Clallam County Superior Court Courtesy Copy Requirements

CRITICAL

Hard-copy bench copies must be provided for all pleadings filed in connection with a summary judgment motion, following subsection (b)'s delivery instructions.

Bench Copies for Summary Judgment: The court shall be provided with bench copies, in hard copy, for all pleadings filed in connection with a motion for summary judgment, to be delivered in the manner set forth in subsection (b) above.

CRITICAL

A pleading filed within five business days of the scheduled hearing must include one additional copy for the judicial officer.

Any pleading filed with the court within five business days of the scheduled hearing must include an additional copy for the judicial officer as set forth in LCR 0.1.

CRITICAL

A bench copy, including proof of service, must be delivered to the trial judge when the motion for reconsideration is filed.

(1) A motion for reconsideration and any supporting documents shall be filed and served (with a bench copy, including proof of service, delivered to the trial Judge at the time of filing) within ten (10) days of the entry of the order that is sought to be reconsidered.

CRITICAL

Provide a numbered copy with supporting citations to the Clerk for the court file, the judge for a work copy, and counsel for each opposing party.

One copy numbered and with supporting citations to each of the following: Clerk, for court file Judge, for work copy Counsel for each opposing party

CRITICAL

Provide one numbered copy of proposed jury instructions with supporting citations to the judge for a work copy.

(a) Assembling and Distribution. Proposed jury instructions shall be assembled and distributed as follows: (1) Original to trial Judge to be unnumbered without citations. (2) One copy numbered and with supporting citations to each of the following: Clerk, for court file Judge, for work copy Counsel for each opposing party

CRITICAL

A bench copy for the assigned judge must be filed with the revision motion materials.

(c) The original motion and supporting materials and proof of service upon all parties, along with a bench copy for the assigned judge, will be filed with the Superior Court clerk.

CRITICAL

A bench copy must be delivered when the original pleading is filed if the hearing will occur within five days of filing.

For any pleading which is filed for a hearing that will occur within five days of the filing of the document, a bench copy must also be delivered at the time the original pleading is filed.

CRITICAL

Provide a bench copy of the proposed jury instructions to the assigned judge.

Originals are to be filed with the court and a bench copy is to be provided to the assigned judge.

INFO

Parties are encouraged to provide the trial judge with a bench copy of the exhibits.

(a) Parties are encouraged to pre-number exhibits for trial and provide a bench copy of those exhibits to the trial judge.