Denver District Court Filing Rules

Discovery dispute charts must not include lengthy legal or factual arguments—one or two sentences on relevance of cited authority is sufficient—and failure to follow these procedures may result in denial of a hearing.

Every document must clearly identify the attorney(s) who signed it.

Witness lists and order of proof must be filed and emailed to the Court's division staff no later than 28 days before trial.

The clerk may reject pleadings that do not conform to this Order.

Counsel must jointly call division staff at 303-606-2425 to schedule a discovery hearing, ideally within one week of impasse.

The listed primary phone number is (303)606-2755.

All judicial rulings, filings, opinions, orders, and other written communications must be electronically filed.

Parties withholding records under C.R.C.P. 16.1(k)(1)(B)(i)/(ii) must e-file a Notice of a Request for Protective Order.

Restitution worksheets and supporting documents must be filed under suppressed document security status.

Paper copies of items subject to a Motion for Protective Order must be delivered to Courtroom 409 with disputed entries highlighted in yellow; the Court uploads them and restricts access to the Court and appellate purposes.

LexisNexis File & Serve mails court communications to unrepresented parties.

Plaintiff's counsel or pro se plaintiff must send copies of this order to all future counsel/parties, unless the Court has already e-filed the Order.

An in-person trial setting conference with lead trial counsel or a party is required if the parties request more than five trial days or a setting beyond one year.

Trial briefs are limited to five pages.

Proposed orders must be submitted in editable format or the Clerk's office will reject them.

Exhibits must be pre-marked with a party-specific numbering scheme and the civil action number on each label.

Pro se litigants will not be charged additional fees for scanning and uploading paper filings.

The Court generally will not grant extensions of time to file summary judgment motions.

Motions may not be combined with each other or with a response or reply.

Documents relating to a single pleading may be filed as separate documents within a single filing submission, with the motion as the principal document and exhibits as attachments.