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S.D.N.Y. Local Civil Rule 6.3

Motions for Reconsideration

activein force · 2026-01-02 – presentact-effective-date

Unless otherwise provided by the court or by statute or rule (such as Fed. R. Civ. P. 50,

52, and 59), a notice of motion for reconsideration must be served within 14 days after

the entry of the court’s order being challenged. There must be served with the notice of

motion a memorandum setting forth concisely the matters or controlling decisions

which the moving party believes the court has overlooked. The time periods for the

service of any answering and reply memoranda are governed by Local Civil Rule 6.1(a)

or (b). No party is to file an affidavit unless directed by the court. Unless otherwise

provided by the court, the length limitations for filings under this rule are as follows: if

filed by an attorney or prepared with a computer, briefs in support of and in response

to a motion may not exceed 3,500 words, and reply briefs may not exceed 1,750 words;

if filed by a party who is not represented by an attorney and handwritten or prepared

with a typewriter, briefs in support of and in response to a motion may not exceed 10

pages, and reply briefs may not exceed five pages. These limits do not include the

caption, any index, table of contents, table of authorities, signature blocks, or any

required certificates, but do include material contained in footnotes or endnotes. If a

brief is filed by an attorney or prepared with a computer, the party must also provide a

certificate of compliance as required by Local Civil Rule 7.1(c). To the extent the court

permits a party to submit briefs longer than these limits, and expresses those limits in

pages, each additional page must not contain more than 350 additional words if the

brief is filed by an attorney or prepared with a computer.

For relevant historical context for this local rule, consult the Appendix of Committee Notes.

History

PRE-2024 COMMITTEE NOTE Local Civil Rule 6.3 is necessary because the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure do not specify the time periods governing a motion for reconsideration or reargument. In the first sentence of Local Civil Rule 6.3, the Committee recommends an amendment to clarify that the Court may set a different time for the filing of a motion for reconsideration or reargument. 2024 COMMITTEE NOTE A page limit on briefs has been imposed to emphasize the limited scope of a motion for reconsideration. 2025 COMMITTEE NOTE The rule is amended to replace page limits with word limits for any brief filed by an attorney or prepared with a computer, consistent with the concurrent amendment to Local Civil Rule 7.1. The rule provides page limits if a party is not represented by an attorney and the brief is handwritten or prepared with a typewriter because a word limit for such submissions would be impracticable.

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