Filing Bundling Requirements

Joint motion-in-limine binders and joint trial binders must be delivered to Department 735 at least five court days before the final status conference.

A joint Motions in Limine Binder must be lodged in Department 224 no later than five court days before the Final Status Conference.

Parties must jointly prepare four sets of tabbed, internally paginated, properly-marked exhibits organized numerically in three-ring binders (a set for the court, the Judicial Assistant, and the witnesses).

A joint Trial Binder must be lodged in Department 735 no later than five court days before the Final Status Conference.

Parties must jointly prepare and lodge a Motions in Limine Binder in Department 735 no later than five court days before the Final Status Conference bundling all motions in limine, opposition papers, and reply papers.

All trial preparation documents must be bundled into a jointly prepared Trial Binder and lodged in Department 735 no later than five court days before the Final Status Conference.

If the administrative record exceeds 450 pages (including transcripts), the parties must prepare a joint appendix.

Writs and Abstracts must be submitted in their own separate electronic envelope.

When Motions in Limine are too voluminous, all Motions in Limine must be placed in one binder labeled 'Trial Binder II – Tab B – Motions in Limine' (or separate Plaintiff/Defendant MIL binders as Trial Binder II/III), and the main trial binder should be labeled 'Trial Binder I – Tabs A, C - __ (last tab in binder)'.

All exhibits must be placed in one single set of binders rather than separate sets per party.

All papers relating to a particular motion must be electronically served in a single service transaction.

Parties must jointly prepare and lodge a Motions in Limine Binder in Department 506 no later than three calendar days before the Final Status Conference.

Parties must jointly prepare and lodge a physical Trial Binder in Department 506 no later than three calendar days before the Final Status Conference, marked with the case caption, number and title and consisting of one-sided, conformed copies.

The parties will be ordered to prepare a mandamus trial notebook to be lodged when the reply is due or as set by the court, and no courtesy copies of briefs are necessary if a trial notebook is prepared and lodged.

Parties must jointly prepare a Motions in Limine Binder bundling all MIL moving, opposition, and reply papers and lodge it in Department 3 at least five court days before the Final Status Conference.

Counsel and self-represented parties must jointly prepare and lodge a Motions in Limine Binder in Department 3 no later than five court days before the Final Status Conference.

The party filing the most motions in limine must assemble the MILs, oppositions, and any replies into a single binder for the Court.

Parties must jointly prepare and lodge in Department A a Motions in Limine Binder no later than three calendar days before the Final Status Conference.

Parties must jointly prepare three sets of tabbed, internally paginated, properly marked exhibits in three-ring binders no larger than 3 inches each: a set for the court, the Judicial Assistant, and the witnesses.

Parties must jointly prepare and lodge a tabbed Trial Binder in Department A no later than three calendar days before the Final Status Conference containing trial briefs, witness and exhibit lists, jury statement, jury instructions, and verdict forms (bench trials require only Tabs A, B, C, H, and I).

Parties must jointly prepare and lodge a Motions in Limine Binder in Department 207 no later than five calendar days before the Final Status Conference.

No later than 7 court days before the Final Status Conference, the parties must submit a tabbed hard copy trial binder (Tabs A–J) of the previously filed trial documents; in non-jury trials Tabs D–G are inapplicable and should be left empty, and voluminous motions in limine may merit their own binder.

Jury instructions must be filed together in a prescribed sequence (joint instructions, then plaintiff's contested instructions, then defendant's contested instructions) with a first-page pleading caption page.

Complaints and answers cannot be deemed filed as attachments to another document and must be filed separately.

MILs, oppositions, and replies must be assembled into binders that are tabbed and indexed with a Table of Contents.

Counsel and self-represented parties must jointly prepare and submit the documents and binders required by the Trial Preparation Order.

The trial binder and Motions in limine binder(s) must not be combined and should be in separate notebooks.

Motions in limine must be included in the Trial Binder, or placed in a separate binder if too voluminous, following the instructions in Exhibits 1 and 2.

Parties should avoid filing duplicative motions or joinders that differ in form only.

Joint motions or oppositions on behalf of all joining parties are encouraged where appropriate and feasible.

The Motions in Limine Binder must contain one-sided conformed copies of all motions in limine, opposition, and reply papers, organized in tabbed three-ring binders with opposition and reply papers placed directly behind the moving papers and colored sheets separating each set.

If filed, optional jury trial briefs should be filed together with the other Final Status Conference materials.

The trial binder and Motions in Limine binder(s) must be kept in separate notebooks rather than combined.

Multiple parties must coordinate and submit duplicative motions or objections (e.g., same in limine motion, directed verdict motion, or written objection) as one joint document rather than filing duplicates.

The Joint Case Management Conference Statement Addendum must be filed as a separate pleading and must not be attached to the Case Management Statement.

Counsel must provide a complete set of motions in limine with oppositions in a binder (sentence continues from prior page).

The trial binder and Motions in Limine binder(s) must be kept in separate notebooks, not bundled together.

The Court strongly prefers the parties to file a single joint exhibit notebook containing both parties' exhibits.

Department 729 strongly encourages parties filing or opposing lengthy motions for summary judgment or adjudication to submit one or more binders (sentence truncated in source at 'one or more three-').

Multiple documents relating to one case may be uploaded together in a single e-filing envelope transaction.

The Court strongly prefers a joint exhibit notebook containing both parties' exhibits in one notebook, with exhibits numbered consecutively in the lower right-hand corner (sentence continues beyond this excerpt).

Preparing a motion notebook is optional; the court may ask for one or the parties may independently decide to prepare one.

The Court strongly prefers (encourages but does not require) the parties to file a single joint exhibit notebook containing both parties' exhibits.

Parties should make efforts to schedule multiple filed motions on the same hearing date.

Counsel may not combine two different and unrelated pleadings (motions, responses, replies, or exhibits) into a single electronically filed document.

Briefs must be filed together with or incorporated within the related motion, response, or reply, and motions should incorporate their supporting briefs, authority, and pertinent exhibits.

Entire sets of written discovery documents may never be lodged with or received by the Court; only extracts are permitted.

Entire deposition transcripts may never be received by the Court; only pertinent provisions or extracts may be used.

Joined motions count toward the filing party's page limits, and parties represented by the same counsel must file a single combined brief complying with the applicable page limits, absent leave of court.

Parties are encouraged to meet and confer before filing a motion and to submit a joint appendix of evidence.

Parties must file a single consolidated motion in limine addressing all evidence they seek to exclude, rather than multiple motions.

The Court prefers submission of stipulations and proposed orders for matters that can be handled without an in-court hearing, such as status conference settings, continuances, and trial confirmation hearings and trial dates.