Barbara Moses at a glance
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- U.S. Magistrate Judge
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- New York · Federal
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Barbara Moses
U.S. Magistrate Judge · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
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Judicial service and assignments
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · U.S. Magistrate Judge · Active · Assignment source ↗
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- Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
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Biography
Professional career
- Law Clerk, Maine Supreme Court, 1982–1983 (to Vinent McKusick)
Education
- Dartmouth College — B.A. (1978)
Additional information
- Magistrate, District Court, S.D. New York, 2015-present
- Practitioner, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC, 2002–2015-12
- Practitioner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, 1983–2002
- J.D. — Harvard Univ. — 1982
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Remote appearances
Courtwide
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Recording and broadcasting
Courtwide
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Published courtroom rules
Judge and named-part rules
Published judge / part rules (46 excerpts)
See document heading and cited passage; do not apply outside the issuing part or proceeding.
Official rules document ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27
Communications with chambers
a. Motions and Letters. Except as otherwise provided below, communications with the Court (other than during conferences, hearings, or trials) should be by motion or letter, filed on ECF. Except for confidential settlement letters, discussed in § 1(e) below, or as specifically directed by chambers in advance, the Court will not accept letters or motions from counseled parties by email, fax, telephone, or hard copy mailed or delivered directly to chambers.
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b. Letter-Motions. Letter-motions, as permitted by Local Civ. R. 7.1(d) and § 13.1 of the SDNY ECF Rules & Instructions, should be filed using the "letter-motion" option, listed under "motion." In particular, parties should file as letter-motions all requests for pre-motion conferences, adjournments, extensions, increased
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word limits, oral argument, and settlement conferences. Requests for other types of non-dispositive relief listed in § 13.1 may also be made by letter-motion.
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c. Informational Letters. Letters that are informational in nature and do not request relief (for example, status updates requested by the Court) should be filed using the "letter" option, listed under "other documents."
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d. Word Limits; Courtesy Copies; Service. Absent advance permission from the Court, letters and letter-motions may not exceed 2000 words (approximately four pages) in length, exclusive of attachments, which should be kept to a minimum.
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Please do not try to cheat the word limit by splitting a request into two separate 2000-word letters. If a letter or letter-motion includes more than one attachment or exhibit, a paper courtesy copy of the entire submission, marked as such, must be promptly delivered to chambers by mail, overnight courier, or hand delivery.
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The courtesy copy should bear the ECF header generated at the time of electronic filing and include tabs for the attachments. In pro se cases, letters and letter- motions filed via ECF by represented parties must also be served on the pro se parties (unless they have consented to electronic service via ECF). Counsel must indicate the mode of service in the letter to the Court and must also file a proof of service.
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e. Ex Parte Settlement Letters. Ex parte letters required by the Court in advance of a settlement conference should be emailed to the chambers email address, which will be provided in the settlement conference scheduling order.
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f. Notification of Settlement. If the parties have settled while a motion is pending, or shortly before a scheduled conference or hearing, they must promptly so advise the Court, by letter, in order to avoid unnecessary expenditure of judicial resources.
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h. Letters or Emails between Parties. Copies of correspondence between the parties or their counsel should not be copied to chambers, or filed on ECF, except as exhibits to otherwise properly-filed documents.
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i. Telephone Calls. For scheduling and calendar matters, counsel may call chambers at 212-805-0228. Otherwise, telephone calls are permitted only for urgent matters requiring immediate attention or to obtain permission to submit a document other than via ECF.
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a. Requests for Adjournments or Extensions. Requests to adjourn a court conference or other court proceeding or to extend a deadline must be made by 2
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letter-motion, after consultation with all affected parties, and must state: (1) the original date of the conference or proceeding; (2) the number of previous requests for adjournment or extension; (3) whether those requests were granted or denied; (4) the reason for the present request; (5) whether all affected parties consent; and (6) if not, the reasons given for refusing. If the requested adjournment or extension affects any other scheduled dates, a proposed Revised Scheduling Order must be attached.
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Requests for extension of a deadline must be made in advance of the deadline to be extended. Absent unforeseeable emergencies, requests for adjournment of a court conference or other proceeding must be made at least four days in advance of the proceeding to be adjourned, and must include at least two proposed dates, on which all counsel are available, for the adjourned proceeding.
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b. Discovery Motions. No discovery dispute will be heard unless the moving party (including a non-party seeking relief from a subpoena) has first conferred in good faith and in "real time" (e.g., in person or by telephone) with the adverse party or parties, in an attempt to resolve the dispute. An exchange of letters or email alone does not satisfy this requirement. Counsel must respond promptly and in good faith to a request from another party to meet and confer in accordance with this paragraph.
