Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan, Oakland County Page & Word Limits

CRITICAL

Limit

10 pages

Applies to

Brief

Briefs are limited to 10 pages, excluding exhibits, unless the Court expressly grants otherwise.

Briefs are limited to 10 pages, not including exhibits, unless otherwise expressly granted by the Court.

CRITICAL

Limit

5 pages

Applies to

Supplement

A supplement focusing on post-conviction circumstances should be submitted before the hearing and limited to five pages.

Applications to Set Aside Convictions: The Court requests that the petitioner submit a supplement focusing on post-conviction circumstances prior to the hearing. The supplement should be limited to five (5) pages.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion

Summary-disposition motions exceeding the applicable page limit or filed late will be rejected.

Motions which exceed the page limit will be rejected. Late filings will be rejected.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion

Motions that exceed the applicable page limit will be rejected.

Motions which exceed the page limit will be rejected.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Brief

Briefs must comply with the MCR’s form and length limits, though the Court may approve a longer limit before the motion deadline for specified complex or first-impression cases.

All briefs must be in the form and length set forth in the MCR; provided, however, that cases involving complex constitutional matters, class action certification, and other extraordinarily complex issues or issues of first impression may, upon the Court's approval prior to the motion deadline, have a longer page limit.

WARNING

Applies to

Brief

A party seeking to exceed the page limit must file a separate motion.

A separate motion must be filed to exceed page limit (see MCR 2.119(A)(2)).