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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

O.A., et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Civil Action No. 18-2718 (RDM)

DONALD J. TRUMP, et al.,
Defendants.

STANDING ORDER IN CIVIL CASES
It is the responsibility of the parties, counsel and the Court to “secure the just, speedy,
and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding” in federal court. Fed. R. Civ. P.
1. To ensure that this case is resolved fairly and without undue cost or delay, it is hereby
ORDERED that the parties comply with the following directives:
1. Local Rules
Counsel shall familiarize themselves with the Local Civil Rules, which are available at
http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/court-info/local-rules-and-orders/local-rules. Absent order
of the Court, the parties shall comply with the Local Civil Rules in all respects.
2. Contact Information
All counsel shall ensure that their phone number, current mailing address, and email
address are correctly listed on the Court’s docket. Pro se parties shall ensure that their
phone number, current mailing address, and email address are correctly listed on the
Court’s docket. Any counsel or pro se party whose contact information changes while
this case is pending should immediately file a notice with their updated information.
3. Service of Complaint & Standing Order; Removed Actions
a. Service. The plaintiff(s) must promptly serve the complaint on the defendant(s), in
accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4; file proof of service, in
accordance with Local Civil Rule 5.3; and ensure that all parties receive a copy of this
Standing Order. For in forma pauperis plaintiffs, “officers of the [C]ourt” will ensure
that service on the defendant(s) is properly effected. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d).
b. Removed Action. A defendant removing an action to this Court must refile as a
supplement to the petition any answer and must promptly ensure that all parties
receive a copy of this Standing Order. Any pending motion at the time of removal

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must be refiled in this Court by the party seeking relief for the motion to be
considered. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 81(c)(2).
c. Disclosure Certificate. To facilitate the Court’s determination of the need for recusal,
in all civil or agency actions where a corporation is a party or intervenor, counsel of
record for that party or intervenor shall file, in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 7.1 and Local Civil Rules 7.1 and 26.1, a certificate listing for that party or
intervenor any parent corporation, subsidiary or affiliate, which to the knowledge of
counsel has any outstanding securities in the hands of the public, or any publicly held
corporation owning 10% or more of its stock. Such certificate shall be filed at the
time of filing the party’s first pleading. Counsel shall have the continuing obligation
to advise the Court of any change.
4. Communications with Chambers
Except as authorized in this order, the parties may not contact chambers by telephone. If
extraordinary circumstances or emergencies so require, however, counsel may contact
chambers jointly via telephone conference. Chambers will not provide legal advice of
any kind.
5. Electronic Filing
a. General Rule. All documents in this case are to be filed electronically, except with
prior leave of the Court upon good cause shown, and in the case of the exceptions
noted below.
b. Format. All electronically filed documents are to be in Portable Data Format (.pdf).
In order to enable the Court’s efficient resolution of all matters in this case, all filings
shall be submitted in text-searchable PDF files, directly converted from the wordprocessing format into PDF format so as to preserve searchability and readability.
Exhibits that must be scanned because they exist only in paper format need not be
directly converted from a word-processing program, but, if possible, should be
submitted as text-searchable files using Optical Character Recognition (“OCR”)
technology, available in Adobe Acrobat.
c. Pro Se Parties. In a case involving a pro se party, electronic filing procedures will be
followed by parties represented by counsel only. Absent separate order of the Court,
the party appearing pro se shall continue to file documents in paper form with the
Clerk’s Office. Parties represented by counsel must serve documents upon pro se
parties in paper form.
d. Timeliness. The Court may take into consideration technical difficulties experienced
by a filer when presented a late filing. However, parties who wait until the last
minute to begin filing are warned that technical difficulties do not necessarily
constitute “good cause” or “excusable neglect” justifying an extension of the
applicable deadline(s). Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b). Further, no allowance can be made for
late filing documents whose time limits are jurisdictional.

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6. Courtesy Copies
The parties shall deliver two (2) printed courtesy copies of any electronic submission
that, including exhibits, numbers one hundred (100) pages or more in total length. Such
courtesy copies should include the headers added by the Case Management/Electronic
Case Files (CM/ECF) System and be submitted in binders, three-hole punched, with
double-sided pages. Exhibits shall be tabbed and indexed for ease of reference. Courtesy
copies should be mailed to chambers, not the Clerk’s Office. If hand delivered, courtesy
copies should be delivered to the loading dock for screening and should not be delivered
directly to chambers. Pro se parties are excused from complying with the courtesy-copy
requirement.
7. Amended Pleadings or Other Filings
Any amended pleadings or other filings shall be accompanied by a redline comparison
between the original and the amended filing or proposed amended filing.
8. Motions
The parties shall comply with the following instructions when briefing any motion:
a. Tables. Every memorandum of points and authorities that is ten pages or longer in
length must contain a Table of Contents and Table of Authorities, regardless of
whether it is filed in support of or in opposition to a motion.
b. Signature. Every pleading or paper, regardless of whether it is signed by an attorney
or a pro se party, shall contain the name, address, telephone number, and, for an
attorney, bar identification number. Where counsel is appearing pro hac vice, the
signature block shall so indicate.
c. Sur-Replies. A party may not file a sur-reply without first obtaining leave of the
Court. Sur-replies will only be permitted upon a specific showing of good cause.
d. Supplemental Authorities. A party may bring supplemental authorities to the Court’s
attention without seeking prior leave of the Court, but should refrain from using the
submission of supplemental authorities as an opportunity to reargue issues or to
respond to arguments made in an opposing brief. Although the submission of
supplemental authorities should not be made by letter to the clerk, but rather in a
pleading filed in the usual manner, the parties are otherwise directed to follow the
procedures set forth in Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 28(j).
9. Motions to Dismiss
The parties are reminded that a motion to dismiss presenting matters outside the
pleadings may be converted to a motion for summary judgment. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(d). If
a motion to dismiss presents matters outside the pleadings, all parties must comply fully
will the instructions set forth below regarding motions for summary judgment.