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If the parties have met and conferred but cannot resolve their dispute, the moving party must request a discovery conference with the Court, by letter-motion, as required by Local Civ. R. 37.2. The letter-motion must succinctly set forth the basis of the dispute and the relief sought, certify that the required good faith conference took place, and state: (1) the date, time, and duration of the parties' conference; (2) the names of the counsel who participated; and (3) the position of any relevant adverse party as to each contested issue. None of these requirements may be satisfied by attaching copies of correspondence between counsel. In addition, the letter-motion must set forth verbatim each discovery request and response in contention in accordance with Local Civ. R. 37.1 and 5.1. This requirement may be satisfied by attaching the relevant request(s) and response(s) to the letter-motion. Please do not submit an entire set of discovery requests and responses if only a few are in dispute.
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c. Summary Judgment Motions. Strict compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c) and Local Rule 56.1 is required. The moving party must provide all other parties with an electronic copy, in Microsoft Word format, of the moving party's Statement of Material Facts pursuant to Local Civ. R. 56.1. The opposing party must reproduce each paragraph of the moving party's Statement of Material Facts, with the opposing party's response directly beneath. As required by Local Civ. R.
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56.1(d), each statement of undisputed material fact and response thereto shall be followed by a citation to the specific evidentiary material that supports the statement or response, e.g., "Bennett Deposition Tr. 3:15-4:20," or "Salim Interrog. Resp. No. 18." General references to a "transcript," "interrogatory responses," or the like are inadequate. Similarly, the parties must append to their
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motion papers the specific evidentiary material upon which they rely and no more. If a party wishes to submit a complete deposition transcript, that party must (i) highlight the portions cited in their Statement of Material Facts or response, and (ii) tab the relevant pages in the courtesy copies submitted pursuant to § 2(g) below.
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i. Exception: A counseled party moving for summary judgment against a pro se party must attach the pro se party's complete deposition transcript.
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d. Pre-Motion Conferences. For motions other than discovery motions, pre- motion conferences are not required, but may be requested by letter-motion where counsel believe that an informal conference with the Court may obviate the need for the motion or narrow the issues in dispute.
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e. Briefing Schedule on Letter-Motions. Unless the Court has ordered otherwise or the parties have agreed to a different briefing schedule, any opposition to a letter-motion shall be filed within three court days of the moving letter, and any reply shall be filed within two court days of the opposition. If the parties have agreed to a different briefing schedule, they must so inform the Court, either in the moving letter or as soon as agreement is reached. If the letter-motion requests expedited relief, opposing counsel are advised to file any opposition as promptly as possible.
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f. Briefing Schedule on Formal Motions. Unless the Court has ordered otherwise or the parties have agreed to a different briefing schedule, opposition and reply papers with respect to formal motions will be due in accordance with Local Civ.
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R. 6.1. The parties are encouraged to agree on a reasonable briefing schedule before or promptly after the moving papers are filed. If the parties have agreed to such a schedule, they must so inform the Court, either in the moving party's notice of motion or by letter as soon as agreement is reached. Should the parties thereafter agree to modify their briefing schedule, they must promptly inform the Court of the new schedule by letter.
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g. Courtesy Copies. Paper courtesy copies of all formal motion papers, marked as such, must be delivered by hand, mail, or courier promptly after filing. Courtesy copies should bear the ECF header generated at the time of electronic filing and include protruding tabs for any exhibits. Bulky materials should be neatly bound or placed in 3-ring binders with appropriate dividers.
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h. Memoranda of Law. Unless advance permission has been granted, briefs in support of and in response to a motion (except for motions for reconsideration) must comply with the word limits prescribed by Local Civ. R. 7.1(c). Motions for reconsideration must comply with the requirements of Local Civ. R. 6.3. The Court expects parties to adhere strictly to the typeface, margin and spacing requirements of Local Civ. R. 7.1(b).
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a. File the Letter-Motion Electronically. Filing under seal requires permission of the Court, which may be sought via letter-motion. The letter-motion requesting approval of sealed or redacted filings and the document(s) as to which sealing is requested must be filed electronically on ECF in compliance with standing order No. 19-mc-00583 and § 6 of the SDNY ECF Rules & Instructions.
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b. File the Letter-Motion in Public View. The letter-motion must be filed in public view, must explain the particular reasons for seeking to file that information under seal, and should not include any of the confidential information sought to be filed under seal. Supporting papers must be separately filed electronically and may be filed under seal or redacted only to the extent necessary to safeguard information sought to be filed under seal.
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c. File the Document as to which Sealing is Required under Seal. The document(s) as to which sealing is requested must be contemporaneously filed under seal on ECF and electronically related to the letter-motion. The summary docket text, but not the sealed document, will be open to public inspection and therefore should not include confidential information sought to be filed under seal.
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d. Redacted Documents. If the letter-motion seeks approval to redact information from a document that is otherwise to be publicly filed, the filing party shall: (a) publicly file the document in the proposed redacted form, and (b) electronically file under seal a copy of the unredacted document, with the proposed redactions highlighted. Both documents must be electronically filed through the ECF system and related to the motion.
