D. Ariz. LRCiv 7.2

(a) Motions Shall be in Writing. All motions, unless made during a hearing

or trial, shall be in writing and shall be made sufficiently in advance of trial to comply

with the time periods set forth in this Local Rule and any Court order and to avoid any

delays in the trial.

(b) Memorandum by Moving Party. Unless otherwise ordered by the court,

upon any motion, the moving party shall serve and file with the motion's papers a

memorandum setting forth the points and authorities relied upon in support of the motion.

(c) Responsive Memorandum. The opposing party shall, unless otherwise

ordered by the Court and except as otherwise provided by Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure, and Rules 12.1 and 56.1, Local Rules of Civil Procedure, have fourteen

(14) days after service in a civil or criminal case within which to serve and file a

responsive memorandum.

(d) Reply Memorandum. The moving party, unless otherwise ordered by the

Court, and except as otherwise provided by Rules 12.1 and 56.1, Local Rules of Civil

Procedure, shall have seven (7) days after service of the responsive memorandum to file a

reply memorandum if that party so desires.

(e) Length of Motions, Memoranda and Objections.

(1) Unless otherwise permitted by the Court, a motion including its

supporting memorandum, and the response including its supporting memorandum, may

not exceed seventeen (17) pages, exclusive of attachments and any required statement of

facts.

(2) Unless otherwise permitted by the Court, a reply including its

supporting memorandum may not exceed eleven (11) pages, exclusive of attachments.

(3) Unless otherwise permitted by the Court, an objection to a Report

and Recommendation issued by a Magistrate Judge shall not exceed ten (10) pages.

The time periods prescribed in the Local Rules are to be computed in accordance

with Rule 6, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

(4) Attachments shall exclude materials extraneous to genuine issues of

material fact or law.

(f) Oral Arguments. Unless otherwise directed by the Court, a party desiring

oral argument must request it by placing "Oral Argument Requested" immediately below

the title of a motion or the response to a motion. The Court may decide motions without

oral argument. If oral argument is granted, notice will be given in a manner directed by

the Court.

(g) Motions for Reconsideration.

(1) Form and Content of Motion. The Court will ordinarily deny a

motion for reconsideration of an Order absent a showing of manifest error or a showing

of new facts or legal authority that could not have been brought to its attention earlier

with reasonable diligence. Any such motion shall point out with specificity the matters

that the movant believes were overlooked or misapprehended by the Court, any new

matters being brought to the Court’s attention for the first time and the reasons they were

not presented earlier, and any specific modifications being sought in the Court’s Order.

No motion for reconsideration of an Order may repeat any oral or written argument made

by the movant in support of or in opposition to the motion that resulted in the Order.

Failure to comply with this subsection may be grounds for denial of the motion.

(2) Procedure. No response to a motion for reconsideration and no reply

to the response may be filed unless ordered by the Court, but no motion for

reconsideration may be granted unless the Court provides an opportunity for response.

Absent good cause shown, any motion for reconsideration shall be filed no later than

fourteen (14) days after the date of the filing of the Order that is the subject of the

motion.

(h) Telephone Argument and Conferences. The Court may, in its discretion,

order or allow oral argument on any motion or other proceeding by speaker telephone

conference call, provided that all conversations of all parties are audible to each

participant and the Court. Upon request of any party, such oral argument may be

recorded by court reporter or other lawful method under such conditions as the Court

shall deem practicable. Counsel shall request scheduling of such calls at a time

convenient to all parties and the Court. The Court may direct which party shall pay the

cost of the call.

(i) Briefs or Memoranda of Law; Effect of Non-Compliance. If a motion

does not conform in all substantial respects with the requirements of this Local Rule, or if

the unrepresented party or counsel does not serve and file the required answering

memoranda, or if the unrepresented party or counsel fails to appear at the time and place

assigned for oral argument, such non-compliance may be deemed a consent to the denial

or granting of the motion and the Court may dispose of the motion summarily.

(j) Discovery Motions. No discovery motion will be considered or decided

unless a statement of moving counsel is attached thereto certifying that after personal

consultation and sincere efforts to do so, counsel have been unable to satisfactorily

resolve the matter. Any discovery motion brought before the Court without prior

personal consultation with the other party and a sincere effort to resolve the matter, may

result in sanctions.

(k) Motions to Compel. With regard to motions to compel discovery brought

pursuant to Rule 37(a)(3)(B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, see Rule 37.1,

Local Rules of Civil Procedure.

(l) Motions in Limine. No opposed motion in limine will be considered or

decided unless moving counsel certifies therein that the movant has in good faith

conferred or attempted to confer with the opposing party or counsel in an effort to

resolve disputed evidentiary issues that are the subject of the motion. The moving party

is not permitted to file a reply in support of its motion in limine.

(m) Motions to Strike.

(1) Generally. Unless made at trial, a motion to strike may be filed only

if it is authorized by statute or rule, such as Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(f),

26(g)(2) or 37(b)(2)(A)(iii), or if it seeks to strike any part of a filing or submission on

the ground that it is prohibited (or not authorized) by a statute, rule, or court order.

(2) Objections to Admission of Evidence on Written Motions. An

objection to (and any argument regarding) the admissibility of evidence offered in

support of or opposition to a motion must be presented in the objecting party’s responsive

or reply memorandum and not in a separate motion to strike or other separate filing. If

the underlying motion is a motion for summary judgment, an objection may be included

in a party’s response to another party’s separate statement of material facts in lieu of (or

in addition to) including it in the party’s responsive memorandum, but any objection in

the party’s response to the separate statement of material facts must be stated summarily

without argument. Any response to an objection must be included in the responding

party’s reply memorandum for the underlying motion and may not be presented in a

separate responsive memorandum.

(n) Pending Motions Notification. Whenever any motion or other matter has

been taken under advisement by a District Judge or Magistrate Judge for more than one

hundred and eighty (180) days, the attorneys of record in the case shall inquire of the

Court, in writing, as to the status of the matter. Pending Motions Notifications filed in

electronic form must be submitted according to the Administrative Policies and

Procedures Manual.