US · rules
S.D. Ind. L.R. 7-5
Oral Arguments and Hearings
(a) Request for Oral Argument. A party may request oral argument by filing a
separate motion explaining why oral argument is necessary and estimating how
long the court should allow for the argument. The request must be filed and served
with the supporting brief, response brief, or reply brief.
(b) No Additional Evidence at Oral Argument. Parties may not present
additional evidence at oral argument.
(c) Request for Evidentiary Hearing. A party may request an evidentiary
hearing on a motion or petition by serving and filing a separate motion explaining
why the hearing is necessary and estimating how long the court should allow for the
hearing.
(d) Directed by the Court. The court may:
(1) grant or deny a request for oral argument or an evidentiary hearing in its
sole discretion;
(2) set oral argument or an evidentiary hearing without a request from a
party; and
(3) order any oral argument or evidentiary hearing to be held anywhere
within the district regardless of where the case will be tried.
Provenance
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- www.insd.uscourts.gov
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- 2026-09-18
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- fed-district-2026-09-19
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