N.D.N.Y. L.R. 10.1 — Form of Papers (Amended January 1, 2026)
A published court requirement that applies in New York. Category: Local Rules. Effective January 1, 2026. Verified against the official source (N.D.N.Y. — Local Rules (U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York)) on November 3, 2026.
Summary
N.D.N.Y. L.R. 10.1 — Form of Papers (Amended January 1, 2026): the court's own rule, verbatim from the Local Rules of Practice, United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, effective January 1, 2026 (official PDF, sha-custodied). Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York as its section states (Section III, Pleadings And Motions), alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
Requirement
(a) Form Generally. All pleadings, motions, and other documents that a party presents for filing, whether in paper form or in electronic form, shall meet the following requirements: 1. all text, whether in the body of the document or in footnotes, must be a minimum of 12-point type. 2. all documents must have one-inch margins on all four sides of the page. 3. all text in the body of the document must be double-spaced. 4. the text in block quotations and footnotes may be single-spaced. 5. extensive footnotes must not be used to circumvent page limitations. 6. compacted or other compressed printing features must not be used. 7. pages must be consecutively numbered. (b) Additional requirements for all pleadings, motions, and other documents that a party presents for filing in paper form: 1. all documents must be on 8 ½ x 11-inch white paper of good quality. 2. all text must be plainly and legibly written, typewritten, printed or reproduced without erasures or interlineations materially defacing them. 3. all documents must be in black or blue ink. 4. pages of all documents must be stapled (or in some other way fastened) together. 5. all documents must be single-sided. 6. the Court, at its discretion, may require the electronic submission of any document in a Word-compatible or WordPerfect-compatible format. The Court may strike documents that do not comply with the above-listed requirements. (c) Information required. The following information must appear on each document that a party files: 1. Each document must contain a caption for the specific case to which it pertains. The caption must include the title of the Court, the title of the action, the civil action number of the case, the initials of the assigned judge(s), and the name or nature of the paper in sufficient detail for identification. If a litigant has more than one action pending in this Court, any and all papers filed in a case must contain and pertain to one civil action number, unless the civil actions have been consolidated by the Court. Any motion or other papers purporting to relate to more than one action will not be accepted for filing and may be stricken by the Court. This Rule shall not apply, as noted below, to notices of change of address filed by attorneys of record and pro se litigants. The parties must separately caption affidavits and declarations and must not physically attach them to the Notice of Motion or Memorandum of Law. 2. Each document must identify the person filing the document. This identification must include an original or electronic signature of the attorney or pro se litigant; the typewritten name of that person; the address of a pro se litigant, including zip code; and the bar roll number, office address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the attorney. A pro se litigant’s complete mailing address in the signature block is required on all documents filed with the court and shall also appear on the face of the docket. Telephone numbers of non-prisoner pro se parties are required to be displayed on the docket for purposes of scheduling court proceedings. See General Order # 22 for signature requirements. All attorneys of record and pro se litigants must immediately notify the Court of any change of address and/or telephone number. Parties must file the notice of change of address with the Clerk and serve the same on all other parties to the action. The notice must identify each and every action to which the notice shall apply. In addition, the notice shall be clearly entitled, “Notice of Change of Address.” Attorneys shall update their bar record within (14) days of a change, including their address, email address, and telephone number through www.pacer.gov. Detailed instructions to update the bar record are available on the Court's website at www.nynd.uscourts.gov. Failure to keep this information current will result in removal from the roll of the Court. 3. All documents submitted for filing by non-ECF filers via MFT must be submitted in PDF format and comply with L.R. 10.1(c)(1) and (2) above, which specify formatting requirements for pleadings and other papers. All documents submitted in support of a complaint must be filed concurrently with the complaint. Subsequent submissions of documents or exhibits supporting a pleading will not be accepted unless accompanied by a proposed amended complaint relying on those documents or exhibits, in compliance with Fed.R.Civ.P. 15 and L.R. 15.1. All documents submitted in support of a motion must be filed concurrently with the motion and must comply with L.R. 7.1. Each exhibit to a motion must be clearly labeled with a numerical exhibit number and identified by exhibit number within the motion papers. Failure to adhere to these requirements may result in the document being stricken from the docket or terminating the filer’s MFT submission privileges. Any documents submitted for filing via MFT after 4:45 pm will not be reviewed until 8:45 am on the next business day. (d) The Court conducts its reviews and deliberations in English. Unless otherwise directed by the Court, any document that a party transmits to the Court (including one in the record on appeal) that is in a language other than English must be accompanied by an English translation that the translator has certified as true and accurate, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746. Any party who disputes a translation must file notice of its intention to challenge the translation with the Court and all other parties within seven (7) days of receiving the Notice of Electronic Filing for the translation, or, if a non-Filing User, within seven (7) days of receiving the translation. Upon receipt of a notice to challenge a translation, the Court shall establish the procedure and applicable time periods for the challenge to be heard.
Source of truth
(a) Form Generally. All pleadings, motions, and other documents that a party presents for filing, whether in paper form or in electronic form, shall meet the following requirements: 1. all text, whether in the body of the document or in footnotes, must be a minimum of 12-point t
- Source health
- Healthy · checked November 14, 2026
- Effective date
- January 1, 2026
- Last verified
- November 3, 2026benchpath-nyfed-rules-2026-11-03
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