Courtesy copies are required for ex parte applications. Details: delivery upon filing, by hand delivery. Courtesy copies of ex parte applications must be lodged in Department 412 on the day of e-filing.
Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis's rules set a pre-motion procedure for covered motions. All law & motion matters must be reserved via the Court Reservation System (CRS).
The rule requires certificate of service, exhibit list, and table of contents. Parties must meet and confer in person at least 5 court days before FSC to prepare joint trial and exhibit notebooks.
The rule requires exhibit list. Exhibits must be exchanged 5 calendar days before FSC; three sets of tabbed, marked, and paginated exhibit binders are required on the first day of trial.
Parties may contact Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis' chambers by phone only as allowed by the rule. In-person appearance is required for IDCs unless prior leave of court is obtained.
Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis's rules specify what an adjournment or extension request must include. The request must include original date. When the court continues a law & motion hearing, filing deadlines remain based on the original hearing date unless the court agrees otherwise.
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. All papers must be filed online via the court website unless ordered otherwise.
The rule uses a 10:00 a.m. cutoff and treats filing as not specified. Ex parte applications must be e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before the hearing.
All papers must be filed online via the court website unless ordered otherwise.
Ex parte applications must be e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before the hearing.
Courtesy copies of ex parte applications must be lodged in Department 412 on the day of e-filing.
Opposition to ex parte applications may be e-filed or hand-delivered by 8:30 a.m. on the hearing date.
Telephonic continuances for non-trial and non-law & motion matters may be available on a case-by-case basis.
All law & motion matters must be reserved via the Court Reservation System (CRS).
Courtesy copies of all motion papers must be lodged in Department 412 on the same day of e-filing.
When the court continues a law & motion hearing, filing deadlines remain based on the original hearing date unless the court agrees otherwise.
Department 412 does not post tentative rulings; the court rules from the bench.
The court offers voluntary in-person Informal Discovery Conferences (IDC) for discovery disputes.
In-person appearance is required for IDCs unless prior leave of court is obtained.
Trial continuances may only be requested via ex parte application.
Parties must meet and confer in person at least 5 court days before FSC to prepare joint trial and exhibit notebooks.
Two sets of joint trial and exhibit notebooks, tabbed A-K, must be brought to the FSC.
Each party must file a trial brief identifying claims, defenses, legal issues, relief, and damages.
Multiple motions in limine must be submitted in a tabbed, indexed 3-ring binder and lodged at the FSC.
Parties must prepare and file a joint written statement of the case for the court to read to the jury.
Parties must prepare and file a joint witness list with names, expert status, and estimated examination times.
Parties must jointly prepare and file a list of proposed jury instructions, organized numerically, indicating agreed and contested instructions.
Parties must jointly file a proposed verdict form; if they cannot agree, each party must file separately.
Parties must prepare and file a joint exhibit list with specific columns.
Exhibits must be exchanged 5 calendar days before FSC; three sets of tabbed, marked, and paginated exhibit binders are required on the first day of trial.
Parties must meet and confer and jointly file a chart for deposition or former testimony designations, objections, and counter-designations.
Deposition transcripts and discovery responses must be lodged with the court the evening before the witness's scheduled testimony.
Ex parte applications are heard at 8:30 am and must be e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before the hearing.
Opposition to ex parte applications may be e-filed or hand-delivered by 8:30 a.m. on the hearing date.
Ex parte applications are only for bona fide emergencies; sanctions may be imposed for misuse.
All parties must appear in person for IDCs; the requesting party must obtain three dates when all can be present.
Law & motion is heard at 9:30 a.m. and must be reserved via CRS.