Judge David Francisco

Applies to

Closing statement

Every Closing Statement must comply with LR71-PR00606.6.

Applies to

Motion

Must include

proposed order

Every motion must include an appropriate proposed order for the Court’s consideration and use.

A Court file may be removed from the Clerk’s custody only with authorization from the regularly presiding Judge and subject to the authorization order’s conditions, including the authorized person’s written acknowledgment of possession.

Service

Mail to all parties

The Court must notify attorneys of record and unrepresented parties about evidence destruction by mail or as otherwise provided, and notice to their last current address is sufficient.

For cases filed after the Rule’s effective date, the Clerk must provide actual notice to the Plaintiff upon initiation, issue notice to Defendants under Trial Rule 4, or send notice when a party first appears.

For civil cases filed before the Rule’s effective date, actual notice may be given if possible at final disposition or, if disposition already occurred, when the evidence is scheduled for destruction.

Clerk offices designated to receive filings must be open on court-session days from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Opposing counsel has ten days to file written objections to the indication that issues are closed, unless the Court orders otherwise.

A motion to enlarge time must be filed no later than the original due date for the rule to apply.

Counsel and litigants must use the Court’s Minute Entry Codes to summarize standard entries on the CCS.

Non-documentary and oversized exhibits must remain with the trial court or Administrative Agency and must not be sent to the appellate court during the appeal.

Photographs of exhibits may be included in the volume of documentary exhibits.