S.D. Ohio Civ. R. 7.2

(a) Legal Memoranda

(1) Supporting Memorandum and Certificate of Service. All motions and

applications tendered for filing shall be accompanied by a memorandum in support

thereof that shall be a brief statement of the grounds, with citation of authorities

relied upon. Except in the case of a motion or application permitted by law to be

submitted ex parte, a certificate of service in accordance with S.D. Ohio Civ. R. 5.2

shall accompany all such papers.

(2) Opposing and Reply Memoranda. Any memorandum in opposition shall be filed

within twenty-one days after the date of service of the motion. Failure to file a

memorandum in opposition may result in the granting of any motion that would not

result directly in entry of final judgment or an award of attorneys’ fees. Any reply

memorandum shall be filed within fourteen days after the date of service of the

memorandum in opposition. No additional memoranda beyond those enumerated

are permitted except upon leave of court for good cause shown.

(3) Limitation Upon Length of Memoranda. The Court prefers that memoranda in

support of or in opposition to any motion or application to the Court not exceed

twenty pages. In all cases in which memoranda exceed twenty pages, counsel shall

include a combined table of contents and a succinct, clear, and accurate summary,

not to exceed five pages, indicating the main sections of the memorandum and the

principal arguments and citations to primary authority made in each section, as well

as the pages on which each section and any sub-sections may be found. A Judge

may impose page limitations in any action by standing order.

(b) Citations

(1) Statutes. United States statutes should be cited by the United States Code Title and

Section number (e.g., 1 U.S.C. § 1). State statutes should be cited by the statutory

code section number (e.g., Ohio Rev. Code § 101.01).

(2) Supreme Court Citations. Citation to United States Supreme Court decisions

should be to the official U.S. Reports, if published. If available, Supreme Court

Reporter and Lawyer’s Edition shall be used when the official U.S. Reports are not

yet published.

(3) Record Citations. Except for Social Security cases, which must comply with S.D.

Ohio Civ. R. 8.1(d), all filings in this Court that reference a prior filing must provide

pinpoint citations to the PageID number in the prior filing being referenced, along

with a brief title and the docket number of the document referenced (e.g., Motion

to Dismiss, ECF No. 12 at PageID 123).

(c) Correspondence with the Court. Letters to the Court are not permitted unless (1)

requested by the Court in a specific matter, or (2) advising the Court of the settlement

of a pending matter. All other written communications must be by way of formal

motion or memorandum submitted in compliance with these Rules. All letters sent to

the Court shall be contemporaneously served upon opposing counsel unless otherwise

ordered by the Court.

(d) Evidence Supporting Motions - Deadlines. When proof of facts not already of record

is necessary to support or oppose a motion, all evidence then available shall be

discussed in, and submitted no later than, the primary memorandum of the party relying

upon such evidence. Evidence used to support a reply memorandum shall be limited to

that needed to rebut the positions argued in memoranda in opposition. If evidence is

not available to meet this schedule or circumstances exist as addressed by Fed. R. Civ.

P. 56(d), counsel shall consult one another and attempt to stipulate to a joint motion for

extension of the schedule established by this Rule; failing agreement, counsel shall

promptly bring the matter to the attention of the Court. Assignment of any motion for

oral argument or a conference with the Court shall not extend these deadlines for the

submission of evidence.

(e) Memoranda Evidence. Evidence shall be presented, in support of or in opposition to

any motion, using affidavits, declarations pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, deposition

excerpts, admissions, verified interrogatory answers, and other documentary or

electronic exhibits. Unless already of record, such evidence shall be attached to the

memorandum or included in an appendix thereto. Physical evidence that cannot be

attached to a memorandum shall be filed separately with the Clerk. All evidence shall

be submitted within the time limit set forth above.

Evidence submitted, including discovery documents, shall be limited to that necessary for

decision and shall include only essential portions of transcripts or exhibits referenced in

the memorandum.

When a substantial number of pages of deposition transcripts or exhibits must be referenced

for the full and fair presentation of a matter, the parties shall refer in their memoranda the

specific pages at which key testimony is found and ensure that a copy of the entire transcript

or exhibit is timely filed with the Clerk. The parties shall ensure that all transcripts relied

upon include all corrections made by the witness pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(e) and the

certification pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(f).