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Last Post 25 Apr 2025 05:36 PM by  Paige A Martin
R-25-0037 Petition to Amend Various Court Rules Regarding Margin Requirements
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Yolanda Fox
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13 Feb 2025 11:35 AM
    Stacey A. Dowdell, Bar No. 015710
    Arizona Supreme Court
    Staff Attorneys’ Office
    1501 W. Washington, Suite 445
    Phoenix, AZ 85007-3231
    (602) 452-3344
    [email protected]

    Filed: February 12, 2025

    Would amend various procedural rules to standardized margin requirements for documents filed in superior court and to incorporate the formatting requirements in the civil and criminal rules into the superior court appellate rules.

    Comments due no later than May 1, 2025, and any reply by the Petitioner is due no later than June 2, 2025.
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    Paige A Martin
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    25 Apr 2025 05:36 PM
    I request that the margin for the bottom of the page be one half inch instead of one inch.

    If the bottom margin is one inch, the total number of double-spaced lines that can fit is 26. If the bottom margin is one half inch, the total number of double-spaced lines that can fit is 28. See Ariz. R. Civ. P. 5.2(b)(1)(F) ("Line Spacing. Text must be double-spaced and may not exceed 28 lines per page....")

    With a half inch bottom margin, page numbers still fit.

    The two extra lines are important because there are page limitations in several of the civil rules, e.g.:

    7.1(a)(2) - supporting memoranda may not exceed 17 pages

    7.1(a)(3) - responses/replies may not exceed 11 pages

    7.1(f)(2)(A),(B) - motions to strike and responses may not exceed 2 pages

    7.1(f)(3)(C) - Objections to Evidence Offered in a Reply Memorandum - may not exceed 3 pages

    56(c)(3)(A)(v) - statements of fact in Tier 1 and 2 cases may not exceed 11 pages

    56(c)(3)(B)(iii) - opposing party's statement of facts in Tier 1 and 2 cases may not exceed 17 pages


    Paige A. Martin (she, her) | Assistant City Attorney
    City of Phoenix Law Department
    City Hall, 200 W. Washington St., 13th Floor, Phoenix, AZ 85003
    Direct: 602.262.4414 | Cell: 480.448.6277
    Email: [email protected]
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