St. Louis County Circuit Court Filing Rules

Petitions must use the prescribed caption, including the case and party information and pleading details shown in the form.

Parties must present objections to designated deposition testimony they intend to enter into the record to the court for a ruling at the pre-trial conference.

Fentanyl, Xylazine and ETG testing may be excluded only if the Court states the exclusion in a written order.

Any party subject to the standing order may file a written motion with a notice of hearing to seek an exception from the drug testing requirement.

The summary judgment package must contain the motion, statement of uncontroverted facts, supporting memorandum, opposition response with statement of uncontroverted facts, reply, and any permitted sur-replies.

A faxed document is deemed filed at the date and time recorded by the fax, and the transmitting party is responsible for ensuring the transmission is complete.

All dispositive motions must be filed no later than 180 days before the scheduled pre-trial conference.

No discovery shall be served no later than 30 days prior to discovery deadline.

Oral argument may be requested in writing within ten days of filing a motion, or set by the Court.

The specified withdrawal notices must be served on the client personally, by first-class mail, or by third-party carrier at the client’s last known address.

If necessary to effectuate such drug testing, the Children’s Division Case Manager or their supervisor and/or the Deputy Juvenile Officer or their supervisor, shall provide a copy of this Court’s standing order along with any other Court order for drug screens, to the drug testing facility.

No discovery shall be served no later than 30 days prior to discovery deadline.

During trial or a hearing, courtroom filings must be submitted to the division clerk, who scans them into the electronic system after the judge signs if a signature is required.

Pleadings and motions must be typewritten and double-spaced, use the specified paper size or a size prescribed by Supreme Court Rule, have top and left margins of at least one inch, and use at least 12-point font.

The jury instructions should be in Word format.

The e-mailed copy of the summary judgment package must be in Word format.

Summary judgment courtesy copies must be securely bound in a binder, with each document separately tabbed and an index identifying the document under each tab.

The court must rule on a fee-waiver request and may investigate whether the request or cause of action has merit.

To set a pre-trial motion pending before a Circuit Judge, apply to the clerk of the assigned division.

Suggestions of law and citations are not required for the listed objections or pre-trial motions unless the Court orders otherwise.

All outstanding motions, motions in limine, and deposition objections will be argued at the pre-trial conference.

A party may be excused from the in-person meet-and-confer requirement for good cause shown, such as opposing counsel's refusal to respond to requests to meet and confer.

A party may be excused from the meet-and-confer requirement for good cause shown, such as opposing counsel's refusal to respond to requests to meet and confer.

No discovery dispute will be heard unless counsel meet at least once in person or by video conference in good faith and file a joint memorandum before obtaining a hearing date.

A document submitted for a judge’s or commissioner’s signature that will be public once signed and filed must include both an unredacted version and a version redacted to remove confidential information under Court Operating Rule 2.

A continuance in a civil case may be granted only by the assigned judge or a judge designated by that judge.

Heather.Cunningham@courts.mo,gov, at least 10 days prior to pre-trial.

All outstanding motions, pre-trial motions, motions in limine and proposed jury instructions mustbe e-mailed to Bruce.Hilton@courts.mo,gov, at least one week prior to trial.

Counsel setting a motion for summary judgment for hearing must deliver courtesy copies of the operative pleadings, critical exhibits, up to 3 primary cases per party, and the movant's proposed judgment to Division 12 chambers at least one week before the hearing.

Any Motions for Summary Judgment filed pursuant to 74.04 RSMo shall be filed in a packagecontaining the Motion; Statement of Uncontroverted Facts; Memorandum in Support of the Motion; Response in Opposition to the Motion and Statement of Uncontroverted Facts; the Reply in Support of the Motion; and anySur-Replies permitted by 74.04(c) RSMo no later than

All summary judgment filings under 74.04 RSMo must be filed together in a single package.

In cross-motion summary judgment cases, counsel for the party who first filed a motion for summary judgment must prepare and deliver the courtesy copy binder.

A pleading or other document faxed by a self-represented person must be no more than 10 pages to qualify for fax filing.