All local rules for N.D. Ga., integrated with this judge's published requirements.
(B) Proper Notice to Adversary. Whenever an attorney desires to confer with a judge or magistrate judge of this Court in chambers with regard to a pending case, the attorney shall first give proper notice to opposing counsel, disclosing the date, hour, and nature of the conference sought, and shall satisfy the district judge or magistrate judge that such notice has been given. Emergency situations in which it is impossible to contact opposing counsel and those situations (other than motions to proceed in forma pauperis) where ex parte motions or applications are contemplated by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are excepted from this rule. N.D. Ga. LR 7.5(B) ↗
Courtroom Deputy Clerk Pamela Wright is your principal point of contact on matters relating to this case. Neither the parties, nor their counsel, should discuss the merits of the case with Ms. Wright or any of the Court's law clerks. Ms. Wright's contact information is as follows: Ms. Pamela Wright Courtroom Deputy Clerk 1967 United States Courthouse 75 Ted Turner Drive, SW Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3309 pamela_wright@gand.uscourts.gov 404-215-1284
(D) Page and Type Limitations. Absent prior permission of the Court, briefs filed in support of a motion or in response to a motion are limited in length to twenty-five (25) pages. N.D. Ga. LR 7.1(D) ↗
(D) Page and Type Limitations. Absent prior permission of the Court, briefs filed in support of a motion or in response to a motion are limited in length to twenty-five (25) pages. N.D. Ga. LR 7.1(D) ↗
(D) Page and Type Limitations. Absent prior permission of the Court, briefs filed in support of a motion or in response to a motion are limited in length to twenty-five (25) pages. If the movant files a reply, the reply brief may not exceed fifteen (15) pages. N.D. Ga. LR 7.1(D) ↗
Absent prior permission of the Court, objections to magistrate report and recommendations and opposing party responses are limited in length to twenty-five (25) pages. Said objections and responses shall also comply with the formatting requirements of Local Rule 5.1, NDGa.
MANDATORY. For any AI-assisted filing, counsel must include: 'This document was generated with the assistance of [identify AI tool name]. I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that, despite reliance on an AI tool, I have independently reviewed this document to confirm accuracy, legitimacy, and use of good and applicable law, pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.' ADDITIONAL PROHIBITION: Counsel and pro se parties shall not input, upload, or otherwise expose any information subject to a protective order into any AI tool. Jones -- ai_disclosure_requirement ↗
(B) Response to Motion. Any party opposing a motion shall serve the party's response, responsive memorandum, affidavits, and any other responsive material not later than fourteen (14) days after service of the motion, except that in cases of motion for summary judgment the time shall be twenty-one (21) days after the service of the motion. N.D. Ga. LR 7.1(B) ↗
(E) Hearings. Motions will be decided by the Court without oral hearing, unless a hearing is ordered by the Court. N.D. Ga. LR 7.1(E) ↗
In accordance with Local Rule 7.1(E), motions are usually decided without oral argument, but the Court will consider requests for hearing.
Except for emergency motions filed pursuant to Local Rule 7.2(B), the delivery of a hard copy of a document, in addition to the electronically filed copy, is not necessary, as the Court prefers to rely on its electronic access to court filings. The Court may, however, request courtesy copies of motions with voluminous exhibits. Courtesy copies of such motions should be hand-delivered to chambers in Room 1967 on the 19th floor of the Richard B. Russell Federal Building or submitted via regular mail to the attention of the Courtroom Deputy Clerk at the above-provided address. The courtesy copies provided shall be stamped filed with the CM/ECF (Case Management/Electronic Case Filing) header.
Unless the Court directs otherwise, all orders, including findings of fact and conclusions of law, orally announced by the district judge in Court shall be prepared in writing by the attorney for the prevailing party. The original order shall be submitted to the district judge within seven (7) days from the date of pronouncement. Copies shall also be provided each party. N.D. Ga. LR 7.3 ↗
The filing party shall include a proposed order granting the motion for all consent, unopposed, or joint motions.
As a general matter, this Court will seal only those items enumerated in the Court's Standing Order 04-02 regarding sensitive information and public access to electronic case files. If a party has very good cause to request sealing of material marked or identified as "CONFIDENTIAL," said party, after notification to the opposing party, may file a motion to seal in accordance with the Court's Procedures for Electronic Filing Documents Under Seal, located in Section II(J) of Appendix H to the Local Rules of the Northern District of Georgia. After entry on the docket, the Court will review the material in camera and decide whether to grant or deny the motion to seal.
(E) Hearings. Motions will be decided by the Court without oral hearing, unless a hearing is ordered by the Court. N.D. Ga. LR 7.1(E) ↗
In accordance with Local Rule 7.1(E), motions are usually decided without oral argument, but the Court will consider requests for hearing. If oral argument is requested, the party or parties should specify the particular reasons argument may be helpful to the Court and what issues will be the focus of the proposed argument.
Ms. Wright will then schedule a conference call or videoconference in which the Court will attempt to resolve the matter, without the necessity of a formal motion.
(D) Assignments to a Magistrate Judge. In a case referred to a magistrate judge, the magistrate judge will perform the duties assigned to him or her by the Court or a district judge under Court rule, plan, order or other document. A magistrate judge will perform other duties when those duties are assigned to him or her by the Court or a district judge under Court rule, plan order, or other document. The duties assigned to a magistrate judge by the Court, and the manner of their distribution and assignment, are specified in a standing order of the Court, available in the clerk’s office and on the Court’s website at www.gand.uscourts.gov. N.D. Ga. LR 72.1(D) (assignments to a magistrate judge; distribution of duties set by standing order of the Court) ↗
Prior to filing a motion to compel discovery, motion to quash, or motion for protective order and only after conferring with opposing counsel in a good faith effort to resolve the discovery dispute by agreement, an attorney (or pro se litigant) must contact Ms. Wright and notify her that there is a discovery dispute. Ms. Wright will then schedule a conference call or videoconference in which the Court will attempt to resolve the matter, without the necessity of a formal motion. This conference call or videoconference will be taken down by a duly appointed court reporter.
All citations to the record evidence should be contained in each party's brief, not just in the party's statement of undisputed (or disputed) facts. The party shall include in the brief, immediately following the evidentiary reference, a citation indicating (1) the paragraph, page, and/or transcript line numbers (if applicable) where the referenced evidence can be found and (2) the paragraph number(s) of the statement of undisputed (or disputed) facts where the fact stated can be found. If a party fails to cite to specific paragraphs, pages, and/or line numbers, the Court may require it to refile its motion, brief, and exhibits. In addition to following the form instructions set out in Local Rule 56.1(B), NDGa, a party responding to a statement of material facts shall copy into its response document the numbered statement to which it is responding and provide its response to that statement immediately following. Each party shall file these documents in a text-searchable PDF format. Statements of material fact that do not conform with these instructions will be returned to counsel for revision. Source ↗
Any request for a temporary restraining order ("TRO") or for preliminary injunctive relief must be made by a separate motion. A request for a TRO or preliminary injunction found only in the complaint will not be considered. After filing an appropriate motion, the movant must contact Ms. Wright to request expedited consideration. Any motion for TRO or preliminary injunction which requests injunctive or equitable relief should be accompanied by a proposed order. Source ↗