any responsive letter should be submitted within 3 business days after submission of the letter motion and should be no longer than 3 single-spaced pages. Failure to respond within 3 business days will result in a waiver of any objections. The Court will endeavor to resolve the issue without a conference and without the need for formal briefing. However, if formal briefing is required, the Court will either schedule a conference or set a schedule for such briefing. Motions other than Discovery Motions. To arrange a pre-motion conference for non- discovery matters, the moving party shall submit a letter motion in accordance with Individual Practice I.B. The letter motion should set forth the nature of the anticipated May 2025 3 motion. Any responsive letter should be submitted within 3 business days after submission of the letter motion. Memoranda of Law. The typeface, margins and spacing of motion papers must conform to Local Civil Rule 11.1. Unless prior permission has been granted, memoranda of law in support of and in opposition to motions may not exceed 8,750 words, and reply briefs may not exceed 3,500 words. Memoranda of 10 pages or more shall contain a table of contents and a table of authorities, neither of which shall count against the word limit. Sur-reply memoranda will not be accepted without prior permission of the Court. All moving papers, letter-motions, and letters filed on ECF or emailed to chambers must be in searchable PDF form. Additionally, to the extent citing unreported cases, parties are requested to use Westlaw citations whenever possible.