Los Angeles Superior Court Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICALCivil cases

All motion hearing dates (except Motions in Limine) must be reserved in advance using the Court Reservation System (CRS), unless leave of court is obtained.

MOTIONS: All motion hearing dates (except not for Motions in Limine) must be reserved in advance using the Court Reservation System (CRS) except with leave of Court.

CRITICALCivil cases

The proposed order designating the private court reporter must be received by the court prior to the hearing.

The court must be in receipt of the order prior to the hearing.

CRITICALCivil cases

Motions in limine must be filed on 16 court days' notice and are heard at the Final Status Conference without reserving a date.

Filed-Motions in Limine are set to be heard on the date of the FSC on regular, statutory notice like regular law and motion (16 court days for motion, 9 court days for opposition, 5 court days for reply). You do not need to reserve a date as the FSC will be the hearing date.

CRITICALCivil cases

For an Ex Parte Application to Shorten Time on a Motion, the motion date should be reserved on CRS before the ex parte hearing.

For an Ex Parte Application to Shorten Time on a Motion, the motion date should be reserved on CRS before the ex parte hearing.

CRITICALCivil cases

Deadline

15 calendar days

Case management statements must be filed no later than 15 calendar days before the case management conference per CRC 3.725.

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES: CMC Statements are required no later than 15 calendar days prior to the CMC per CRC 3.725.

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Ex parte applications and all supporting documents must be electronically filed no later than 10:00 a.m. the day before the ex parte hearing, except for self-represented litigants and persons excused from e-filing.

exception of self-represented litigants and other persons excused from filing documents electronically: a) Ex parte applications and all documents in support thereof must be electronically filed no later than 10:oo a.m. the day before the ex parte hearing.

CRITICALCivil cases

Deadline

2 court days

Applies to

Joint brief

IDC joint briefs must be filed at least 2 court days prior to the hearing.

a joint brief – less than five-pages in length that summarizes the discovery dispute(s) at issue – shall be filed and provided to the Court at least two court days prior to the hearing.

CRITICALCivil cases

The joint brief must be filed and provided to the Court at least two court days prior to the IDC hearing.

Third, a joint brief – less than five-pages in length that summarizes the discovery dispute(s) at issue – shall be filed and provided to the Court at least two court days prior to the hearing.

CRITICALCivil cases

Joint trial documents must be filed at least five court days before the final status conference.

PARTIES MUST MEET AND CONFER "IN PERSON", AND THEN FILE THE JOINT TRIAL DOCUMENTS AT LEAST FIVE COURT DAYS BEFORE THE FINAL STATUS CONFERENCE.

CRITICALCivil cases

MILs must be filed with timely statutory notice so they can be heard on the day of the final status conference.

Motions in Limine (MILs) must be filed with timely statutory notice, so as to be heard on the day of the final status conference. LASCR 3.25(f)(2).

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Case management statement

A case management statement must be filed at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing as required by CRC 3.725(a).

A case management statement must be filed at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing as required by CRC 3.725(a).

CRITICALCivil cases

A case management statement must be filed at least 15 days before the case management conference hearing, per CRC 3.725(a).

A case management statement must be filed at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing as required by CRC 3.725(a).

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Declaration of service efforts

If not all defendants are served, plaintiff must submit a declaration of service efforts 5 days prior to case management conference hearing.

If all defendants have not been served, plaintiff or plaintiff’s counsel must submit a declaration to the court five (5) days prior to the hearing explaining what efforts have been undertaken to accomplish service. CRC 3.110.

CRITICALCivil cases

Except for motions in limine, the parties must meet and confer and file and serve the Trial Documents on the fifth court day before the FSC.

Except as to motions in limine, which must be filed and served per code, the parties have a joint obligation to meet and confer, and to file and serve on the fifth court day prior to the FSC, the documents described below (the “Trial Documents”).

CRITICALCivil cases

Deadline

5 court days

The parties must lodge one complete set of all exhibit binders by 4 p.m. five court days before the FSC.

Five court days prior to the FSC, the parties must lodge by 4 p.m. one complete set of all exhibit binders.

CRITICALCivil cases

Deadline

7 calendar days

The party seeking additional discovery must file the one-page IDC form seven days before the IDC; the responding party may file a response on the same form three days before it.

The party seeking the additional discovery must file Dept. 508’s one-page IDC form in the department seven days prior to the IDC, and the responding party may file the same form in the department setting forth a response three days prior to the IDC.

