Tonianne J. Bongiovanni

United States Magistrate Judge for the District of New Jersey

Staff Information

Judicial Assistant, N/A

Chambers - 609-989-2040

Email - tjb_orders@njd.uscourts.gov

Courtroom Deputy - John Moller, 609-989-2068

Court Room: 6E

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Judicial Preferences

Proposed Orders sent by e-mail to tjb_orders@njd.uscourts.gov preferably in Word format. Orders on formally filed motions need not be sent.

Standing Orders for Settlement Conferences: Unless specifically instructed otherwise by the Court, clients with full settlement authority are required to appear in person at the conference.

Counsel alone, even if he possesses full settlement authority, is insufficient. The client must also appear in person unless the Court has specifically instructed otherwise.

If submission of a settlement memorandum is required or, even if not required, a settlement memorandum will be submitted, it must be emailed to chambers (tjb_orders@njd.uscourts.gov) at least 3 business days before the scheduled settlement conference and should not exceed 5 pages in length.

Courtesy Copy by request of the Court.

Consent Orders emailed directly to chambers.

Pro Hac Vice if consented, may be done by consent order e-mailed to chambers. If not consented, follow regular motion procedure. Even when consent is obtained, in addition to the consent order, the parties must submit the certification required by L.Civ.R. 101.1(c)(1).

Extensions of Time if consented may be done by consent order. If not consented, follow regular motion procedure.

Adjournment Requests shall only be considered if made at least 2 business days prior to a scheduled conference. The party seeking an adjournment should attempt to gain the consent of his adversary before submitting said request. The adjournment request should be made in writing and emailed to chambers (tjb_orders@njd.uscourts.gov). The email should set forth the date of the conference, the basis for the adjournment request, whether the request is being made with consent and the length of adjournment being sought. Absent exigent circumstances, adjournment requests made the day of or before a conference shall not be granted.

In addition, to the extent a party intends to submit a status letter or discovery dispute in advance of a scheduled telephone conference, the letter must be submitted at least 3 business days prior to the conference. The letter may be emailed to chambers (tjb_orders@njd.uscourts.gov). Letters submitted after that date likely will not be reviewed or considered prior to or during the conference.

Telephone Conferences Judge Bongiovanni does not accept dial-in numbers prior to conference calls. If a dial- in number is necessary, then once all of the attorneys have dialed into a scheduled call, the party initiating the call shall contact chambers and provide the dial-in number at that time.

Communication

Communications with the Court Judge Bongiovanni permits counsel to email any correspondence that would normally be mailed to chambers to: tjb_orders@njd.uscourts.gov.

Materials that are filed through the CM/ECF system should NOT be mailed, emailed or faxed to Chambers. Further, to the extent counsel files a time sensitive document on CM/ECF that they want reviewed the same or next day, counsel must call Chambers to alert it to the filing.

Correspondence should only be submitted to chambers via one method: correspondence mailed to chambers should not also be faxed or emailed; similarly correspondence emailed to chambers should not also be mailed or faxed; and correspondence faxed to chambers should not also be mailed or emailed.

Judge Bongiovanni permits communications with her law clerks only as to questions regarding chambers' procedures and not as to any substantive matters.

United States District Court

District of New Jersey

Hon. Renée Marie Bumb, Chief Judge | Melissa E. Rhoads, Esq., Clerk of Court

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Tonianne J. Bongiovanni

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