W.D.N.Y. Loc. R. Crim. P. 49

(a) Filing Procedures. All criminal cases filed in this Court are assigned to the Electronic

Filing System (“ECF”). The procedures for electronic filing and any exceptions to the

electronic filing requirements are set forth in the CM/ECF Administrative Procedures

Guide. All pleadings and other papers shall be filed and served in accordance with the

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the CM/ECF Administrative Procedures

Guide, which is located on the Court’s website, http://www.nywd.uscourts.gov.

(b) Charging Instruments. The United States Attorney’s Office shall provide the Clerk of

Court with an adequate number of copies of charging instruments for distribution.

(c) Service by Overnight Delivery. All papers, other than a subpoena, may be served on

counsel of record by overnight delivery service at the address designated by the attorney

for that purpose, or if none is designated, at the attorney’s last known address. Service by

overnight delivery shall be complete upon deposit of the paper(s), enclosed in a properly

addressed wrapper, into the custody of the overnight delivery service, prior to the latest

time designated by the service for overnight delivery. Where a period of time prescribed

by either the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure or these Local Rules is measured from

the service of a paper and service is by overnight delivery, one (1) business day shall be

added to the prescribed period. “Overnight delivery service” means any delivery service

which regularly accepts items for overnight delivery to any address within the Court’s

jurisdiction.

(d) Form, Generally. All pleadings, motions, and other papers that a party presents for filing,

whether in paper form or in electronic form, shall meet the following requirements:

(1) all text and footnotes shall be in a font size of at least 12-point type;

(2) all text in the body of the document must be double-spaced, except that text in

block quotations and footnotes may be single-spaced;

(3) extensive footnotes and block quotes may not be used to circumvent page

limitations;

(4) documents must have at least one-inch margins on all four sides; and

(5) pages must be consecutively numbered.

(e) Additional Requirements for Paper Filing. Documents presented for filing in paper form

shall meet the following additional requirements:

(1) documents must be on durable white 8½" x 11" paper of good quality;

(2) all text must be plainly and legibly written, typewritten, printed or reproduced;

(3) documents must be in black or blue ink;

(4) the pages of each document must be stapled or in some other way fastened

together;

(5) all documents must be single-sided; and

(6) documents presented for paper filing must contain an original signature.