East Baton Rouge Parish District Court Filing Rules

If expert testimony is required, the plaintiff’s expert must be deposed no more than 30 days after the plaintiff’s reply report is due.

If expert testimony is required, the defendants' expert deposition must occur no more than 30 days after the plaintiff's expert deposition.

The plaintiff expert-designation deadline is the same date as the fact-discovery deadline.

The parties must file a joint pretrial order by the date specified in the scheduling order.

All motions to compel and for protective orders, must be filed no later than 21 days from this date.

The Plaintiff’s attorney must file the signed Joint Pre-Trial Order with the Clerk of Court.

A Pre-Trial Conference will be scheduled upon receipt of the Pre-Trial Order and a written order requesting the conference.

At the guilty plea, the defendant must read, understand, and execute the Probation Agreement and other program documents.

Counsel must certify that discovery and other preliminary matters are complete and the case is ready for trial.

A proper request for a pretrial conference is required to obtain trial dates.

The parties must exchange pretrial inserts by the scheduled date.

The plaintiff must exchange any expert reports by the specified date, no more than 30 days after deadline #6.

If expert testimony is required, the defendants must provide their expert report to the plaintiff no more than 30 days after the plaintiff's report is due.

The parties must exchange pretrial inserts by the date set in the schedule.

The parties are to exchange pretrial inserts by the date entered in the agreed case dates.

The ADA Coordinator’s listed email address is available for accommodation-related contact.

Jury charges and verdict forms must be emailed directly to the court as part of the required submission; the order also specifies regular mail.

After filing the pretrial order, the parties must request a pretrial status with the Court.

Parties must notify the Court via fax at (225) 389-5341 and email to Judge Johnson Rose’s Law Clerk, Shannon Thomas (Sthomas@19thjdc.org), and Judicial Assistant, Cathy Royal (chroyal@19thjdc.org) immediately upon any settlement or compromise of this case, and upon any joint request for cancellation or continuance of any status conference or scheduled court appearance.

A completed transcript request form may be emailed to the court reporter at the stated address.

A copy of an appeal transcript costs $1.50 per page.

The party requesting a jury trial must provide $1,000 in cash or bond for each additional trial day.

Party requesting a Jury Trial will be responsible for Jury Charges in the amount of $5,000 cash for the first day and $1,000 cash or bond for each additional day.

A cancellation or continuance notification must be made jointly or confirm that opposing counsel has no objection.

A cancellation or continuance notification must be made jointly or verify that opposing counsel has no objection.

For continuance requests, notification must be made jointly or verified to confirm that opposing counsel has no objection.

Upcoming Status Conference: If the Case Management Scheduling Order is completed before the scheduled conference, the parties may jointly agree to pass the Status Conference date.

Do not use string citations; cite one main case with the highest authority.

Use the reverse side of the Financial Declaration for additional answers when necessary.

Counsel must leave the pretrial conference date blank because the Court will assign it.

A copy of the Joint Pre-Trial Order must be hand-delivered to the Court’s Staff Attorney.

A copy of the Pre-Trial Order must be hand-delivered to the Court’s Staff Attorney by the date specified in the order.

If the parties cannot agree on dates, they may file a Motion for Status Conference.

Upon receiving an accommodation request, the court must seal the applicant’s identity and all other identifying information provided with the application.