Judge David O. Carter

The parties must appear in person for hearings and conferences before the Court. The Court does not permit telephonic appearances.

Under no circumstances should counsel, or a party if the party is appearing pro se, fail to appear at a court appearance unless their appearance has been waived by prior order of the Court. Even if a settlement has been reached, counsel for all parties, or the party if appearing pro se, must appear at court appearances until a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties has been lodged with the Court.

The filer must email the judge's chambers email (DOC_chambers@cacd.uscourts.gov) with the PDF of the application, PDF of the proposed under seal document, and Word version of the proposed order. The emailed documents and mandatory chambers (hard copies) are due to the Court by 12 noon the day after the e-filing of the Notice of Manual Filing.

The filer must email the judge’s chambers email (DOC_chambers@cacd.uscourts.gov) with the PDF of the documents submitted for filing in the under seal action.

The parties must appear in person for hearings and conferences before the Court. The Court does not permit telephonic appearances.

All appropriate inquiries should be directed to Judge Carter's Courtroom Deputy Clerk at (714) 338-4543 or DOC_Chambers@cacd.uscourts.gov. Counsel should not attempt to contact chambers directly. Counsel should list their email addresses and phone numbers on their papers in order to facilitate communication by the Courtroom Deputy Clerk.

If settlement is reached at any time in this litigation, the parties shall immediately notify the Court by telephone, email, or by filing a notice of settlement. Local Rule 40-2.

Parties shall be represented at all court appearances by lead counsel, the counsel expected to be in charge of conducting trial on behalf of the parties. The parties (or counsel) must appear in person for hearings and conferences before the Court. The Court does not permit telephonic appearances.

Under no circumstances should counsel, or a party if the party is appearing pro se, fail to appear at a court appearance unless their appearance has been waived by prior order of the Court. Even if the parties have reached a settlement, counsel for all parties, or the party if appearing pro se, must appear at court appearances until a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties has been lodged with the Court.

All protective orders are to be noticed before the magistrate judge assigned to your case, unless otherwise ordered by Court.

The uncontroverted facts shall be set forth in a two column format. The left hand column shall set forth the allegedly undisputed fact. The right hand column shall set forth the evidence that supports the factual statement. The fact statements shall be set forth in sequentially numbered rows. Each cell should contain a narrowly focused statement of fact, and address a single subject in as concise a manner as possible.

The first part of the opposing party’s Statement of Genuine Disputes shall track the moving party’s Statement of Uncontroverted Facts. It shall be set forth in a two column format. The left hand column shall restate the allegedly undisputed fact and supporting evidence, and the right hand column shall state either that the fact is undisputed or disputed. The opposing party may dispute all or only a portion of the allegedly undisputed fact, but if disputing only a portion, the opposing party must specify clearly what portion is being disputed.

The opposing party may also specify additional material facts that bear on or relate to the issues raised by the moving party, which shall follow the same two column format described above for the moving party’s Statement of Uncontroverted Facts. These additional facts shall continue in sequentially numbered paragraphs (i.e., if the moving party’s last allegedly undisputed fact was set forth as ¶ 30, then the first new allegedly undisputed fact specified by the opposing party shall be set forth as ¶ 31).

Evidence in support of or in opposition to a motion shall be presented to the Court in a way that makes it easy for the Court to find cited evidence. For instance, the parties should make generous use of tabs and indices for hard copies of exhibits. The parties should highlight the testimony or portions of exhibits on which they are relying.