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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Judge Jason Holloway is a judge on the King County Superior Court, Washington's trial court of general jurisdiction for King County, which handles a broad range of civil and criminal matters.
Practitioners will find general procedures and specific criminal trial procedures in Judge Holloway's published materials.
Courtesy copies are required for working copies. Details: delivery upon filing, by chambers drop off. Paper working copies may be delivered to the Judge's Mailroom only when e-Working Copies cannot be used, must include tabs for each exhibit or attachment, and working copies are not accepted by email without prior court authorization.
Judge Jason Holloway's rules set a pre-motion procedure for dispositive. Before contacting the Court to request a dispositive motion hearing date, the requesting party must confer with opposing counsel.
Judge Jason Holloway's formatting rule includes file format docx. All proposed orders must be submitted in Word format.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Responses are required on all criminal motions and must be submitted in compliance with KCLR 7(b).
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Presentence reports are required in all felony cases and requested in all misdemeanor cases, and must be submitted to the Court and filed with the Clerk.
Parties may contact Judge Jason Holloway's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. The rule lists email holloway.court@kingcounty.gov. Attorneys and self-represented litigants must use the courtroom email address holloway.court@kingcounty.gov for all case-related communication with court staff, and may not use Judge Holloway's individual email unless specifically invited.
Judge Jason Holloway's rules specify what an adjournment or extension request must include. Parties must inform the court as soon as possible of any potential conflict or scheduling issue.
Electronic filing is permitted for the covered filings. In criminal matters, Department 44 is a paperless court and prefers that working copies be submitted through e-Working Copies.
The rule addresses service method, recipient, or timing requirements. Details: method: e-service, recipient: all parties. Signed orders are delivered electronically to counsel or parties who have provided email addresses to the Court.
Attorneys and self-represented litigants must use the courtroom email address holloway.court@kingcounty.gov for all case-related communication with court staff, and may not use Judge Holloway's individual email unless specifically invited.
In criminal matters, Department 44 is a paperless court and prefers that working copies be submitted through e-Working Copies.
All working copies in criminal matters must be clearly labeled with Judge Holloway's name and the case information.
Responses are required on all criminal motions and must be submitted in compliance with KCLR 7(b).
Presentence reports are required in all felony cases and requested in all misdemeanor cases, and must be submitted to the Court and filed with the Clerk.
Stipulations and agreed orders may be submitted to the Court by emailing them to the bailiff at holloway.court@kingcounty.gov.
For civil motions, the paperless court strongly prefers that working copies be submitted through e-Working Copies rather than paper.
Paper working copies may be delivered to the Judge's Mailroom only when e-Working Copies cannot be used, must include tabs for each exhibit or attachment, and working copies are not accepted by email without prior court authorization.
Both parties must submit a proposed order with every motion, completed as they would like it signed by the judge.
All proposed orders must be submitted in Word format.
Word versions of proposed orders may be submitted either by email to holloway.court@kingcounty.gov or through the e-filing portal's e-Working Copies application.
Before contacting the Court to request a dispositive motion hearing date, the requesting party must confer with opposing counsel.
Parties are encouraged to contact the Court well in advance of trial to schedule dispositive motion hearings because time slots are limited.
Requests for dispositive motion hearing dates must be emailed to the Court and must include the case number and name, contact information for all counsel and self-represented parties, and the nature of the hearing.
To request oral argument on a motion, write “Oral Argument Requested” in the upper right-hand corner of the first page of the working papers.
Signed orders are delivered electronically to counsel or parties who have provided email addresses to the Court.
Proposed additions to the standard jury questionnaire must be agreed upon by counsel in advance and submitted in Word format, with the Court deciding whether to include them.
Parties must inform the court as soon as possible of any potential conflict or scheduling issue.
Parties must provide a current witness list to the bailiff on the first day of trial for inclusion in the juror questionnaire.
Parties must submit any additional general voir dire questions they want included in the juror questionnaire on the first day of trial.