Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Filing Bundling Requirements
6 rules from official source documents
Whether to bundle related filings together or file them promptly as completed. This page is scoped to Franklin County Court of Common Pleas; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.
Permitted evidentiary material supporting or opposing summary judgment must be filed with the original motion or responsive memorandum.
All affidavits, depositions, and other evidentiary material permitted by Civ. R. 56 in support of or in opposition to a motion for summary judgment shall be filed with the original motion or the responsive memorandum.
Evidentiary material may not be filed with a reply memorandum or at oral argument without prior leave of court.
Such material may not be filed with a reply memorandum or at oral argument absent prior leave of court.
Multiple versions of the same document may not be filed, and the Court’s staff attorney should be emailed if a filing needs attention.
Do not file multiple versions of the same document. Please email the Court’s staff attorney if a motion or document needs attention. The filing of multiple version of the same thing bogs down our system, causing decisions to take longer.
For motions needing immediate action, parties should first confer and, if possible, file a joint or unopposed motion with a proposed entry.
If a party needs immediate action on a motion, the Court strongly encourages that party to first discuss the matter with opposing counsel and (if possible) file either a joint motion or an unopposed motion with a proposed entry.
The Court strongly encourages parties to identify and prepare joint exhibits.
Joint Exhibits are those marked exhibits for which all parties have agreed. They are strongly encouraged.
Exhibits should, to the extent possible, be bundled with the motion or brief to which they apply.
All exhibits shall be filed in PDF format and shall, to the extent possible, be filed along with the motion or brief to which they apply.
Does Franklin County Court of Common Pleas require motion papers to be bundled?
Yes. Franklin County Court of Common Pleas requires bundling for covered papers. Permitted evidentiary material supporting or opposing summary judgment must be filed with the original motion or responsive memorandum.
Does Franklin County Court of Common Pleas require motion papers to be bundled?
No. The rule prohibits holding covered papers for bundling. Evidentiary material may not be filed with a reply memorandum or at oral argument without prior leave of court.
Does Franklin County Court of Common Pleas require motion papers to be bundled?
Bundling is encouraged for covered papers in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. For motions needing immediate action, parties should first confer and, if possible, file a joint or unopposed motion with a proposed entry.
Does Franklin County Court of Common Pleas require motion papers to be bundled?
Bundling is encouraged for covered papers in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. Exhibits should, to the extent possible, be bundled with the motion or brief to which they apply.
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