Judge Luke Berger

Applies to

Document requiring certificate of service

Must include

certificate of service

A document that requires a certificate of service must have the certificate attached or the Court will not consider it.

Applies to

Complaint or answer

A jury-trial demand must appear in the caption of the complaint or answer.

Applies to

Motion

Motions must address stipulation or opposition when applicable, and motions requiring opposing-party contact will be rejected if silent about that contact.

Parties must set and confirm hearing dates with the Clerk of Court.

Contact

Email to clerk

Documents submitted by email for Beaverhead County must be sent to clerkofcourt.beaverhead@mt.gov.

Contact

Email to clerk

Documents submitted by email for Jefferson County must be sent to dwoods@mt.gov.

Motions, stipulations, and other such filings must be separate documents from proposed orders.

Proposed e-file orders must be in Word, submitted as separate documents categorized as Proposed Orders, and omit a footer and the judge’s signature/date block.

Email- or facsimile-filed documents are originals; mailed originals are unnecessary, and duplicates may not be filed.

Documents offered for filing must be accompanied by documentation demonstrating service, except complaints.

The Clerk may email court orders and minute entries instead of sending hard copies, and parties must provide the Clerk with the email addresses for those copies.

A party that files any document electronically is deemed to have consented in writing to receive documents electronically.