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Motion in limine binders must be delivered to the Court at least five court days before the Final Status Conference.

The motion in limine binders shall be delivered to the Court at least five (5) court days before the FSC.

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A joint IDC report must be filed at least five court days before the IDC.

A joint IDC report of up to five pages shall be filed at least five court days before the conference.

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Motions in limine and bifurcation motions must be filed with proper statutory notice and set for hearing on the FSC date, though the Court may defer the hearing to the first day of trial.

MOTIONS IN LIMINE AND BIFURCATION MOTIONS must be filed and served with proper statutory notice and set for hearing on the FSC date. LASC Rule 3.25 (f)(2). The Court may defer hearing on said motions until the first day of trial.

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All final status conference documents other than motions must be filed with the Court at least five court days in advance.

Required Pretrial Filings: All FSC documents other than motions shall be filed with the Court at least five court days in advance

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Only the Joint Exhibit List (with foundation and admissibility stipulations), not the exhibit binders, must be filed five court days before the FSC.

Only the Joint Exhibit List with appropriate stipulations as to foundation and admissibility (not binders of exhibits) need be filed five court days in advance of the FSC.

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Late filings will not be considered without leave of court obtained in advance.

Late filings will not be considered without leave of court obtained in advance.

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Deadline

7 calendar days

Case Management Statements must be filed at least seven calendar days before the scheduled Case Management Conference.

Case Management Statements must be filed at least seven calendar days before the date scheduled for the conference.

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No later than five court days before the Final Status Conference, the parties' counsel and any self-represented parties shall file and serve the following documents:

No later than five court days before the Final Status Conference, the parties' counsel and any self-represented parties shall file and serve the following documents:

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Supplemental memoranda of law must be filed no later than ten days before the hearing date.

After the Joint Statement is filed, each party may file a supplemental memorandum of law not later than ten days before the hearing date.

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Deadline

10 calendar days

A party with a CRC 3.55(7) fee waiver may request an official court reporter by filing form FW-020 at least 10 calendar days before the hearing or trial.

A party who has received a fee waiver pursuant to CRC 3.55(7) may request an official court reporter by filing form FW-020 at least 10 calendar days before the hearing or trial. (See CRC 2.956(c).)

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The moving party must file and serve the IDC memorandum at least four court days before the IDC.

At least four court days before the IDC, the moving party shall file and serve a memorandum no longer than three pages setting identifying the disputed issues.

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The written declaration presenting cause for an order to show cause must be filed at least five days before the hearing date.

The Court requires cause to be presented in a written declaration, based upon personal knowledge, filed at least five days before the hearing date.

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Parties must meet and confer and jointly submit the required Final Status Conference documents five court days before the FSC.

Pursuant to Local Rule 3.25(f), parties must meet and confer and submit the following JOINT documents five court days before the FSC

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Deadline

5 court days

The verdict form must be filed and lodged five court days before the final status conference.

VERDICT FORM: File and lodge five (5) court days before the FSC

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Deadline

3 court days

If motions in limine do not fit behind Trial Binder Tab J, the parties must submit a separate motion in limine at least three court days before the Final Status Conference.

If the motions in limine are too voluminous to fit behind Tab J in the Trial Binder, the parties must submit a separate motion in limine no later than three court days before the Final Status Conference.

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Ex parte applications and supporting documents are due by 10:00 a.m. the court day before the hearing; written oppositions are due by 8:30 a.m. on the hearing day.

All ex parte applications and documents in support thereof must be electronically filed no later than 10:00 a.m. the court day before the hearing. Any written opposition shall be electronically filed by 8:30 a.m. the day of the hearing. Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 2.253(b)(2), self-represented litigants are exempt from these mandatory Electronic Filing requirements.

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Deadline

5 court days

Proposed voir dire questions must be served and filed five court days before the FSC.

3. VOIR DIRE: File and lodge five (5) court days before the FSC The Court conducts the initial Voir Dire of prospective jurors. Five (5) court days prior to the FSC the partes shall serve and file proposed Voir Dire questions for the Court.

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Deadline

5 court days

The joint Statement of the Case must be lodged five court days before the FSC.

2. STATEMENT OF THE CASE: File and lodge five (5) court days before the FSC Counsel shall meet and confer to prepare a JOINT short, non-argumentative written statement of the case suitable to be read to the jury and shall lodge the Statement of the Case five (5) court days prior to the FSC.

