US · rules
N.D. W. Va. LR PL P 3.4
Use of the Court-Approved Forms
(a) Pro se petitions, applications, complaints and motions to vacate or modify
sentences shall be in English and typed or legibly printed on the Court-approved forms.
(b) Prisoners shall follow the instructions provided with the forms and complete
the forms using only one side of the page. Every section of the form must be fully
completed and all information required by the form must be included.
(c) After completing the Court-approved form, the prisoner may attach additional
pages containing additional information as permitted by the instructions on the form.
The information contained in any additional pages must specifically relate to the
information provided in a designated section of the Court-approved form, must be
permitted by the instructions and must be identified as supplementing the information
contained in that section.
(d) No more than five (5) typewritten pages or ten (10) legibly printed pages
may be attached to any Court-approved form unless accompanied by a motion for leave
to file excess pages.
(e) Additional pages shall be printed or typed on standard white 8 ½ by 11
inch-size, lined notebook or legal pad paper. Only one side of the page shall be
used. Each page shall be numbered consecutively. The printing or typewriting shall
be no smaller than the standard elite type and shall contain numbered paragraphs which
correspond to the numbered paragraphs on the Court-approved form. The typing or
printing on each page shall be double-spaced. Exhibits submitted for filing shall be on 8
½ by 11 inch paper.
(f) Every pro se petition, motion, application or complaint must be signed by the
prisoner under penalty of perjury.
All petitions, motions, applications and complaints that do not comply with this
Rule, and are not corrected after notice, will be stricken by the Court.
Provenance
- Source
- www.wvnd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-19
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