Pursuant to Rule 83 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, public notice is hereby given of the proposed amendments to the Uniform Local Rules of the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana. It is proposed that the following local rules be amended to read as follows.
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All papers drafted for filing in this court shall be on 8 by 11 inch paper, plainly written or printed without defacing erasures or interlineations, and shall be double spaced, except that quotations and footnotes may be single spaced. On subsequent pages, all margins will be no less than one inch. No print or writing, except the page numbers, shall appear in the margins, and page numbers shall not be less than one-half inch from the bottom of the page. A completed and executed Civil Cover Sheet form shall accompany the initial pleading of each civil case to be filed, except that such requirement shall not apply to persons in the custody of civil, state or federal institutions or to persons filing cases pro se. Any member in good standing of the bar of the Supreme Court of Louisiana who is of good moral character is eligible for admission to the bar of these courts the Eastern District of Louisiana .