Court Rules

Denver District Court Document Format Requirements

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Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings. This page is scoped to Denver District Court; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.

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Parties shall not upload documents into the E-Filing system in any manner that prevents the Court from copying/pasting text or employing enhanced search functionality within the document.

Summary: Documents uploaded to the E-Filing system must permit text copying/pasting and enhanced search functionality.

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Format
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Any proposed orders shall be submitted in editable format and will be rejected by the Clerk's office if they are not.

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

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(CD's, DVD's, thumb drives, flash drives) with the Court and the Clerk of Court shall reject the same upon presentment.

Summary: The Clerk of Court will reject submission of electronic media such as CDs, DVDs, thumb drives, and flash drives.

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Civil cases

All exhibits must be pre-marked. Plaintiffs will use numbers; defendants will use letters. Plaintiffs and defendants shall not mix numbers and letters, even for related exhibits (e.g. 1(a), 1(b), 1(c), etc.). The civil action number of the case should also be placed on each of the exhibit labels.

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

Judge Jon J. Olafson

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All exhibits must be pre-marked. Plaintiffs will use numbers; defendants will use letters. Plaintiffs and defendants shall not mix numbers and letters, even for related exhibits (e.g. 1(a), 1(b), 1(c), etc.). The civil action number of the case should also be placed on each of the exhibit labels.

Summary: Exhibits must be pre-marked; plaintiffs use numbers, defendants use letters, no mixing, and labels must include the civil action number.

Judge Jon J. Olafson

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All proposed ... format (not scanned) document.

Machine summary

Proposed orders must be filed in native format, not as scanned documents.

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Common questions about Denver District Court document format requirements

What formatting rules apply to filings in Denver District Court?

Denver District Court's formatting rule includes file format docx and proposed orders must be submitted in editable format; non-editable proposed orders will be rejected by the clerk's office. Proposed orders must be submitted in editable format or the Clerk's office will reject them. Machine summary, not yet verified; check the linked order.

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