Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County Filing Rules

Every motion in limine must be supported by an affidavit of counsel containing all elements required by EDCR 2.47, and non-compliant motions will not be considered.

All discovery motions must contain the certification required under EDCR 2.34.

The Agreement to Pay Recording Fee form must be signed and returned before trial begins.

Parties must file advance notice of their intent to appear remotely via Zoom.

Motions in limine must strictly comply with EDCR 2.47, and a non-specific or non-compliant affidavit is grounds for denial without hearing.

Orders may only be submitted to the DC16inbox email and not to the law clerk's or JEA's email.

Correspondence may not be used to request unopposed extensions of time or unopposed scheduling requests.

The Agreement to Pay Recording Fee form, completed with the parties' chosen billing arrangement for the $40 per hour fee, must be signed and emailed to Court Recorder Kerry Esparza before trial begins.

Department 11 chambers office phone number is (702) 671-4378.

Department 21 chambers can be reached by phone at (702) 671-4452.

Orders must be submitted in both PDF and WORD format; only the PDF version is required for Stipulation and Orders.

Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law must be submitted in Word format.

All exhibits must be numbered; if separate, Plaintiff's exhibits start at #1 and Defendant's at #500, with number blocks adjustable by agreement.

Uncontested proposed orders must be submitted to DC21Inbox@clarkcountycourts.us in both Word and PDF format, and all PDFs must be unprotected.

Every page of every exhibit document should be Bates stamped so particular pages can be located easily.

Notice of a motion hearing may never be shortened to less than one full judicial day (EDCR 2.26).

Proposed orders must be submitted to Chambers within 10 days of notification, after the drafting counsel gives the draft to non-drafting counsel for review.

Daily transcripts must be prearranged with the Recorder at least one week before trial begins.

Notice of a motion hearing may never be shortened to less than 1 full judicial day.

A copy of the exhibit list in Word format must be e-mailed to the clerk before the start of the trial/hearing, with the offered/objection/admitted columns left blank for the clerk's use.

Courtesy copies of all motions, oppositions and replies must be dropped off in the 16th-floor deliveries box at least one week before the hearing or as soon as filed; voluminous exhibits are exempt.

Moving counsel must hand deliver single-sided, tabbed paper courtesy copies of all briefing, affidavits, and exhibits (including other parties' filings) to the Department 15 chambers box at least five judicial days before the hearing, or risk denial or continuance of the motion.

Depositions must be delivered to Chambers prior to the start of trial.

Courtesy copies are required only for Motions in Limine: the moving party must deliver one tabbed binder per Motion in Limine (containing the motion, any joinder, opposition, and reply, with briefs and exhibits tabbed by exhibit number/letter) to Chambers the day after the reply deadline.

Two sets of bound and tabbed exhibits in 3-ring notebooks are required for both jury and non-jury trials - one Original set maintained by the Clerk and one set for the Judge's copy.

Counsel must serve appeal transcript requests directly on Court Recorder Maria Garibay (who is not a case service contact) by hand delivery to the 16th-floor inbox or by email.

Legal briefs on trial issues must have originals filed and a copy served on opposing counsel at or before the close of trial.

A granted ex parte order shortening time must be served on all parties promptly.

Civil trial memoranda must be filed and served on opposing counsel at the time of or before submission to the Court pursuant to EDCR 7.27.

Trial memoranda should be filed and electronically served.

Department 16 does not require the filing of a Notice of Intent to Appear Remotely.

Jury instructions must not be filed with the court; they are emailed to chambers instead.

Motion exhibits too large for e-filing or of diminished e-filing quality (e.g., audio/video files or photographs) must be emailed electronically to the Law Clerk and JEA with the case number, motion title, and hearing date in the subject line; if they cannot be emailed, contact the Law Clerk or JEA.

Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law must not be filed with the clerk; the original must be sent to chambers.

Trial memoranda must be electronically filed, with a Word-format courtesy copy emailed to the Department JEA and Department Law Clerk.

Counsel are encouraged to submit joint exhibits in sequentially numbered binders with no duplicate exhibits.

Omnibus motions are prohibited; motions in limine must be filed as independently-noticed motions rather than bundled together.

A joint exhibit set is highly encouraged for trial exhibits.

Counsel are encouraged to submit joint exhibits and to remove duplicates from separate exhibit sets.

Proposed findings of fact will only be accepted if submitted within a civil trial memorandum, to avoid ex parte communications.

Restricted personal information in medical records attached to a minor's compromise petition must be redacted before filing, or the petitioner must file a motion to redact under SRCR 3 and EDCR 2.13 before the judge signs the order.

Restricted personal information in filed medical records must be redacted before filing; failure to redact requires the petitioner to file a motion to redact under SRCR 3 and EDCR 2.13 before the judge signs the order.

Social Security and account numbers must be redacted from exhibits before submission.

If a minor's compromise petition includes a birth certificate, social security card/number, passport, or driver's license, the drafting party must request filing under seal by submitting an Order to Seal to DC24inbox@clarkcountycourts.us with the petition.

Depositions submitted to the court must be sealed certified copies or they will not be accepted.

Dept. 16 will not advance a hearing already set unless counsel submits either a Stipulation and Order or a Motion to Advance the Hearing – no exceptions.

Continuances of trial dates are disfavored, but the Court will consider extensions of discovery deadlines upon a showing of good cause.

Stipulated requests for new hearing dates or continuances in civil matters must propose a date on a Wednesday agreeable between the parties or state the Court's convenience on or after a certain date.

Department B does not stack trials; trial dates are time certain and will be heard as scheduled unless there is a stipulation to continue or a viable basis to grant a motion to continue.

Any motion to continue trial must comply with EDCR 7.30.

Counsel (but not parties) must appear at the Rule 16 conference, which is held after the Joint Case Conference Report is filed, after which a scheduling/trial order issues.

Counsel must attend a pre-trial conference set by the Court during the week before the start of trial.

The EDCR 2.47 conference between counsel must occur at least one week before motions in limine are filed.

Counsel must conduct an E.D.C.R. 2.67 conference to review and discuss exhibits before meeting with the Court Clerk to mark exhibits.

A Rule 2.47 conference between counsel must be held at least one week before filing motions in limine.

All court proceedings are recorded and a $40 per hour recording fee applies, governed by the Agreement to Pay Recording Fee form.

Recording of proceedings costs $40 per hour.

A deposit is required to obtain daily transcripts from the trial.

All court proceedings are recorded, and recording of civil matters carries a $40 per hour fee.

Recording and transcription fees apply for trials, transcripts, and other requests in Department 31.

All motions are limited to 30 pages excluding exhibits under EDCR 2.20(a), unless leave of court is obtained.

A party may attach up to 100 pages of exhibits to its courtesy copy if it believes the exhibits would help the Court.

The cover letter accompanying a competing order is limited to 1 page.

All motions are limited to 30 pages, excluding exhibits, under EDCR 2.20(a) unless leave of court is obtained.