Roosevelt County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Papers that do not conform to MUDCR 1 and Rules 10 and 11 of the M. R. Civ. P. should not be filed by the Clerk and may be struck by the Court.

The Clerk of Court should not file, and the Court may strike, any papers presented for filing which do not conform to Montana Uniform District Court Rules (MUDCR) 1 and Rules 10 and 11 of the M. R. Civ. P.

CRITICAL

Electronically submitted proposed orders must be in Microsoft Word format.

The required format for electronically submitted proposed orders is Microsoft Word.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Electronically submitted documents other than proposed orders must be in PDF format.

The required format for electronically submitted documents other than proposed orders is PDF.

CRITICAL

Proposed orders must omit submitting counsel's name and address from the top left-hand corner and, when e-filed, be attached in Microsoft Word format.

All proposed Orders shall omit the submitting counsel's name and address from the top left-hand corner. If using e-filing, proposed orders shall be attached in Microsoft Word format.

CRITICAL

Documents filed with the Clerk of Court must not be stapled.

To facilitate scanning into the Full Court case management system, parties shall not staple documents filed with the Clerk of Court.

WARNING

Counsel should make a reasonable effort to pre-label trial exhibits.

Counsel shall make reasonable effort to pre-label all exhibits to be used at trial.

WARNING

Briefs should be concise but sufficiently thorough, and the Court may strike rambling, verbose, inflammatory, or unintelligible briefs or pleadings.

Briefs shall be concise and to the point, but as thorough as the complexities of the issues demand. The Court may strike rambling, verbose, inflammatory, or unintelligible briefs or pleadings.

WARNING

In making trial exhibits, plaintiffs shall use numbers and defendants shall use letters. Multiple defendants should use a different initial before numbering of each exhibit.

In making trial exhibits, plaintiffs shall use numbers and defendants shall use letters. Multiple defendants should use a different initial before numbering of each exhibit.

WARNING

Parties must follow the most recent uniform system of citation.

Parties shall comply with the most recent uniform system of citation.