Tulsa County District Court Filing Rules

A default judgment submitted without proof of service will be rejected.

Only witnesses and exhibits included on the final list may be used at trial unless the court orders otherwise.

Only non-OUJI instructions and modified OUJI instructions may be submitted as requested jury instructions.

Every blank deadline in the scheduling order must be completed with a specific date or N/A or the order will be returned to counsel.

Plaintiff must provide a proposed Pretrial Order 15 days before pretrial, and Defendant must complete and return it no later than five days before pretrial.

All motions must be filed by the date entered in the scheduling order, and untimely motions will not be considered.

Reply briefs should be filed separately rather than attached to the application, within five days after permission is granted.

Final witness and exhibit lists, including demonstrative exhibits, must be exchanged no later than ten days before pretrial.

Plaintiff must provide a proposed Pretrial Order fifteen (15) days before pretrial.

Dispositive motions must be filed 45 days before the pretrial conference.

After issuance, the original summons must be returned and filed with the Court Clerk.

The party requesting a medical examination must provide the examination report to all parties no later than ten days after the examination or by the stated alternative date.

Unless the parties agree otherwise, all exhibits must be exchanged 20 days before the pretrial conference.

All briefs must comply with CV18, including its page limits.

Trial exhibits must be numbered, exchanged with opposing counsel before the pretrial conference, and provided to the Court at that conference unless the Court waives the requirement; anatomical models and enlargements may be omitted from the Court set but must be shown to opposing counsel.

Documentary and photographic trial exhibits must be kept in a binder or notebook complying with Oklahoma Supreme Court Rule 13.

Requested jury instructions must be submitted in Word format by email to Judge Priddy’s bailiff.

Trial exhibits must be numbered to correspond to the Pretrial Order, and documentary or photographic exhibits must be organized in a binder or notebook complying with Oklahoma Supreme Court Rule 1.33.

Actions transferred under 20 O.S. § 642 must be accompanied by the appropriate filing fees unless the Court waives them.

The requesting party must pay trial and court reporter fees by the Pretrial Conference date, and no Pretrial Order will be filed until those fees are paid.

Friendly-suit documents should omit personal identifiers where possible and use partially redacted Social Security numbers, although depository entities may require identifying information in orders establishing a minor’s trust account.

Every request for an extension of time must state the original response due date, amount of additional time requested, reason, current case status including scheduled hearings, and whether opposing counsel was contacted and consents or objects; noncompliant requests will not be considered.

A scheduled date may be changed by unanimous party agreement or, if opposed, by a motion or application showing good cause.

Dates in the scheduling order may be changed only for good cause and by written order before the scheduled date.

A court-scheduled date may be changed only for good cause and by written court order before the scheduled date.

A date set in the scheduling order may be changed only for good cause and by written order submitted before the scheduled date.

Friendly-suit hearings must be arranged by contacting the appropriate CS or CJ judge’s office clerk.

Requested jury instructions must be submitted by email to Brooke.Golightly@oscn.net.

Counsel may telephone the court’s clerk about fully briefed motions that have been pending for more than 30 days to confirm docketing for ruling or hearing.

Counsel must deliver one copy of each motion, application, response, and brief for the assigned judge to the Court Clerk's office when the original is filed.

A courtesy copy of every motion must be delivered to the court’s clerk on the sixth floor for docketing and ruling.

Motions, applications, responses, and required briefs are limited to 20 pages unless the court gives prior permission.

Judges and counsel may submit electronically signed pleadings and orders if the Court elects to permit them.

Discovery materials and responses generally may not be filed with the Court Clerk unless attached to a motion or response or ordered by the judge.

Before the Court will set or hear a discovery dispute, the movant must state in the motion that counsel conferred in person or by telephone in good faith but could not resolve the dispute; correspondence and email do not satisfy this requirement.