These 640 rules apply across Los Angeles Superior Court. Where this judge's own standing orders above address the same topic, the judge's requirement controls.
All electronic filings must comply with California Rules of Court Rule 2.257 (electronic signature requirements).
Referee reports for pretrial matters must include a place for the judge to enter an order if accepted.
Paternity questionnaire must be completed by mother and father and filed with the court in all dependency cases.
Electronic filings received between 12:00 am and 11:59:59 pm on a court day are deemed filed that day; filings on non-court days deemed filed next court day.
If e-filing fails due to service interruption, non-filer transmission error, or post-receipt processing failure, the court may order the document deemed filed as of the attempted transmission date.
Ex parte applications and supporting documents must be e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before the hearing.
Parties must file documents with court and provide copies to temporary judge/referee.
Copy of completed LACIV 109 form must be served with summons and complaint or petition.
Motions to relate cases must be served on all parties listed in the Notice of Related Cases with proof of service attached.
Represented litigants must electronically file all documents through an approved Electronic Filing Service Provider (EFSP).
Certain document types (peremptory challenges, bonds, trial exhibits, certain ex parte applications, conditionally sealed documents) are prohibited from electronic filing.
Notice of Lodgment must be electronically filed; attachments to Notice of Lodgment must be lodged in paper form.
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Judge Colin Leis is a judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, the state trial court serving Los Angeles County. The court handles a wide range of civil, criminal, family, and probate matters.
Judge Leis's procedures are published through the court's general rules.
Courtesy copies are required for trial documents, motion in limines, and trial exhibits. Details: delivery upon filing. Courtesy copies are not needed except for trial documents, motions in limine, and trial exhibits.
The rule does not state that a pre-motion letter is required, but it sets the applicable pre-motion procedure. Motion hearing dates must be reserved in advance via the Court Reservation System.
The rule requires proposed order. The proposed sealing order must contain non-conclusory facts, identify each redaction by document name, page, and line number, and include a space for the court to mark each redaction as granted or denied.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Ex parte applications must comply with California Rules of Court, rules 3.1200-3.1207.
Parties may contact Judge Colin Leis' chambers by phone only as allowed by the rule. Do not call chambers to check the status of lodged documents; check the court's website instead.
A motion to seal is required for covered sealed filings before Judge Colin Leis. For motions to seal, the moving party must email a MS-Word editable proposed sealing order to the department email at least 15 days before the hearing.
Yes. Judge Colin Leis requires bundling for covered papers. A Motions in Limine Binder must be lodged in Department 224 five court days before the Final Status Conference, with one-sided copies, tabbed, and organized with colored separators.
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. All filings must be electronically filed unless the filer is self-represented or exempt.
The rule uses a 10:00 AM cutoff and treats filing as on submission. Ex parte applications and supporting documents must be e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before the hearing.
Motion hearing dates must be reserved in advance via the Court Reservation System.
All filings must be electronically filed unless the filer is self-represented or exempt.
Courtesy copies are not needed except for trial documents, motions in limine, and trial exhibits.
For motions to seal, the moving party must email a MS-Word editable proposed sealing order to the department email at least 15 days before the hearing.
For motions to seal, the moving party must lodge red-lined documents with the department within three days after filing the motion.
The proposed sealing order must contain non-conclusory facts, identify each redaction by document name, page, and line number, and include a space for the court to mark each redaction as granted or denied.
Ex parte applications must comply with California Rules of Court, rules 3.1200-3.1207.
Ex parte applications and supporting documents must be e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before the hearing.
Opposition to ex parte applications must be e-filed by 8:30 a.m. on the hearing day.
Informal discovery conference requests must use form LACIV 094, with a 12-point font, single or 1.5 spacing, and no attachments, and a hearing date must be reserved on the Court Reservation System.
Parties must exchange trial exhibits 18 calendar days before the Final Status Conference.
Parties must meet and confer 11 calendar days before the Final Status Conference to discuss trial documents, stipulations, and settlement.
Trial documents (trial briefs, joint witness list, joint exhibit list, joint deposition designations) must be filed five court days before the Final Status Conference.
A Motions in Limine Binder must be lodged in Department 224 five court days before the Final Status Conference, with one-sided copies, tabbed, and organized with colored separators.
A Trial Binder must be lodged in Department 735 five court days before the Final Status Conference, with one-sided copies, tabbed, and organized with specific tabs.
Do not call chambers to check the status of lodged documents; check the court's website instead.
For jury trials, a Motions in Limine Binder must be lodged in Department 735 five court days before the Final Status Conference, with one-sided copies, tabbed, and organized with colored separators.
For jury trials, a Trial Binder must be lodged in Department 735 five court days before the Final Status Conference, with specific tabs; bench trials only need Tabs A, B, C, H, and I.