Walla Walla County Superior Court Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Citations on proposed instructions must include applicable WPI or WPIC numbers and appear at the bottom of the instructions.

Citations, as required by the rule, shall include applicable WPI or WPIC numbers and shall appear on the bottom of the proposed instructions.

CRITICAL

The party seeking admission must bring a complete copy of the digital exhibit to the hearing on a USB flash drive or similar storage device.

The party seeking the admission of a digital exhibit shall bring a true and complete copy of the digital exhibit to the applicable hearing on a USB flash drive or similar digital storage device.

CRITICAL

Except for digital exhibits submitted under section C, filings must be capable of legible digitization, and the Clerk’s office may reject submissions that are not.

Except digital exhibits submitted pursuant to section C of this rule, all pleadings, motions, and other papers filed with the court shall be of such quality as to be capable of legible digitization. The Clerk’s office may reject or decline to accept any submission which cannot be digitized legibly.

CRITICAL

Filed pleadings, motions, and other papers must comply with GR 14, be typed or legibly handwritten and double-spaced, and use type of at least 12 points.

All pleadings, motions, and other papers filed with the court shall comply with GR 14 and be typed or legibly handwritten and double spaced. Print in any format must appear as 12 point or larger type.

CRITICAL

Margins

top 1 in, bottom 1 in, left 1 in, right 1 in

b. Jury instructions shall be formatted on 8.5” x 11” paper with one-inch margins on all sides, except the verdict form which should have a three-inch top margin on the first page, and be typed in Times New Roman or similar 12 point font, and double spaced.

b. Jury instructions shall be formatted on 8.5” x 11” paper with one-inch margins on all sides, except the verdict form which should have a three-inch top margin on the first page, and be typed in Times New Roman or similar 12 point font, and double spaced.

WARNING

A party wishing to present a digital exhibit must bring a device that connects to the courtroom media system and plays the exhibit; the presiding judicial officer decides whether it is shown in open court.

A party wishing to play or show a digital exhibit during a proceeding is responsible for bringing a device capable of connecting to the courtroom digital media system and playing the digital exhibit. The presiding judicial officer has discretion to determine if the digital exhibit shall be played or shown in open court.

WARNING

The summary should take the form of a letter that begins with a reference to the name of the case and the cause number. It should not be in the form of a pleading.

The summary should take the form of a letter that begins with a reference to the name of the case and the cause number. It should not be in the form of a pleading.