Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County Courtesy Copy Requirements

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File all motions electronically and email a division copy with all parties copied.

Please efile all motions and provide a division copy of motions via email, with all parties copied.

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Deliver a stamped copy of the motion to the Division.

Deliver a stamped copy of the Motion to this Division.

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If documents are filed within 24 hours of a hearing, email the judicial assistant a copy.

E-file all pleadings and if you are filing the documents within 24 hours of the hearing, please email the judicial assistant a copy of the documents you filed.

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Provide four exhibit copies in person to the Judicial Assistant at least 24 hours before trial or hearing.

Please provide four (4) copies of the exhibits in person to the Judicial Assistant at least 24 hours prior to the start of the trial/hearing

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Email a copy of the form of order to the Judicial Assistant.

Submit a form of order with your motion and please ensure you send a copy to my Judicial Assistant via email.

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A copy of every filed document must be submitted to the division; the Clerk does not provide copies.

• It is the party’s responsibility to make sure that a copy of each document filed is submitted to the division. The Clerk of Court does not make copies for the divisions.

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Civil cases

Special requests must be filed and an emailed courtesy copy sent to the Division.

All special requests must be in filed and a courtesy copy emailed to the Division: CVJ21@JBAZMC.MARICOPA.GOV

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Civil cases

Division copies are required for all motions and pleadings.

Division copies of all motions and pleadings are required.

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Civil cases

For expedited relief or filings related to a hearing less than four days away, counsel should email Division staff a courtesy copy and copy all other counsel and unrepresented parties.

E-filed documents do not instantaneously arrive in the Division's inbox. As such, if a party is seeking expedited relief or the filing pertains to a hearing less than four days away, counsel should email a courtesy copy of the filing to Division staff. You must copy all other counsel and unrepresented parties when emailing a courtesy copy. Emails that do not include the other parties will not be read and will be deleted.

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Civil cases

Have a copy of any exhibit with major issues available for the Court at the pre-trial management conference.

Stipulated exhibits may be admitted at the pre-trial management conference. If there are major issues about an exhibit, please be prepared to address them at the pre-trial management conference. Please have a copy of the exhibit in question for the Court.

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The Court does not want exhibits provided as hard copies, on thumb drive, or by email.

The Court does not want hard copies of the exhibits, and the Court does not want the materials on thumb drive or email.

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Parties are responsible for submitting any necessary copies of filed documents to the division; the Clerk does not make them.

It is the party’s responsibility to make sure that any necessary copies of documents filed are submitted to the division. The Clerk of Court does not make copies for the divisions.

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Civil cases

Do not email courtesy copies of non-emergency pleadings.

Please do not email courtesy copies of non-emergency pleadings, as this will overload the email system and delay the time to respond to emergencies.

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Civil cases

The Court accepts emailed courtesy copies of emergency pleadings, but generally rules only on properly filed pleadings outside true emergencies.

The Court will accept a courtesy copy of emergency pleadings by email. Except in true emergency situations, the Court will rule only on properly filed pleadings.

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Courtesy hard copies are not required except for deposition designations under the Trial Setting minute-entry procedure, when paper transcript copies with objection and response charts or annotations are helpful.

Judge Cushner does not require courtesy hard copies of any item, unless you are submitting deposition designations per the procedure noted in the Trial Setting minute entry. Only then are paper copies of designated deposition transcripts with objection and response charts/annotations helpful.

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Do not provide exhibit materials to the Court as hard copies, on a thumb drive, or by email.

The Court does not want hard copies of the exhibits, and the Court does not want the materials on thumb drive or email.

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A separate bench copy of exhibits is not necessary.

A separate bench copy of exhibits is not necessary.

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Parties may email the division a copy of motions, provided all parties are copied.

Judge Myers' division is very computer friendly, so the parties are welcome to provide a division copy of motions via email, with all parties always copied.

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Further, simply filing papers with the Clerk of Court does not result in immediate delivery of those papers to the Division. If you are requesting expedited or emergency consideration, you need to deliver the papers to the Division at the time of filing by providing hardcopies to the Division in addition to those filed with the Clerk of Court or emailing a copy to the Division at the email address above. If you are emailing a copy, please also call the Division to alert us to the email.

