Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Document Format Requirements

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Documents must be typewritten or printed, double-spaced, on 8½-by-11-inch paper, use regular 11- or 12-point type, and be paginated sequentially.

a. Typewritten or printed, double spaced, on 8 ½” x 11” paper, not less than 11- point and not greater than 12-point regular type font, paginated sequentially.

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Each document is limited to 10 MB, and PDF files combined in one transmission may not exceed 30 MB; the Rule’s formatting requirements and limitations apply to all e-filed documents.

c. Documents shall be limited to ten megabytes (10MB) in size. No combination of PDF files in one transmission may accumulate to more than thirty megabytes (30MB) in size. The formatting requirements and limitations set forth in this Rule apply to all electronically filed documents.

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Format

DOCX

A proposed order or proposed entry must be submitted in DOCX format and identify the specific motion to which it applies.

b. A proposed order or proposed entry shall be submitted only in Word [.docx] format and reference the specific motion to which it applies.

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Format

PDF

Documents requiring an original signature, including affidavits and other notarized documents, must be e-filed as PDFs.

Documents requiring an original signature, such as an affidavit or other notarized documents, shall be e-Filed as a .pdf.

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Format

PDF

Documents should be provided in PDF format to the extent practicable.

d. To the extent practicable, documents shall be in pdf format.

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Filed documents may not contain links to other documents or references to the CMS unless incorporated into the filing, and external links are prohibited.

b. A filed document shall not contain links to other documents or references to the CMS, unless they are incorporated into the filed documents. External links are prohibited.

WARNING

Proposed jury instructions must be submitted in Word format.

Twenty-Four Hours prior to any jury trial, counsel for both parties shall jointly submit to the Court, in Word Format, proposed jury instructions.

WARNING

Do not attach exhibits or appendages to pleadings or motions unless they are absolutely necessary.

Do not attach exhibits or appendages that are not absolutely necessary to pleadings or motions.

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Format

PDF

a. Except as provided in Subsection (F)(2)(b) of this Rule, all e-Filed documents, pleadings, and papers shall be filed with the Clerk in .pdf format.