San Francisco Superior Court Filing Bundling Requirements

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A request to continue or vacate a settlement conference must be filed and lodged separately from any motion or ex parte application seeking a trial-date continuance.

Any request to continue or vacate a settlement conference must be filed and lodged separately from a motion or ex parte application to continue the trial date.

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All initial joint defense motions in limine and their respective oppositions must be bundled in a single indexed, tabbed binder submission to the trial department.

Defendants must provide the trial department with courtesy copies of the initial joint defense MILs in a single submission containing all of the initial joint defense MILs accompanied by the respective Oppositions in an indexed, tabbed binder.

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All plaintiff motions in limine and their respective oppositions must be bundled in a single indexed, tabbed binder submission to the trial department.

Plaintiffs must provide the trial department with courtesy copies of plaintiffs’ MILs in a single submission containing all of the plaintiffs’ MILs accompanied by the respective Oppositions in an indexed, tabbed binder.

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All additional motions in limine and their respective oppositions must be bundled in a single indexed, tabbed binder submission to the trial department when leave is granted.

Any party whose request for additional MILs has been granted must provide the trial department with courtesy copies of the additional MILs in a single submission containing all of the additional MILs accompanied by the respective Oppositions in an indexed, tabbed binder.

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All additional MILs and their respective oppositions must be bundled together in a single indexed, tabbed submission to the trial department.

Any party whose request for additional MILs has been granted must provide the trial department with courtesy copies of the additional MILs in a single submission containing all of the additional MILs accompanied by the respective Oppositions in an indexed, tabbed binder.

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Where practicable, multiple motions in the same case should be filed and heard together.

To the extent practicable, multiple motions relating to the same case must be filed and heard at the same time.

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The General Plan must be filed separately, given to the Court Investigation Office, and placed in the Conservatorship Confidential File.

2) General Plan. At the time a conservator of the person is appointed, the Court will set a date for filing of the General Plan. A copy of the General Plan must be given to the Court Investigation Office. If the General Plan is on file prior to the date set by the Court, no appearance will be required unless deemed necessary by the Court. This local Court form is available in the clerk’s office or online at https://sf.courts.ca.gov/. The General Plan is Confidential. The General Plan must be filed separately and will be placed in the Conservatorship Confidential File.

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Multiple motions in the same criminal case should be filed and heard together to the extent practicable.

To the extent practicable, multiple motions relating to the same case must be filed and heard at the same time.

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Civil cases

Instead of ordinary discovery briefing, the parties may submit one filing containing the discovery question, the response, and the reason additional information is or is not owed.

In lieu of the usual discovery motion briefing, the parties may instead provide one single filing that includes the question, the response, and why more information is owed or not owed.

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All papers relating to a pleading or request for an order (e.g. notice of demurrer, request for judicial notice, memorandum of points and authorities and proposed order) must be E- Filed together in a single transaction.

Summary: Papers relating to a pleading or request for order must be bundled into a single electronic transaction.

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Any request to continue or vacate a settlement conference must be filed and lodged separately from a motion or ex parte application to continue the trial date.

Summary: A request to continue or vacate a settlement conference must be filed and lodged separately from any request to continue the trial date.

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Defendants must provide the trial department with courtesy copies of the initial joint defense MILs in a single submission containing all of the initial joint defense MILs accompanied by the respective Oppositions in an indexed, tabbed binder.

Summary: Defendants must submit courtesy copies of all initial joint defense MILs, with their respective Oppositions, together in one indexed, tabbed binder to the trial department.

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Plaintiffs must provide the trial department with courtesy copies of plaintiffs’ MILs in a single submission containing all of the plaintiffs’ MILs accompanied by the respective Oppositions in an indexed, tabbed binder.

Summary: Plaintiffs must provide the trial department with courtesy copies of all plaintiffs’ MILs and their respective Oppositions together in one indexed, tabbed binder.

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All papers relating to a pleading or request for an order (e.g. notice of demurrer, request for judicial notice, memorandum of points and authorities and proposed order) must be E- Filed together in a single transaction.

Summary: All papers relating to a pleading or request for an order must be electronically filed together in one transaction.

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The redacted and un-redacted (conditionally sealed) documents must be E-Filed in the same transaction.

Summary: Redacted and conditionally sealed unredacted documents must be filed electronically in the same transaction.

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The REQUEST TO ENTER DEFAULT and PROOF OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS must be submitted separately from other documents if the petitioner seeks to have default entered within two court days of submitting the request.

Summary: To seek entry of default within two court days, the petitioner must submit the request to enter default and proof of service of summons separately from other documents.

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A petition for substituted judgment to create and fund a trust or to execute estate planning documents must be filed separately from any other petition.

Summary: A substituted-judgment petition to create and fund a trust or execute estate-planning documents must be filed separately from any other petition.

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The parties must then promptly provide to the Court in a single submission a marked transcript containing those portions of testimony that remain in dispute.

Summary: The parties must promptly submit one marked transcript to the court containing the disputed portions of former testimony.

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All papers relating to a pleading or request for an order (e.g. notice of demurrer, request for judicial notice, memorandum of points and authorities and proposed order) must be E- Filed together in a single transaction.

Summary: Papers relating to a pleading or request for order must be bundled and E-Filed together in one transaction.

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The redacted and un-redacted (conditionally sealed) documents must be E-Filed in the same transaction.

Summary: The redacted and conditionally sealed versions must be E-Filed together in a single transaction.

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If both parties fail to timely submit a MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT, the case will be removed from the calendar. If the case is removed from the calendar, the parties will be required to file a new FAMILY LAW AT-ISSUE MEMORANDUM and pay any applicable filing fees.

Summary: If neither party timely submits the required statement, the case is removed from the settlement conference calendar and the parties must file a new Family Law At-Issue Memorandum and pay applicable filing fees.

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All support, including timesheets, for such fee requests must be included in the original petition or in papers filed contemporaneously with the petition. Fees that are not requested in conformity with this rule may be deemed forfeited.

Summary: All fee-request support, including timesheets, must accompany the original petition or be filed contemporaneously; nonconforming fee requests may be forfeited.

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Such papers should not be combined with papers relating to motions to be heard in other departments.

Summary: Papers for Discovery Department motions should not be combined with papers for motions heard in other departments.

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F. To the extent practicable, multiple motions relating to the same case must be filed and heard at the same time.

Summary: Multiple motions in the same case should, to the extent practicable, be filed and heard together.

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Such papers should not be combined with papers relating to motions to be heard in other departments.

Summary: Papers relating to Discovery Department motions should not be combined with papers relating to motions assigned to other departments.

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The Court recommends that any such documents be submitted to the Court in a single tabbed, indexed binder.

Summary: The court recommends submitting judicial-notice documents in one tabbed and indexed binder.

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The Court recommends that any such documents be submitted to the Court in a single tabbed, indexed binder.

Summary: The court recommends submitting judicial-notice documents in one tabbed and indexed binder.