Los Angeles Superior Court Filing Bundling Requirements

CRITICAL

Hard copy trial binder with specified tabs must be submitted to the Court no later than 3 calendar days before the Final Status Conference.

By no later than 3 calendar days before the Final Status Conference, the parties are to submit to the Court a hard copy binder containing these previously filed documents under the following tabs: Tab A – Trial Briefs, Tab B – Joint Witness List, Tab C – Joint Exhibit List, Tab D – Joint Statement to Be Read to the Jury, Tab F – Full Text Jury Instructions (Joint and Contested), Tab G – Joint Verdict Form, Tab H – Joint Page and Line Designation for Deposition and Former Testimony, Tab I – Copies of the Current Operative Pleadings, Tab J – Motions in Limine (unless they are voluminous enough to merit their own binder).

CRITICALCivil cases

One joint binder containing all trial documents required for Final Status Conference.

All counsel and any unrepresented parties should be present in court, with one joint binder containing a complete set of the trial documents as requested below. Counsel must also supply a binder containing those lists, as well as copies of the trial exhibits, for the use of the court.

CRITICAL

When Motions in Limine are too voluminous, all Motions in Limine must be placed in one binder labeled 'Trial Binder II – Tab B – Motions in Limine' (or separate Plaintiff/Defendant MIL binders as Trial Binder II/III), and the main trial binder should be labeled 'Trial Binder I – Tabs A, C - __ (last tab in binder)'.

Trial Binder I – Tabs A, C - __ (last tab in binder") when Motions in Limine are voluminous and are placed in separate binder, When Motions in Limine are too voluminous, please put all Motions in Limine in one binder, labelled Trial Binder II – Tab B – Motions in Limine or, if necessary, Trial Binder II – Tab B, Plaintiff's Motions in Limine; Trial Binder III – Tab B, Defendant's Motions in Limine

CRITICAL

Trial Binder required, lodged 5 calendar days before FSC, three-ring binder, tabbed, table of contents with specified tabs.

No later than five calendar days before the Final Status Conference, the parties’ counsel and any self-represented parties shall jointly prepare and lodge in Department 205 a Trial Binder, consisting of one-sided, conformed copies, tabbed and organized in a three-ring binder with a table of contents that includes the following (for trials by the court without a jury, the Trial Binder shall only include the documents listed under Tabs A, B, C, H, and I): Tab A: Trial Briefs (Optional) Tab B: Joint Witness List Tab C: Joint Exhibit List Tab D: Joint Chart of Page and Line Designations for Deposition and Former Testimony Tab E: Copies of the Current Operative Pleadings

CRITICALCivil cases

Three sets of tabbed, internally paginated exhibits in three-ring binders required, one set delivered 3 court days before FSC.

The parties shall work together jointly to prepare three sets of tabbed, internally paginated and properly marked exhibits, organized numerically in three-ring binders for the Court (a set for the Court, a set for the Judicial Assistant, and a set for the witnesses) ("Exhibit Binders"). Copies of documentary exhibits shall be one-sided copies. The parties shall deliver one set of the Exhibit Binders to the Court along with FSC Notebook at least three court days before the FSC for the Court to review.