1. REQUIREMENT TO SEEK CONCURRENCE

   The parties must comply with E.D. Mich. LR 7.1(a) before filing motions. For discovery motions, the parties must comply with ¶ F, below.

2. BRIEFS AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTIONS

   The parties must comply with E.D. Mich. LR 5.1 and 7.1 regarding format and form of motions and briefs, and the type of briefs required and permitted¹. All briefs must contain an index of exhibits, and the Court suggests a table of contents for briefs over ten pages. A party must move for leave to deviate from these rules. The parties must also comply with the Electronic Filing Policies and Procedures of the E.D. Mich, including a few rules highlighted below.²

   1. This is the required citations format under R6:

   To reference	Cite form example
   A single page	ECF No. 10, PageID.234
   Multiple sequential pages	ECF No. 10, PageID.234-235
   Multiple pages not in succession	ECF No. 10, PageID.234, 238, 245
   Multiple document	ECF No. 10; ECF No. 11
   A document attached to the main document	ECF No. 10-2, PageID.234

   This format must be used to cite any document that is already in the record.

   2. Under R5(f), "A counter-motion must not be combined with a response or reply."

   3. Under R19(b), "Unless there is only one exhibit, the filing user must prepare an index of exhibits and file the index as the first attachment to the paper. Each exhibit must be described on the index both by an exhibit identifier and by a brief narrative description."

3. HEARINGS/ORAL ARGUMENT ON MOTIONS

   Under E.D. Mich. LR 7.1(f), the Court may cancel a scheduled hearing or decide the matter without a hearing when theissues can be decided on the briefs.

4. COURTESY COPIES

   THE PARTIES SHOULD NOT SUBMIT COURTESY COPIES TO THE COURT UNLESS INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.

5. ORDERS

   The Court usually prepares its own orders.

6. DISCOVERY

   Except in cases with pro se parties, when the Court has consent jurisdiction over a case under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) or has been referred all pretrial or discovery matters under § 636(b)(1)(A), THE PARTIES MAY NOT FILE A DISCOVERY MOTION WITHOUT LEAVE OF COURT. Before requesting leave to file a discovery motion, the parties must:

   1. Engage in a meaningful meet and confer in accordance with E.D. Mich. LR 37.1 to try to resolve, or at least narrow, the disputed issues.

   2. If unresolved issues remain, the parties must call the court to schedule a status conference.

¹The local rules are available here: http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/index.cfm?pagefunction=rulesPlansOrders.

²These policies and procedures are found at: http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/PDFFIles/policies_procedures.pdf.