Central District of California Service and Proof of Service Rules

WARNING

Applies to

Responsive pleading

Defendants must file proof of service of responsive pleadings within 3 days after service.

Defendants shall also timely file and serve their responsive pleadings and file proofs of service within three (3) days thereafter, in compliance with the requirements of Local Rule 5-3.2.

WARNING

Plaintiff must identify and serve Doe defendants before the scheduling conference deadline.

Plaintiff must identify and serve any fictitiously named or “Doe” defendant(s) before the deadline set forth in the Court’s Order Setting Scheduling Conference.

WARNINGCivil cases

Service

Email

Opposing party must deliver integrated motion to moving party within 14 days after receiving moving party's papers.

No later than fourteen (14) days after receiving the moving party’s papers, the opposing party shall personally deliver or email to the moving party an electronic copy of the integrated motion,

WARNINGCivil cases

Service

Email

Moving party must deliver its portion of joint brief to opposing party within 14 days after meet and confer.

No later than fourteen (14) days after the meet and confer, the moving party shall personally deliver or email to the opposing party an electronic copy of the moving party's portion of the Joint Brief

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Declaration

Declarations of direct testimony may be served personally, by fax, or by electronic mail.

At least 28 days before trial, for each witness a party intends to call at trial, counsel for that party shall either (a) file and serve personally or by fax or electronic mail an executed declaration

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Order

Plaintiff's counsel (or defendant's counsel if plaintiff is pro se) must provide this Order to newly appearing parties and known but unappeared parties.

Plaintiff’s counsel or, if plaintiff is appearing pro se, defendant’s counsel, must provide this Order to any parties who first appear after the date of this Order and to parties who are known to exist but have not yet entered appearances.

INFOCivil cases

Counsel must provide a copy of this Order to newly appearing parties and known but unappeared parties.

Plaintiff’s counsel or, if Plaintiff is appearing pro se, Defendant’s counsel, shall provide this Order to any parties who first appear after the date of this Order and to parties who are known to exist but have not yet entered appearances.

INFOCivil cases

Counsel must deliver copies of this Order and the Scheduling and Trial Order to their clients.

Counsel are ordered to deliver to their clients a copy of this Order and the court’s forthcoming Scheduling and Trial Order, which will contain the pretrial and trial schedule for this action.

INFOCriminal cases

Applies to

Witness binder

Government must provide defense counsel a copy of witness binders; witness binders are not provided to the jury.

a copy for defense counsel. The witness binders will not be provided to the jury.

INFO

Applies to

Order

Counsel must deliver copies of this Order and trial order to clients.

Counsel are ordered to deliver to their respective clients a copy of this Order and of the Court’s trial order, which will contain the schedule that the Court sets at the scheduling conference.

INFOCriminal cases

Clerk must serve a copy of this order personally or by mail on all counsel.

The Clerk is ordered to serve a copy of this order personally or by mail on counsel for all parties to this action.

CRITICAL

Ex parte applications should be served electronically if possible.

The applicant shall serve the opposing party electronically, if possible.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Ex parte application

Parties enrolled for fax or mail service must be served ex parte applications by fax or personal service.

Parties enrolled for service by facsimile or mail must be served the ex parte application by facsimile or personal service.

CRITICAL

Jury trial parties must notify the Court no later than the Wednesday preceding the Monday trial date.

In all cases set for jury trial, the parties must notify the Court, no later than the Wednesday preceding the Monday trial date, a different case for trial or notify the members of the public who would otherwise be reporting for jury duty that their services are no longer needed.

CRITICAL

Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law must be served on opposing counsel at the time of filing.

counsel for each party shall, no later than 21 days before trial, file with the Court and serve on opposing counsel that party’s proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law in the format specified in Local Rule 52-3.

CRITICAL

Counsel must provide approved sentencing videos and transcripts to opposing counsel at least 21 days before the sentencing hearing.

If permission is granted, counsel must provide the video and a transcript to opposing counsel at least twenty-one (21) days before the sentencing hearing.

CRITICAL

Deadline

14 calendar days

Plaintiff's counsel must serve proposed jury instructions and verdict forms at least 14 calendar days before the Local Rule 16-2 counsel meeting.

At least fourteen (14) calendar days before the meeting of counsel required by Local Rule 16-2 (which must occur at least 40 days before the date set for the Final Pretrial Conference), counsel for plaintiff(s) must serve on defense counsel proposed jury instructions and proposed verdict forms.

CRITICAL

Deadline

7 calendar days

Defense counsel must serve objections and alternative jury instructions/verdict forms within 7 calendar days of plaintiff's service.

Within seven (7) calendar days, defense counsel must serve objections, if any, to those instructions and verdict forms, as well as any proposed alternative or additional instructions and verdict forms.