Do I Get An Extra 3 Days to Respond to a Motion Filed Electronically in the Northern District of Texas?

No.  Under Local Rule 7.1(e), “[a] response and brief to an opposed motion must be filed within 21 days from the date the motion is filed.”  (Reply briefs may generally be filed “within 14 days from the date the response is filed.”  See L.R. 7.1(f).)  Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(d) states that, “[w]hen a party may or must act within a specified time after service and service is made under Rule 5(b)(2)(C), (D), (E), or (F) [involving methods of service, including service by electronic means], 3 days are added after the period would otherwise expire under Rule 6(a).”  Because the 3 day extension only potentially applies to deadlines calculated based on the “service” of papers, and the deadlines for briefing in the Northern District are calculated based on the date a motion (or response) is “filed,” an extra 3 days is not added onto the response (or reply) deadline.

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