Summary: For expedited or emergency consideration, deliver the papers to the Division when filing by hard copy or email; if emailing, also call to alert the Division.

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Once the motion has been filed, please provide a hardcopy to the Division by personally delivering the motion or emailing a copy of the motion to the Division email. If email is used, please also call the Division to alert us to the motion.

Summary: After filing a Motion for Temporary Orders Without Notice, provide the Division a hard copy or email copy; if emailing, also call to alert the Division.

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Civil cases

This Division DOES require the parties to provide a bench copy on the date of hearing.

Summary: Parties must provide a bench copy on the hearing date.

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Civil cases

Any exhibit intended to be used in a hearing must be marked five (5) business days in advance of the hearing. Please deliver exhibits to my clerk, and coordinate the marking process, which benefits from having each exhibit separated by colored dividers. Bench copies of all exhibits are required and should be provided in a three-ring binder, with corresponding exhibit numbers to make for an efficient proceeding for the Court and all participants.

Summary: Required bench copies of all hearing exhibits should be provided in a three-ring binder with corresponding exhibit numbers; colored dividers are beneficial but not required.

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Judge Thorson does not require courtesy hard copies of any e-filed item, unless you are submitting deposition designations. Only then are paper copies of designated deposition transcripts with objection and response charts/annotations helpful. If you only filed your document in hard copy, please do provide a courtesy copy to the Division, as otherwise we do not get notice of it.

Summary: Courtesy hard copies are not required for e-filed items, except that paper deposition-designation materials are helpful; if a document is filed only in hard copy, provide a courtesy copy to the Division.

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Civil cases

Judge Valenzuela does not require courtesy hard copies of any pleading, unless you are submitting deposition designations per the procedure noted in the Trial Setting Minute Entry.

Summary: Courtesy hard copies are not required for pleadings, except for deposition designations under the Trial Setting Minute Entry procedure.

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Civil cases

The Court does not use bench copies of exhibits.

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Civil cases

The Court does not use jury exhibit notebooks.

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Please make sure you deliver a copy of any motions/pleadings filed through e-file OR if you file them through the clerk, if you want me to see it soon. Sometimes it takes days for the Court to receive the document.

Summary: If you want the judge to see a motion or pleading soon, deliver a copy whether it was filed electronically or through the clerk.

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Alternatively, if you e-file a document within twenty-four (24) hours of a proceeding, please deliver a courtesy copy to the courtroom.

Summary: For a document e-filed within 24 hours of a proceeding, deliver a courtesy copy to the courtroom as an alternative to emailing a copy to the division.

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(Criminal Cases Only) When filing a notice of filing letters at the time of sentencing. It is common for my Division to receive the notice, but not the attached letters. Alternatively, if you e-file a notice of filing letters close to sentencing, please deliver a courtesy copy to the courtroom.

Summary: In criminal cases, deliver a courtesy copy of letters when e-filing a notice of filing letters close to sentencing.

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A separate bench copy of exhibits is not necessary.

Summary: A separate bench copy of exhibits is not required.

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It would be greatly appreciated if you provide one hard copy of all exhibits to motions to my division no later than 24 hours after the motion, response or reply is filed. Likewise, for any court submission exceeding 30 pages in the aggregate (including exhibits), it is appreciated if you kindly provide one copy to my division.

Summary: The division appreciates one hard copy of motion exhibits within 24 hours after filing and one copy of any court submission exceeding 30 pages including exhibits.

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Bench copies of exhibits are appreciated. If the Bench copy is a tabbed notebook, with all exhibit numbers matching the actual exhibit numbers, all the better for the Court to follow the line of questioning, make notes, and speed up the proceeding.

Summary: Bench copies of exhibits are appreciated; a tabbed notebook with exhibit numbers matching the actual exhibits is preferred.

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Civil cases

Only then are paper copies of designated deposition transcripts with objections and response charts/annotations helpful.

Summary: For deposition designations under the specified procedure, paper copies of designated transcripts with objections and response charts or annotations are helpful.