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.