PA-ED — Meet and Confer

PA-ED requires a certification of conferral on discovery motions; non-discovery motions have no district pre-filing conferral requirement. The format of the conferral is not specified at the district level. PA-ED is a discovery-only meet-and-confer scope district with format unspecified.

Mechanics

• Discovery motions (Rule 26.1(f)): *'No motion or other application pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governing discovery or pursuant to this rule shall be made unless it contains a certification of counsel that the parties, after reasonable effort, are unable to resolve the dispute.'*
• Format: Not prescribed. Judge-specific overlay typical.
• Non-discovery motions: No district pre-filing conferral requirement.

For the trap on format unspecified, see Watchpoints #4.