Northern District of California Electronic Filing Rules

Discovery letter briefs must be e-filed under the specified category in the court’s electronic filing system.

Source text: Note: Discovery letter briefs must be e-filed under the Civil Events category of Motions and Related Filings: Motions—General: “Discovery Letter Brief.”

Parties must submit a redline comparison with the model standard litigation stipulated protective order and the electronic proposed order to ygrpo@cand.uscourts.gov.

Source text: The parties shall submit a redline comparison with the model Stipulated Protective Order for Standard Litigation, along with their electronic form of proposed order, to ygrpo@cand.uscourts.gov.

Proposed orders on sealing requests must be filed electronically and emailed to the Court’s proposed order inbox.

Source text: Parties shall file and email to the Court’s proposed order inbox, a proposed order addressing all sealing requests.

Following trial, parties must coordinate with courtroom deputy to electronically file all admitted exhibits, the official court record.

Source text: Following trial, the parties shall coordinate with the courtroom deputy regarding electronic filing of all admitted exhibits, which shall be the official court record.

Joint letter briefs for discovery disputes must be filed electronically in the specified ECF category.

Source text: The joint letter brief must be filed electronically in the Civil Events category of Motions and Related Filings > Motions – General > Discovery Letter Brief.

Electronically filed documents must be text-searchable PDFs whenever possible, with an exemption for self-represented litigants without counsel.

Source text: Electronically filed documents must be text-searchable PDFs whenever possible. This requirement is waived for self-represented litigants who are proceeding without a lawyer.

Word versions of jury instructions, voir dire, and verdict form must be emailed same day as filing.

Source text: The parties must e-mail Word versions of the proposed jury instructions, voir dire, and verdict form to nwpo@cand.uscourts.gov on the same day they file them.

After trial, parties must coordinate with the courtroom deputy to electronically file all admitted exhibits, which constitute the official court record.

Source text: Following trial, the parties shall coordinate with the courtroom deputy regarding electronic filing of all admitted exhibits, which shall be the official court record.

Proposed jury questionnaire questions must be filed on the docket and a Word version emailed 21 days before the pretrial conference.

Source text: At least 21 days before the pretrial conference, the parties shall file the proposed questions on the docket and submit a Word version to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov.

Proposed verdict forms must be sent in Word format to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov via email.

Source text: No later than 7 days before the pretrial conference, the parties must jointly file, and send in Word format to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov, either an agreed-upon proposed verdict form or competing proposed verdict forms.

Exhibit lists must be sent in Word format to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov via email.

Source text: No later than 7 days before the pretrial conference, each party must file, and send in Word format to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov, a list of exhibits.

Witness lists must be sent in Word format to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov via email.

Source text: No later than 7 days before the pretrial conference, the parties must file, and send in Word format to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov, lists of potential witnesses to be called at trial, other than solely for impeachment or rebuttal.

Involved individual lists must be sent in Word format to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov via email.

Source text: No later than 7 days before the pretrial conference, the parties must jointly file, and send in Word format to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov, a list of people involved in the case.

Declarations must be filed separately from motions; exhibits to declarations must be filed separately from the declaration and other exhibits, except attachments to exhibits need not be filed separately.

Source text: declaration must be filed separately from the motion, and each exhibit to a declaration must be filed separately from the declaration and from the other exhibits. However, when an exhibit to a declaration contains an attachment, that attachment need not be filed separately.

Proposed orders are only required for specified motion types, must be in Microsoft Word format, and sent to the specified email address; they are not required for most substantive motions.

Source text: Proposed orders are not necessary for most substantive motions, such as motions for summary judgment, motions to dismiss, or preliminary injunction motions. The parties should submit proposed orders only in connection with administrative motions, stipulations requiring modifications of the case schedule, ex parte applications, discovery disputes, and rulings that call upon the court to make factual findings (such as a motion to approve a class settlement or a motion for attorneys’ fees). All proposed orders should be sent in Microsoft Word format to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov.an

Parties must submit a Word version of the proposed supplemental juror questionnaire to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov in addition to filing on the docket.

Source text: The parties shall file these questions on the docket and submit a Word version to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov.

Specified pretrial documents must be submitted via email to the provided address with no paper copies required.

Source text: The proposed supplemental jury questions, Joint Pretrial Conference Statement, jury instructions, involved individuals list, and verdict form(s) shall be submitted in Microsoft Word format via e-mail to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov when they are filed. There is no need to submit paper copies.

Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law must be emailed to vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov in Word format in addition to regular filing.

Source text: In addition to being filed, the proposed findings must be emailed to the Court (vcpo@cand.uscourts.gov) in Word format.

Discovery dispute statements must be filed in ECF under the specified Civil Events category.

Source text: The statement(s) must be filed in ECF under the Civil Events category of Motions and Related Filings > Motions: General > Discovery Letter Brief.

ECF descriptions for motions, exhibits, and declarations should include the document name and a brief description.

Source text: When filing motions, exhibits, and declarations, the ECF “Description” of each document should include the name of the document and a brief description of the document. For instance, a news release filed as the first exhibit to a declaration would be, “Decl Doe Ex 1 - News Release.”

Motions with supporting declarations or exhibits should generally be filed as one ECF docket entry, with the motion as the Main Document and each declaration/exhibit as a separate Attachment.

Source text: A motion, along with any supporting declarations or exhibits, should generally be filed as one docket entry, with the motion submitted as the “Main Document” in ECF, and each declaration and exhibit filed separately as “Attachments.”

Manual filing is permitted with an original and three copies delivered to the Clerk’s Office on the fourth floor of the Oakland Federal Courthouse.

Source text: To manually file documents, litigants should bring an original and three copies to the Clerk’s Office on the fourth floor of the Federal Courthouse in Oakland.