Local Rule LR8-107. Submission of orders, decrees, and judgments.

A. Timing of submission. Unless otherwise ordered by the court all orders, judgments, and decrees shall be submitted to the judge by the prevailing party not later than ten (10) days following the date of announcement by the judge of the decision, if announced in open court, or twelve (12) days following the date of the letter or other document announcing the decision. B. Prevailing party responsible for submission; timing; objections. The prevailing party shall be responsible for submission of orders. If approval of opposing counsel cannot be obtained by the tenth (10th) or twelfth (12th) day, request for hearing on notice of presentment, with proposed order attached, shall be made immediately. (1) In matters decided by the court after a hearing or trial, the prevailing party or the party designated by the court shall prepare orders or judgments and shall submit them to opposing counsel or parties pro se within five (5) days from the date the order or judgment was made by the court, unless otherwise directed by the court at time of hearing. (2) If the proposed order or judgment is approved by all counsel or parties pro se, the order or judgment shall so indicate and may be signed by the court immediately, if appropriate. Orders may be approved telephonically and so indicated. (3) Any order which the parties have agreed and stipulated to shall be approved without reservation by counsel or parties pro se, and not “Approved as to Form” or in any other way limiting approval. (4) If opposing counsel or parties pro se do not agree as to the form of order or judgment, such person shall send written objection, if any, to the drafter of the order within five (5) days of receipt of the order. At a presentment hearing, the court shall consider the order attached to the notice of presentment and objector’s proposed form of order. (5) On request for a presentment hearing, the party requesting the hearing must attach the requesting party’s proposed form of order and the objecting party’s proposed form of order. (6) The court may prepare a proper order or judgment, if different from the one initially submitted, in accordance with the court’s decision on the objections.