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Deadline

5 court days

The parties must jointly prepare and lodge a Trial Binder in Department B at least five court days before the Final Status Conference; it must contain one-sided, conformed copies in a tabbed three-ring binder with a table of contents, with a reduced tab requirement for court trials without a jury.

No later than five court days before the Final Status Conference, the parties’ counsel and any self-represented parties shall jointly prepare and lodge in Department B 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 include only the documents listed under Tabs A, B, C, H, and I):

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Deadline

5 court days

Counsel and self-represented parties must file and serve the listed trial documents no later than five court days before the Final Status Conference.

No later than five court days before the Final Status Conference, the parties’ counsel and any self-represented parties shall file and serve the following documents:

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Motions in limine must be filed with the statutorily required notice for hearing at the final status conference and must comply with SCLAC Rule 3.57.

Pursuant to SCLAC Rule 3.25(f)(2), motions in limine must be filed with the appropriate statutory notice for hearing at the final status conference. Motions in limine must comply with SCLAC Rule 3.57.

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Plaintiff's counsel must submit the parties' jointly agreed jury instructions, edited to conform to the specifics of the case, on the first day of trial.

On the first day of trial, plaintiff's counsel will be required to submit those jury instructions that the parties have jointly agreed to, edited to conform to the specifics of the case.

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A case management statement must be filed at least 15 days before the case management conference hearing.

A case management statement must be filed at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing as required by CRC 3.725(a).

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IDC briefs must be filed at least five court days before the Informal Discovery Conference.

At least five court days prior to the IDC, the parties must separately file a brief of no more than 5 pages (without attachments), setting forth the issue(s) in dispute and their respective positions.

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Trial documents (statement of the case, exhibit list, witness list, jury instructions, verdict form) must be filed with the court five days before the final status conference.

Pursuant to SCLAC Rule 3.25(f)(l), trial documents, including a statement of the case, exhibit list, witness list, jury instructions and verdict form must be filed with the court and served on opposing counsel five (5) days prior to the final status conference.

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The declaration explaining service efforts must be submitted at least 5 days prior to the case management conference hearing.

If all defendants have not been served, plaintiff or plaintiff's counsel must submit a declaration to the court at least five (5) days prior to the hearing explaining what efforts have been undertaken to accomplish service. CRC 3.110.

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The moving party must immediately notify the court if a motion is going off-calendar or being continued, and must remove off-calendar motions from the court reservation management system.

Pursuant to CRC 3.l 304(b), the moving party on a motion must notify the court immediately if the motion is going off-calendar or is being continued. If the motion is taken off calendar, please remove the motion from the court reservation management system.

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Joint MCC statement must be filed at least 5 days before the MCC.

At least five (5) days before the MCC, the parties/counsel shall file a joint statement that succinctly summarizes the nature of the dispute, the necessity for the discovery, the basis for any objection or withholding of information, and the overall status of discovery.

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Deadline

15 calendar days

Case management statements must be filed at least 15 calendar days before the case management conference.

Case management statements must be filed at least fifteen (15) calendar days before the conference. (CRC 3.725(a).)

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If all defendants have not been served, plaintiff must submit a declaration explaining service efforts five days before the case management conference hearing.

If all defendants have not been served, plaintiff or plaintiff's counsel must submit a declaration to the Court five (5) days prior to the hearing explaining what efforts have been undertaken to accomplish service. Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.110.

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Parties must file a joint statement at least 5 days before the MCC summarizing the dispute, the necessity for the discovery, the basis for any objections, and the overall status of discovery.

At least five (5) days before the MCC, the parties/counsel shall file a joint statement that succinctly summarizes the nature of the dispute, the necessity for the discovery, the basis for any objection or withholding of information, and the overall status of discovery.

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Deadline

15 calendar days

Case management statements must be filed at least 15 calendar days before the conference.

Case management statements must be filed at least fifteen (15) calendar days before the conference. (CRC 3.725(a).)

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Deadline

5 calendar days

Parties must serve and file the specified pretrial documents at least five calendar days before the FSC.

At least five (5) calendar days prior to the FSC, the parties/counsel shall serve and file the following

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All pretrial documents must be filed before the Final Status Conference, which is held 10 days prior to the scheduled trial date.

All pretrial documents must be filed in advance of the FSC.