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e. Lugosch Standard. To be approved, any sealing or redaction of a court filing must be narrowly tailored to serve the purpose that requires the sealing or redaction and must be otherwise consistent with the presumption in favor of public access to judicial documents described in Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119-20 (2d Cir. 2006). The parties are cautioned that the designation of documents as "confidential" for discovery purposes does not, without more, justify a sealing or redaction order. If a sealing or redaction request is based on another party's designation of documents or information as "confidential," or if any party opposes the sealing or redaction request, that other party shall respond to the requesting party's letter-motion via ECF on the schedule set forth above in § 2(e).
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b. Attendance. Settlement conferences are normally held in Courtroom 20A. Unless excused in advance, each party must attend the conference in person, accompanied by that party's lead trial attorney. If a party is a corporation, union, government entity, or other non-natural person, it must send a decision-maker with knowledge of the case, responsibility for determining the amount of any ultimate settlement, and authority to enter into such a settlement.
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a. Applicability. The procedures set out below apply only to cases in which the parties have consented pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) to have all proceedings before Judge Moses, including trial.
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b. Joint Pretrial Order. Unless the Court has ordered otherwise, the parties shall submit to the Court for its approval a proposed Joint Pretrial Order within 30 days after the date for the completion of discovery, or, if a summary judgment motion has been filed, within 30 days after the decision on the motion. The proposed Joint Pretrial Order shall be signed by all parties and include the
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viii. A list by each party of the witnesses whose testimony is to be offered in that party's case in chief, indicating whether each witness will testify in person, via affidavit (in bench trials), or by deposition, and briefly stating the topic(s) on which the witness will testify. Absent extraordinary circumstances a party may not call as a witness in its case in chief any person not listed in the Joint Pretrial Order.
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ix. A designation by each party of deposition testimony to be offered in that party's case in chief, together with any cross-designations or objections by any other party. For each designation as to which there is an objection, the party objecting must briefly specify the nature of the objection (e.g., "hearsay," "Rule 403"). Any cross-designation or objection not made will be deemed waived. Absent extraordinary circumstances a party may not offer in its case in chief any deposition testimony not listed in the Joint Pretrial Order.
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x. A list by each party of exhibits to be offered in its case in chief. Each exhibit shall be pre-marked (plaintiff to use numbers, defendant to use letters). For each exhibit as to which there is an objection, the party objecting must briefly specify the nature of the objection (e.g., "hearsay," "Rule 403"). Any objection not listed shall be deemed waived. Absent extraordinary circumstances, a party may not offer in its case in chief any exhibit not listed in the Joint Pretrial Order.
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c. Filings Prior to Trial. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, each party shall file, 15 days before the date of commencement of trial (or 30 days after the filing
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iii. In all cases: motions addressing any evidentiary or other issues which should be resolved in limine.
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d. Marking Exhibits for Trial. Three court days before the date set for the final pretrial conference, each party must provide each other party, and the Court, with a tabbed binder or binders containing copies of its trial exhibits and deposition designations.
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6. Conferences and Hearings. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all conferences, hearings, and other proceedings in civil cases will be held in Courtroom 20A of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York 10007.
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a. Teleconferencing. If the Court instead schedules a proceeding via teleconference, using its dedicated WEBEX teleconference line, the parties must dial (855) 244-8681 and enter the access code 23141814376# a few minutes before the time scheduled for the proceeding.
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b. Video Conferencing. If the Court instead schedules a proceeding via videoconference, the Court will provide the videoconferencing link to counsel, via email, in advance of the conference, and will also provide an audio-only dial- in line, which may be used by the public and will be published on ECF. For video settlement conferences, no public dial-in information will be provided.
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c. Junior Lawyers. Normally, the Court applies the "one lawyer per party" rule for conferences, hearings, and motion arguments. However, the Court is willing to vary that rule in order to create opportunities for less experienced lawyers to argue or otherwise participate in courtroom proceedings as to matters they have helped prepare, and firms are encouraged to provide such opportunities for the junior members of their teams. Lead counsel should advise the Court at the outset of a proceeding of any request to permit a second lawyer to handle a portion of that proceeding.
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a. All letters, motions, and other communications to the Court from pro se parties that are not filed electronically must be submitted to the Pro Se Intake Unit, not directly to chambers. Non-incarcerated pro se parties who have an email address and wish to receive court orders and other case-related documents quickly, automatically, and electronically, may consent to electronic service by filing a Pro Se (Nonprisoner) Consent & Registration Form, available from the Pro Se
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c. A pro se party must provide the Court and opposing parties with his or her address, telephone number, and email address, and must promptly update the Court and opposing parties if that information changes, using the Notice of
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SDNY and EDNY — Joint Local Civil and Criminal Rules
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Federal district-court proceedings only. Civil and criminal sections have distinct scope and district-specific exceptions. Not Bankruptcy Court rules.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
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