Current through June 20, 2026

District of New Jersey

Local rules, motion practice, and judge procedures for D.N.J. practitioners.

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Orientation

NJ-D's local civil rules were last revised September 2, 2025. The 1997 restructuring grouped court-administration rules...

NJ-D has individual judge standing orders that supplement the local rules. The rules are supplemented by the Civ. R....

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NJ-D requires CM/ECF filing of all civil documents. Sealing is governed by Civ. R. 5.3, which is also the...

description

NJ-D uses district-uniform page limits with a distinctive non-conforming-font penalty. ## Mechanics - **Main brief...

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NJ-D is a submission court that runs on a motion-day calendar. Briefing deadlines count back from the noticed motion day...

fact_check

NJ-D requires a Statement of Material Facts on every summary judgment motion. NJ-D is a district 56.1 framework...