Courtesy copies are required for all covered filings. Details: 1 copy, delivery upon filing, by hand delivery. Parties must jointly prepare and deliver a trial notebook to Department C28 by 12:00 p.m. the Wednesday before trial.
Judge McConville, Thomas' formatting rule includes file format docx and single document. Stipulations must be submitted as a single document in Word format.
The rule requires signature. Stipulations must be signed by all parties or their counsel.
The rule requires proposed order. Ex parte applications must include a separate proposed order in Word format.
Parties may contact Judge McConville, Thomas' clerk by phone only as allowed by the rule. Telephone notice to the courtroom clerk must be given by 12:00 p.m. the day before the ex parte hearing.
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. Ex parte applications must be e-filed by 1:30 p.m. the day before the hearing; no courtesy copies required.
The rule uses a 8:30 a.m. cutoff and treats filing as on submission. Oppositions to ex parte applications must be filed by 8:30 a.m. on the day of the hearing.
Ex parte applications must be e-filed by 1:30 p.m. the day before the hearing; no courtesy copies required.
No courtesy copies are required for ex parte applications.
Oppositions to ex parte applications must be filed by 8:30 a.m. on the day of the hearing.
Stipulations must be submitted as a single document in Word format.
The judge's signature line must not be alone on a page; at least two lines of text must precede it.
Stipulations must be signed by all parties or their counsel.
Proposed orders must have a static date associated with the signature.
Telephone notice to the courtroom clerk must be given by 12:00 p.m. the day before the ex parte hearing.
All ex parte application papers, including proposed order, must be e-filed by 1:30 p.m. the business day before the hearing.
Oppositions to ex parte applications must be e-filed by 8:30 a.m. on the day of the hearing.
Ex parte applications must include a separate proposed order in Word format.
Motion dates must be reserved online; motion papers must be filed within 24 hours of reservation, except for summary judgment motions.
Proposed orders must be submitted in an editable word-processing format.
Evidentiary objections and related proposed orders must comply with CRC 3.1354 format.
Summary judgment motions are exempt from the 24-hour filing rule, but a party cannot reserve more than one hearing date for the same motion.
Declarations for summary judgment motions must be filed separately, not attached to the motion or memorandum.
Parties must jointly prepare and deliver a trial notebook to Department C28 by 12:00 p.m. the Wednesday before trial.
The trial notebook must contain 11 specific documents, double-sided and separately tabbed.
Statement of Compliance must be e-filed and a courtesy copy included in the trial notebook.
Courtesy copies of in limine motions and oppositions must be delivered to the Courtroom Clerk by 12:00 p.m. the Wednesday before trial, either in the trial notebook or a separate binder.
Proposed jury instructions must be e-filed and delivered to the Courtroom Clerk by 12:00 p.m. the Wednesday before trial.
Jury instructions must comply with CRC 2.1055, be on separate pages, include CACI numbers/titles, and special instructions must include citations and explanations.
Special or modified jury instructions must be submitted to the Courtroom Clerk in Word format.
Parties must advise the court and e-file proposed preliminary instructions before jury selection concludes if they object to or seek additional preliminary instructions.
Parties must meet and confer about verdict forms at the Issue Conference; verdict forms must not list Doe defendants or attorney identities/addresses.
Stipulated verdict forms must be e-filed and included in the court's trial notebook.
Disputed verdict forms must be e-filed, included in the trial notebook, and submitted to the Courtroom Clerk in Word format.
Factual stipulations must be in writing, e-filed, and included in the court's trial notebook.
Procedural stipulations must be e-filed by 12:00 p.m. the Wednesday before trial and included in the court's trial notebook.
Deposition transcripts must be lodged with the Courtroom Clerk on trial day, and an e-filed Notice of Lodging with courtesy copy must be provided if any transcripts are unsigned.