Judge Elisè Givhan Spainhour

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Pleading and legal paper

Must include

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Pleadings and legal papers must have a centered heading at the beginning of the first page, using the specified court and division information and the appropriate civil or criminal case number format.

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Discovery motion

Must include

certificate of conference

A discovery motion must have an appended counsel certificate stating that counsel conferred, could not resolve the dispute, and exhausted extrajudicial means.

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Motion

A motion and its memorandum must include a copy of the discovery requests in dispute.

Motions must be filed with the Bullitt Circuit Clerk by 4:00 p.m. on the Wednesday before the Monday hearing.

A motion filed by mail is deemed filed when the clerk clocks and enters it.

A motion filed after the Wednesday deadline for the following Monday must be re-noticed for the next available Monday unless the Circuit Judge grants leave to add it to the originally noticed motion hour.

Objections must be reserved and not stated on the recording, except objections to the form of a question.

Pleadings must be printed on white letter-size paper.

The Circuit Court Clerk may not file a fax-generated pleading without leave of the Circuit Judge.

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Notices and motions

Notices and motions must be served in strict compliance with the applicable Kentucky Rule of Civil or Criminal Procedure.

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Witness list

Each party must exchange its trial witness list with the other parties.

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Documentary evidence and exhibits

Each party must make trial documentary evidence and exhibits available to opposing counsel for inspection and copying at least 15 days before trial.