Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County Filing Rules

Motions to Withdrawal as Counsel of Record should be in writing and comply with NRCrP 3.

Counsel must provide the equipment needed to view electronic exhibits at trial, and laptops must be clear of all extraneous files.

In a jury trial, the proffering party must provide a laptop and monitor with only an operating system, associated programs, and Adobe for viewing admitted exhibits (no internet) for jury deliberations.

Traditional physical evidence must not be listed on the electronic exhibit list and must be submitted on a separate exhibit list.

Proposed contested orders should include the phrase 'Contested Order' in the title.

Paper exhibits must be submitted as three sets, three-hole punched and placed in three-ring binders together with the exhibit list.

Documents and photos should be identified separately. DO NOT include photos and documents within the same exhibit tab.

Exhibit pages must be Bates stamped and the Bates numbers must be listed in the exhibit list.

Paper exhibits should be printed single sided.

Laptops should have privacy screens. Make sure to have a paper back-up of any PowerPoint slides or other electronic presentations. Trial will not be delayed for equipment failure, and the court prefers to enter copies of PowerPoints as court exhibits.

The judge does not accept carbon copies of letters sent to opposing counsel.

If deposition testimony will be used in lieu of live testimony for more than one witness, parties must notify the Court in writing at least 14 days before the Calendar Call and state how much time is needed to hear objections.

The Exhibit List may be emailed to the Court Clerk in Word format at ortegan@clarkcountycourts.us.

An editable Word document of the exhibit list must be emailed to the Court Clerk at zamoram@clarkcountycourts.us.

Approved audiovisual appearances in criminal and civil matters use Zoom Video Conferencing.

Each side must provide the Court the jury instruction package two judicial days before the firm trial date.

Objections and counter-designations to deposition testimony must be filed and served 5 judicial days before trial.

Original depositions to be used at trial (other than in lieu of live testimony) must be delivered to the Clerk at or prior to the Calendar Call.

Proposed orders must be submitted to the department inbox within 10 days of notice of the ruling.

Motions in limine must be heard no later than 14 days before trial.

A courtesy copy of deposition counter-designations must be provided to the Court one judicial day before the Calendar Call.

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.

Exhibits can be brought to Court if you are attending the PTC in person, or delivered to the RJC by the close of business the day of the PTC.

If a motion includes exhibits that are too large for e-filing and/or the quality of e-filing diminishes (i.e. audio/video files or photographs), please provide an electronic version via email to the law clerk and JEA with the case number, title of motion and hearing date in the subject line. If the files cannot be emailed, contact Department 23 court clerks to obtain information for electronic exhibits.

Amended exhibits must be provided in three complete copies.

Motions to withdraw as counsel are placed on the Chambers calendar, and notice must be provided to the client and all parties.

Exhibits must be hand delivered to the Courtroom Clerk only and cannot be dropped off in the bin or handed to other Department staff.

Objections and counterdesignations to deposition testimony must be filed and served by hand one judicial day before the firm trial date.

A copy of each trial brief must be served on opposing party(ies) when the original is filed.

A party submitting a motion to shorten time must carbon copy (CC) all other parties on the submission to the department inbox.

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

Parties must not individually file each exhibit into the case; exhibits are provided via courtroom copies and the FCEvidence email upload instead.

Voir dire questions must not be filed with the court; they are emailed to the department instead.

Exhibits not included on the proffered electronic storage device will not be accepted electronically absent good cause.

When the Court orders electronic submission of documentary and/or photographic evidence in a case, proposed exhibits must be submitted pursuant to this order.

Counsel are encouraged to stipulate to exhibits where possible.

Counsel is encouraged to submit Joint Exhibits, which may or may not be stipulated for admission.

Counsel are encouraged to submit joint exhibits. If counsel submits separate exhibits, duplicates shall be removed.

The 7-Day Notice for default judgment must not be combined (bundled) with a Notice of Intent to Take Default.

Joint exhibits (both sides' exhibits in shared binders numbered in order) are encouraged, but joint submission is not a stipulation — any stipulation for admission must be placed on the record on the first day of trial.

All personal information defined by SRCR 2(6) and NRS 239B.030 must be redacted before filing a minor's compromise petition, or a motion to redact must be filed before the order will be signed.

While a motion to seal is pending, the potentially protected information is not accessible to the public.

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

Should a litigant inadvertently file a document that discloses “personal information,” the litigant must file a motion to seal or redact pursuant to the Nevada Rules for Sealing and Redacting Court Records (SRCR).

Depositions must be sealed certified copies or they will not be accepted without the Court's approval.

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.

Default judgments under $50,000 may be submitted to chambers under EDCR 2.70, while default judgments of $50,000 or more must be set on the regular motion calendar for a prove-up hearing.

Default judgments seeking a total award of at least $50,000 must be set on the regular motion calendar.

Department 9 requires the EDCR 2.47 meet-and-confer conference at least one week before filing motions in limine.

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

Trials will not be continued for settlement conferences or mediation.

Any motion to continue trial must comply with EDCR 7.30.

A continuance SAO should leave the continued date blank, explain the reason, time needed, and dates parties are unavailable.

Motions to continue trial must comply with EDCR 7.30, and trials may not be continued by stipulation or for settlement conferences or mediation.

Ex parte motions to shorten time require a declaration under penalty of perjury or affidavit of good cause.

CDs and DVDs of proceedings are available for $2 per disc.

All court proceedings are recorded and a $40 per hour recording fee applies.

All civil matters in Department 19 are recorded and a $40 per hour recording fee (NRS 3.370) applies.

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

Thumb drives of court proceedings are available for $5 each.

Unsigned competing orders must be accompanied by a 1-page bullet-point cover letter placed as page 1 of the PDF.

Exhibits to motions may not exceed 100 pages under EDCR 2.27(b).

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.