Judge Chi Soo Kim
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
Filings (Exhibits)
Required
Filings (Joint Pretrial Statement, Witness List, Exhibit List, Proposed Voir Dire Questions, Proposed Jury Instructions, Proposed Verdict Forms, Motions In Limine, Trial Briefs)
Required • Binding: Three Ring Binder
Communication
Chambers
Detailed Drafting Rules
Motions and oppositions limited to 20 pages; replies limited to 10 pages.
Besides cross motions for summary judgment (see Section I.C), all other motions and oppositions are limited to 20 pages, and replies are limited to 10 pages.
Page limit expansions and supplemental briefs require good cause and 7-day advance request.
Only in rare instances and for good cause shown will requests to expand these page limits or to file a supplemental brief or sur-reply be granted. Any such requests must be filed in writing at least seven (7) days before the filing.
Documents exceeding page limits without leave will not be considered.
Pages that exceed the page limits, supplemental briefs, or sur-replies filed without prior leave of court will not be considered.
Briefs must use 12-point font and be double-spaced.
Briefs must be submitted using a minimum of 12 point font for all text, including footnotes, and must be double-spaced.
Multi-page exhibits must be internally paginated starting at 1.
Multi-page exhibits must be internally paginated, with the pagination for each exhibit beginning at one (1) (for example, Exh. A-1, Exh. A-2, etc.).
Social Security summary judgment briefs have specific page limits: 25 pages (plaintiff), 30 pages (commissioner), 15 pages (reply).
Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is limited to 25 pages; the Commissioner’s opposition and cross-motion for summary judgment is limited to 30 pages; and Plaintiff’s optional reply brief is limited to 15 pages. All briefs must use a minimum of 12 point font, double-spaced.
Prisoner case motions limited to 20 pages, oppositions to 20 pages, replies to 10 pages. Exceeding limits without leave will not be considered.
all motions and oppositions in prisoner cases are limited to 20 pages, and replies are limited to 10 pages. Only in rare instances and for good cause shown will requests to expand these page limits. Any such requests must be filed in writing at least seven (7) days before the filing. The pages of motions filed that exceed the page limits without prior leave of court will not be considered.
Prisoner case briefs must use minimum 12 point font for all text including footnotes, and must be double-spaced.
Typed briefs must be submitted using a minimum of 12 point font for all text, including footnotes, and must be double-spaced.
Photographs and visual images must be submitted electronically in JPG, PNG, or TIFF format.
Pursuant to Local Rule 138(l), all photographs and other visual images must be submitted electronically in JPG, PNG, or TIFF format.
Deposition transcripts must be submitted electronically via email with specific subject line format.
this requirement by submitting the deposition transcript as an electronic copy only by email to CSKorders@caed.uscourts.gov. The email subject line must contain the case number, the words “deposition transcript,” and the last name of the deponent.
Document Type
Deposition Transcript
Email communications to Judge Kim are restricted to specific purposes only.
Parties, including parties proceeding without an attorney, should refrain from emailing Judge Kim or her staff except as provided for in these standing orders (for example, to submit proposed orders or settlement conference statements, request a settlement conference or an informal discovery conference, etc.), Judge Kim’s orders (for example, to submit certain trial documents in Word format), or the Local Rules (for example, Local Rule 141 sealing documents). Judge Kim and her staff will not otherwise respond to email communications.
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