Courtesy copies are required for covered filings before Judge Matt Lapin. All submissions to Judge Lapin should be made via e-working copies.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. All trial memoranda, proposed jury instructions, and other trial submissions are due no later than 7 court days prior to trial.
Judge Matt Lapin's rules specify how parties may contact chambers. Log in at least 10 minutes before the meeting time for Zoom appearances.
The rule addresses filing timing, filing status, or cure windows. Dispositive motions are generally set on Friday mornings at 9 am, 10 am, or 11 am.
Log in at least 10 minutes before the meeting time for Zoom appearances.
Do not email Judge Lapin directly; all correspondence must go through the Bailiff.
Dispositive motions are generally set on Friday mornings at 9 am, 10 am, or 11 am.
All trial memoranda, proposed jury instructions, and other trial submissions are due no later than 7 court days prior to trial.
In civil cases, the Witness Examination Time Form must be completed by all parties and submitted with other pre-trial memoranda 14 court days prior to trial.
Deposition designations and objections must be provided to the Court at least 7 days prior to trial.
All counsel and parties must be prepared at the end of each day to disclose all witnesses intended to be called the following day in trial.
Civil non-dispositive motions and sentence modification hearings are heard at 8:30 am and 4 pm; 8:30 am hearings conclude by 8:55 am, and 4 pm hearings conclude by 4:25 pm.
All submissions to Judge Lapin should be made via e-working copies.