Eastern District of California Filing Bundling Requirements

Proposed verdict forms must be exchanged 3 weeks before trial, conference held, and joint form filed 1 week before trial.

Source text: The parties shall serve their proposed verdict form on one another no later than three (3) weeks before trial and shall conduct a conference to address their proposed verdict forms. At the conference, the parties shall reach an agreement on the verdict form for use at trial. The parties shall file the joint proposed verdict form, no later than one (1) week before trial.

Joint neutral statement of the case must be filed 1 week before trial.

Source text: One (1) week before trial, the parties shall prepare a joint neutral statement of the case for use during jury voir dire and in the initial instructions given to the jury prior to opening statements. The joint neutral statement of the case shall briefly describe the case, including the relevant claims and defenses.

Parties must coordinate to submit only two total sets of courtesy copies.

Source text: Parties should coordinate this submission so that only two sets total are submitted.