Mendocino Superior Court Document Format Requirements

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Format

PDF

Electronic documents must be searchable PDFs, with searchable PDF/A preferred.

Searchable PDF Format. Electronic documents must be submitted in searchable PDF format with searchable PDF/A as the preferred format.

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Depositions or administrative records submitted as exhibits must be provided on a USB flash drive labeled with the case name, case number, and drive contents.

Any depositions or administrative records submitted to the court as exhibits must be submitted on a USB flash drive clearly labeled with the case name, case number, and contents of the USB drive.

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Trial binders containing multiple exhibits will not receive evidence tags, and each exhibit must be separately marked for identification.

Trial binders containing multiple exhibits will not be marked with evidence tags. Each exhibit must be separately marked for identification.

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An administrative record lodged with the court must be submitted on a USB flash drive.

In all matters in which an Administrative Record is lodged with the court, the record must be submitted on a USB flash drive.

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Unless otherwise ordered, pretrial motions must be noticed in writing using a date obtained from the clerk, and the clerk must receive a description and reliable time estimate for each motion.

Unless otherwise ordered, all pretrial motions must be noticed in writing with a date obtained from the clerk. A description of, and a reliable time estimate for, any motions must be provided to the clerk.

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Unless the trial judge orders otherwise, motions in limine must be written, filed with the court, and served on all parties by close of business on the Tuesday before trial.

Absent any other order by the trial judge, all motions in limine must be in writing, filed with the court, and served on all parties by the close of business on the Tuesday before trial.

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Drop-box filers must time-stamp the back of the last page and submit documents in order, securely clipped together or in an envelope.

When placing documents in the drop box, filing parties will: 1. Use the electronic time stamp located on top of the drop box to stamp documents with the date and time on the back of the last page. 2. Ensure that documents are in order and securely clipped together or placed in an envelope.

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The email and all attachments together may not exceed 25 MB.

The combined size of the email and all attachments cannot exceed 25 megabytes (MB)

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Courtesy copies must exactly match the documents filed with the court.

All courtesy copies must be exact electronic copies of the documents as filed with the court

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Emailed courtesy-copy documents must use the specified filename format: case number, short document title, hearing date, and the PDF extension.

Emailed documents must have a file name in the following uniform format: [case number].[short title of document].[date of hearing].pdf For example, 1234567.OppositiontoDemurrer.010116.pdf

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Parties are encouraged to pre-mark trial exhibits; the clerk is available to do so at the pretrial conference or before court starts each trial day, but not while court is in session.

Parties are encouraged to pre-mark exhibits for use at trial. The clerk will be available to pre-mark exhibits at the pretrial conference and before court starts on each day of trial. Please do not ask the clerk to pre-mark exhibits while court is in session.

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Format

PDF

Only documents in PDF format will be accepted

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Electronic transcripts must have a file name in the following uniform format: [year, month, day of proceeding; case name; type of proceeding] Examples: Criminal case: Smith-John 20170817 Civil case: Smith-Jones 20170817 Juvenile or other confidential case: In the matter of JS 20170817

Summary: Electronic transcripts must use the specified uniform filename format, including the proceeding date, case name, and proceeding type.

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The USB flash drive must be clearly labeled