Judge Douglas M. Rastatter

Applies to

Document requiring court service or notice

Must include

caption

A document requiring court service or notice must include the plaintiffs’ and defendants’ addresses in its caption or state that those addresses are unknown when they are in fact unknown.

Attorneys must include their Supreme Court of Ohio registration number on every document filed with the Court.

Applies to

Document requiring service or notice

Documents requiring service or notice must include counsel’s fax number when facsimile service is available and counsel’s email address.

Applies to

Pleadings or documents in electronic format

Electronic filing fees may be paid after filing, and advance payment is prohibited unless the Clerk provides an electronic payment system.

Applies to

Pleadings or documents in electronic format

The electronic filing fee may not exceed the applicable paper filing fee.

Applies to

Documents

A filer exempt from filing fees must file documents in person or by mail to avoid paying costs.

An e-filing is filed on the date and time the Clerk's platform accepts it, and requests received by 4:00 p.m. during regular business hours are processed that same day.

The Clerk may not accept or docket an entry until the appropriate judge approves it.

The pretrial statement must be filed at least one week before trial.

Service

Court service

For service requests, file-stamped hard copies must be provided to the Clerk of Courts, and service will not issue until the necessary copies are received.

Applies to

Pleadings or documents

File-stamped hard copies must be provided to the Clerk of Courts when needed for service of process.

The Clerk must reject a document requiring service on counsel or parties if it does not designate their names and addresses.