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 Nicholas Straley serves on the King County Superior Court, Washington's trial court of general jurisdiction for King County, which handles civil and criminal matters.
The published procedures include a general chamber document, an estimate of witness examinations form, and a joint confirmation of trial readiness form, providing guidance on trial preparation and witness examination planning.
Judge Nicholas Straley's rules set a pre-motion procedure for discovery and contempt. Before motions to compel discovery or for contempt, counsel must hold a meet-and-confer conference in person or by telephone; email is not a substitute.
Judge Nicholas Straley's formatting rule includes file format docx. Proposed orders must be submitted in Word format.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Parties in every case must provide the Court with a Witness Examination Estimate sheet.
The rule requires proposed order. A motion to seal must include a proposed order containing the required findings.
Parties may contact Judge Nicholas Straley's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. To schedule a dispositive motion with oral argument, parties must email the bailiff a hearing request with the case name, cause number, and hearing type; the bailiff responds with availability, and parties should request dates far in advance of trial and confirm the hearing date.
A motion to seal is required for covered sealed filings before Judge Nicholas Straley. Motions to seal must comply with GR 15, LGR 15, and controlling caselaw, and the parties' agreement alone is not a sufficient basis for sealing or redaction.
Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. Attorneys must e-file documents under LGR 30 via the Clerk's e-filing application unless a waiver or listed exception applies.
The rule addresses filing timing, filing status, or cure windows. The Witness Examination Estimate sheet is due no later than 5 days before the pretrial conference.
The rule addresses service method, recipient, or timing requirements. Details: method: e-service. Attorneys must promptly register to accept e-service via the Clerk's e-filing application unless a waiver is obtained.
Parties in every case must provide the Court with a Witness Examination Estimate sheet.
Attorneys must e-file documents under LGR 30 via the Clerk's e-filing application unless a waiver or listed exception applies.
Unrepresented parties may optionally use the court's e-filing and e-service services.
A motion to seal must include a proposed order containing the required findings.
Parties should submit a joint confirmation of trial readiness form and comply with the case schedule and pretrial order in preparation for trial.
Attorneys must promptly register to accept e-service via the Clerk's e-filing application unless a waiver is obtained.
Department 4 is a paperless court that prefers working copies be submitted via eWorking Copies.
Proposed orders must be submitted in Word format.
Working copies submitted to the court must clearly show Judge Straley's name and the case information.
Working copies may not be submitted via email unless the Court has granted prior authorization.
Attachments or exhibits exceeding 25 pages must be numbered consecutively without restarting, motions and briefs must cite to those page numbers, and noncompliance can delay the hearing.
Before motions to compel discovery or for contempt, counsel must hold a meet-and-confer conference in person or by telephone; email is not a substitute.
Motions to compel discovery must include a certification that the meet-and-confer conference requirements were met, detailing the nature, extent, and time of the conference.
Motions to compel discovery must ordinarily include copies of all correspondence between the parties relevant to the motion.
Motions for an order of contempt under CR 45(g) must include copies of all correspondence between the parties relevant to the motion.
A motion for contempt must include an explanation of all efforts undertaken to seek compliance with the subpoena.
To request oral argument on a non-dispositive motion, parties must note 'Oral Argument Requested' in the upper right-hand corner of the working papers.
To schedule a dispositive motion with oral argument, parties must email the bailiff a hearing request with the case name, cause number, and hearing type; the bailiff responds with availability, and parties should request dates far in advance of trial and confirm the hearing date.
Parties must check with opposing counsel before scheduling any hearing to confirm the date works for all counsel.
Motions to seal must comply with GR 15, LGR 15, and controlling caselaw, and the parties' agreement alone is not a sufficient basis for sealing or redaction.
Unredacted materials must be sent to the Court in hardcopy via the Judges' mailroom and are not accepted over email.
Sealing briefing and proposed orders must fully and clearly identify the title of the documents in question.
The Witness Examination Estimate sheet is due no later than 5 days before the pretrial conference.
If ordered, parties must upload all trial exhibits into Case Center for use in hearings and trial.
Trial exhibits must be uploaded into Case Center no later than five court days before the scheduled trial date.
Judge Straley requires every case to submit an Estimate of Witness Examinations listing each witness's direct, cross, and re-direct examination time estimates and totals for each party.
The Estimate of Witness Examinations must not be filed with the clerk's office.
A copy of the Estimate of Witness Examinations must be forwarded to the bailiff via email rather than filed with the clerk.
Witness examination time estimates must be stated in 15-minute increments.
Counsel must confer and prepare the witness examination estimates no later than 5 calendar days before the pretrial conference hearing.