These 36 rules apply across King County Superior Court. Where this judge's own standing orders above address the same topic, the judge's requirement controls.
Counsel/parties must jointly complete the witness examination estimate form and email it to the bailiff at scott.court@kingcounty.gov as soon as possible.
Each courtroom has a designated email address in the form [judge's last name.court]@kingcounty.gov that counsel (or their staff) must use when communicating with court staff by email.
Commissioners' departments have no individual email addresses; the family law, ex parte, and mental health departments each share a single departmental email address.
Time estimates on the form must be expressed in tenths of hours and the completed form must be totaled.
Trial length estimates must assume a 5-hour trial day and account for witness exams, jury questions in civil cases, opening and closing arguments, voir dire, and motions in limine.
Parties may use the court's form or their own form, provided it includes the requested information.
Counsel must confer to determine cross-examination time estimates for each party's witnesses and jointly prepare the form.
Each additional party must create and complete the witness examination information for that party's witnesses.
Failure to complete the form and disclose witnesses may result in exclusion of witnesses or other sanctions.
The witness examination estimate form must not be filed with the clerk's office; it is submitted to the bailiff by email instead.
Email may not be used to deliver working copies of legal pleadings, including jury instructions, without prior permission of the court.
Exhibits may be submitted digitally or in hardcopy, and the Order from Pretrial Conference in each case specifies which format is ordered.
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Cindi Port is a judicial officer in the district division of King County Superior Court. King County Superior Court is Washington's trial court of general jurisdiction for King County, handling a wide range of civil and criminal matters.
Practitioners will find the judge's published procedures in the document titled 'port'.
Courtesy copies are required for working copys. Details: delivery not specified. For criminal motions, working copies must be submitted via eWorking Copies or to the Judge's mailroom, clearly marked with Judge Port's name and case information, and email submission is not accepted absent prior authorization.
Judge Cindi Port's formatting rule includes file format docx. Proposed orders submitted to Department 51 must be in Word format.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. All motions, including stipulated motions, must be noted pursuant to LCR 7(b) and filed with the clerk.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Responses are required on all criminal motions and must be submitted in accordance with LCR 7(b).
Parties may contact Judge Cindi Port's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. The rule lists email port.court@kingcounty.gov. Parties must notify the bailiff if their case settles or if a hearing needs to be stricken.
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. Non-dispositive civil motions are submitted to the Court by emailing them to the bailiff at port.court@kingcounty.gov.
The rule addresses service method, recipient, or timing requirements. Details: method: e-service, recipient: all parties. Signed orders are delivered electronically when an email address has been provided to the Court; parties without an email address must provide preaddressed, stamped envelopes for mail delivery of orders.
All motions, including stipulated motions, must be noted pursuant to LCR 7(b) and filed with the clerk.
For criminal motions, working copies must be submitted via eWorking Copies or to the Judge's mailroom, clearly marked with Judge Port's name and case information, and email submission is not accepted absent prior authorization.
Responses are required on all criminal motions and must be submitted in accordance with LCR 7(b).
Under LCrR 7.1, presentence reports are required in all felony cases and requested in misdemeanors, and must be submitted to the Court and filed.
Non-dispositive civil motions must be submitted to the Court with a proposed order in Word format by emailing them to the bailiff at port.court@kingcounty.gov.
Non-dispositive civil motions are submitted to the Court by emailing them to the bailiff at port.court@kingcounty.gov.
Working copies for civil motions must include a proposed order in Word format.
Signed orders are delivered electronically when an email address has been provided to the Court; parties without an email address must provide preaddressed, stamped envelopes for mail delivery of orders.
Stipulations and agreed orders may be submitted to the court by emailing them to the bailiff at port.court@kingcounty.gov.
Dispositive motions are generally scheduled for Fridays, and requests for hearing dates with oral argument are made by emailing the bailiff.
Department 51 is a paperless court that receives working copies via eWorking Copies, and it does not accept working copies of pleadings over email unless requested.
Working copies must show the judge's name and the hearing date and time in the upper right-hand corner of the first page of the motion.
The Court accepts proposed orders in Word format via email with all parties copied, and appreciates updated proposed orders that account for all documentation filed on the pending motion.
Proposed orders submitted to Department 51 must be in Word format.
Parties must notify the bailiff if their case settles or if a hearing needs to be stricken.
Unattached exhibits in a deposition must be stapled or secured inside the back cover of the deposition.
Depositions are not marked as exhibits: originals are sealed and published in open court, originals used for impeachment are filed in the case file, and unused depositions are returned to counsel.
Wedding appointments with Judge Port are available Monday through Friday starting at 4:30 p.m. and on weekends if requested, and are scheduled by emailing the bailiff at port.court@kingcounty.gov or calling 206-477-1623.