Sample motion for reconsideration federal appeals court
(D) a handwritten or typewritten reply to a response must not exceed 10 pages.
(C) a reply produced using a computer must not exceed 2,600 words and (B) a handwritten or typewritten motion or response to a motion must not exceed 20 pages (A) a motion or response to a motion produced using a computer must not exceed 5,200 words Except by the court’s permission, and excluding the accompanying documents authorized by Rule 27(a)(2)(B): The document must comply with the typeface requirements of Rule 32(a)(5) and the type-style requirements of Rule 32(a)(6). Page numbers may be placed in the margins, but no text may appear there. Margins must be at least one inch on all four sides. Headings and footnotes may be single-spaced. The text must be double-spaced, but quotations more than two lines long may be indented and single-spaced. The document must be on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper. (D) Paper Size, Line Spacing, and Margins. The document must be bound in any manner that is secure, does not obscure the text, and permits the document to lie reasonably flat when open. A cover is not required, but there must be a caption that includes the case number, the name of the court, the title of the case, and a brief descriptive title indicating the purpose of the motion and identifying the party or parties for whom it is filed. A motion, response, or reply may be reproduced by any process that yields a clear black image on light paper. (d) Form of Papers Length Limits Number of Copies. The court may review the action of a single judge. A court of appeals may provide by rule or by order in a particular case that only the court may act on any motion or class of motions. A circuit judge may act alone on any motion, but may not dismiss or otherwise determine an appeal or other proceeding.
(c) Power of a Single Judge to Entertain a Motion. Timely opposition filed after the motion is granted in whole or in part does not constitute a request to reconsider, vacate, or modify the disposition a motion requesting that relief must be filed. A party adversely affected by the court's, or the clerk's, action may file a motion to reconsider, vacate, or modify that action. The court may act on a motion for a procedural order-including a motion under Rule 26(b)-at any time without awaiting a response, and may, by rule or by order in a particular case, authorize its clerk to act on specified types of procedural motions. (b) Disposition of a Motion for a Procedural Order. A reply must not present matters that do not relate to the response. Any reply to a response must be filed within 7 days after service of the response. The title of the response must alert the court to the request for relief. The time to respond to the new motion, and to reply to that response, are governed by Rule 27(a)(3)(A) and (a)(4).
A response may include a motion for affirmative relief. A motion authorized by Rules 8, 9, 18, or 41 may be granted before the 10-day period runs only if the court gives reasonable notice to the parties that it intends to act sooner. The response must be filed within 10 days after service of the motion unless the court shortens or extends the time. Any party may file a response to a motion Rule 27(a)(2) governs its contents. (i) A separate brief supporting or responding to a motion must not be filed. (iii) A motion seeking substantive relief must include a copy of the trial court's opinion or agency's decision as a separate exhibit. (ii) An affidavit must contain only factual information, not legal argument. (i) Any affidavit or other paper necessary to support a motion must be served and filed with the motion. A motion must state with particularity the grounds for the motion, the relief sought, and the legal argument necessary to support it. A motion must be in writing unless the court permits otherwise. An application for an order or other relief is made by motion unless these rules prescribe another form.