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10. Motions for Summary Judgment
Parties must comply with the following instructions when briefing motions for summary
judgment:
a. Cases Involving Judicial Review of Agency Action
i. In accordance with Local Civil Rule 7(h)(2), each motion for summary
judgment, and opposition thereto, shall include a statement of facts with
references to the administrative record. The parties must furnish precise
citations to the portions of the administrative record on which they rely; the
Court need not consider materials not specifically identified. See Fed. R. Civ.
P. 56(c)(3).
ii. In accordance with Local Civil Rule 7(n), the parties shall provide the Court
with a joint appendix containing copies of those portions of the administrative
record that are cited or otherwise relied upon in any memorandum in support of,
or in opposition to, a motion for summary judgment. If the joint appendix
exceeds 100 pages, the parties shall provide two (2) printed courtesy copies to
chambers, as described above.
b. Other Cases
i. The Court strictly adheres to the dictates of Local Civil Rule 7(h), which
requires that each party submitting a motion for summary judgment attach a
statement of material facts for which that party contends there is no genuine
dispute, with specific citations to those portions of the record upon which the
party relies in fashioning the statement. The party opposing the motion must, in
turn, submit a statement enumerating all material facts which the party contends
are genuinely disputed and thus require trial.
ii. The parties must furnish precise citations to the portions of the record on which
they rely; the Court need not consider materials not specifically identified. See
Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)(3).
iii. The moving party’s statement of material facts shall be a short and concise
statement, in numbered paragraphs, of all material facts as to which the moving
party claims there is no genuine dispute. The statement must contain only one
factual assertion in each numbered paragraph.
iv. The party responding to a statement of material facts must respond to each
paragraph with a correspondingly numbered paragraph, indicating whether that
paragraph is admitted or denied. If a paragraph is admitted only in part, the
party must specifically identify which parts are admitted and which parts are
denied.
v. The Court may assume that facts identified by the moving party in its statement
of material facts are admitted, unless such facts are controverted in the
statement filed in opposition to the motion.
vi. The responding party must include any information relevant to its response in
its correspondingly numbered paragraph, with specific citations to the record.
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However, if the responding party has additional facts that are not directly
relevant to its response, it must identify such facts in consecutively numbered
paragraphs at the end of its responsive statement of facts. If additional factual
allegations are made, the opponent must file a responsive statement of its own.
11. Motions for Reconsideration
Motions for reconsideration are strongly discouraged. The Court will not entertain a
motion that (a) reasserts arguments previously raised and rejected by the Court or (b)
raises for the first time arguments that should have been advanced in the original motion.
12. Motions for Extension of Time
Extensions or enlargements of time will only be granted upon motion, and not upon
stipulation by the parties. Any party that intends to seek an extension must make a
meaningful effort to ascertain the opposing party's position with respect to the extension
before filing a motion; an eleventh hour telephone or email message left for opposing
counsel, for example, will not typically satisfy the meet and confer requirement. Absent
extraordinary circumstances, contested motions for extension of time shall be filed at
least three business days before the relevant deadline. Motions for a continuance or other
scheduling change must include alternative dates that have been agreed to by all parties.
Requests that do not include an alternative date acceptable to all parties may be denied.
13. Discovery Disputes
The Court expects the parties to follow Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 and Local
Civil Rule 26.2. Before bringing a discovery dispute to the Court’s attention, the parties
must confer in good faith in an attempt to resolve the dispute informally. If the parties
are unable to resolve the discovery dispute, they shall contact the Courtroom Deputy
Clerk at (202) 354-3084 to arrange for a telephone conference with the Court. The
parties shall not file any motions relating to a discovery dispute without leave of the
Court.
14. Citation Matters and Cited Authorities
Parties shall cite the U.S. Code rather than solely to a separately enumerated statute (e.g.,
“8 U.S.C. § 1182” or “8 U.S.C. § 1182, INA § 212” rather than “INA § 212”). Parties
citing to unpublished cases or other materials available only on fee-based databases shall
cite to Westlaw, not Lexis, wherever possible. In cases involving pro se litigants, counsel
shall, when serving a memorandum of law (or other submission to the Court), provide the
pro se litigant with copies of cases or other authorities cited therein that are unpublished
or reported exclusively on computerized databases.

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15. Settlement
The parties are expected to evaluate their respective cases for the purposes of settlement.
The Court encourages the use of alternative dispute resolution—e.g., mediation or neutral
case evaluation. The use of these methods is available at any time, as is a settlement
conference before a magistrate judge. If counsel are interested in pursuing these options,
they may contact Chambers at any time. If the case settles in whole or in part, counsel
shall promptly advise the Court.

/s/ Randolph D. Moss
RANDOLPH D. MOSS
United States District Judge
Date: November 21, 2018

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