Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County Filing Rules

A previously set hearing will not be advanced on an Order Shortening Time without a Stipulation and Order or a Motion to Advance the Hearing.

The court encourages parties to submit civil trial memoranda and briefs on factual and legal issues that may arise during trial.

Each party must email an Exhibit List to the Courtroom Clerk with five specified columns, place a copy in each binder, and number (Plaintiff) or letter (Defendant) exhibits accordingly.

In jury trials, the party must also provide an additional blank electronic storage device for the clerk to copy admitted exhibits for use by the jury.

Injunction cases require submission of proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law under NRCP 52.

The court strongly encourages electronic exhibits when the exhibits would fill more than three 3-inch binders.

Multiple photos may not be placed on one sheet of paper; each photo must be on its own separately labeled sheet.

Larger exhibit versions may be used as demonstratives (generally unmarked and not sent to the jury), but must be marked separately if to be submitted to the jury.

Two drives are required per exhibit set (Joint, Plaintiff, Defendant): a 'Golden Drive' with PDF exhibits plus the exhibit list and a 'Working Drive' with PDF exhibits only.

Photographs must be identified separately with no more than one photo per sheet (e.g., labeled 7-A, 7-B, 7-C) unless counsel stipulate to admitting all photos on the page.

Transcript and CD requests go to the court recorder by email or phone, and transcript orders are submitted to dept23inbox@clarkcountycourts.us.

Parties planning to use electronic exhibits must email the Evidence Vault Clerk at DCevidence@clarkcountycourts.us at least two weeks before the Calendar Call to schedule a validation appointment.

Counsel must notify the Court Recorder at 702-671-4374 at least three judicial days in advance to request recording of any or all proceedings.

Jury instructions must be emailed to alperc@clarkcountycourts.us prior to trial.

Do not submit explanatory information through the Department’s Order Inbox; the Court cannot access such information there.

Orders shortening time will only be considered on an emergent basis.

Parties must provide agreed jury instructions, proposed verdict forms, and opposed proposed instructions to the Court three judicial days before trial.

The Audiovisual Transmission Equipment Appearance Request form must be filed at least five judicial days prior to trial unless the Court provides a different time-frame.

Notice of a motion hearing may not be shortened to less than 1 full judicial day.

Motions in limine must be filed at least 45 days before trial, and the Court may decline to hear during-trial motions that should have been brought in limine.

A courtesy copy of deposition counter-designations must be provided to the Court one judicial day before the Calendar Call.

Courtesy copies of legal briefs on trial issues must be brought to the final pre-trial conference as part of pre-trial submissions.

Exhibits must be brought to the PTC in person or delivered to the RJC by close of business on the day of the PTC.

Three sets of exhibits, three-hole punched and in three-ring binders with the exhibit list, must be delivered to the clerk before the firm trial date.

Electronic courtesy copies of trial memoranda are preferred (not mandatory) and may be emailed to the department law clerk.

A copy of the default judgment application with a notice of hearing must be mailed to the defendant's last known address, if any.

Exhibits must be hand delivered to the Courtroom Clerk only and cannot be dropped off in the bin or handed to other Department staff.

Objections and counterdesignations to deposition testimony must be filed and served by hand one judicial day before the firm trial date.

Deposition counter-designations (with page/line citations and copies of the deposition pages) must be served on all parties one judicial day before the Calendar Call.

A granted order shortening time must be served promptly upon all parties.

Default judgments under $50,000 based on a written contract may be submitted to DC16Inbox@clarkcountycourts.us for the judge's review and signature/filing.

Orders for unopposed motions to withdraw or continue, and decrees after a default is filed, may be emailed directly to DeptRInbox@ClarkCountyCourts.us.

Jury instructions must not be filed with the court; they are emailed to chambers instead.

Proposed voir dire questions, jury instructions, and verdict forms must not be filed with the court.

When the Court orders electronic submission of documentary and/or photographic evidence in a case, proposed exhibits must be submitted pursuant to this order.

Duplicates must be removed when exhibits are submitted separately as joint.

Stipulated exhibits must not be duplicated, removed from binders, or placed in a separate binder; parties must notify the Clerk of stipulated exhibits and their numbers must be placed on the record at the start of trial.

Omnibus motions are prohibited in Department 23.

The 7-Day Notice for default judgment must not be combined (bundled) with a Notice of Intent to Take Default.

Joint exhibits (both sides' exhibits in shared binders numbered in order) are encouraged, but joint submission is not a stipulation — any stipulation for admission must be placed on the record on the first day of trial.

A noncompliant motion to seal may be stricken and the protected information unsealed.

Documents may not be filed under seal based solely on the existence of a protective order; an independent basis is required.

If a minor's compromise petition includes a birth certificate, social security card/number, passport, or driver's license, the drafting party must request filing under seal by submitting an Order to Seal to DC24inbox@clarkcountycourts.us with the petition.

If restricted personal information is filed in a minor's compromise proceeding, the petitioner must file a motion to redact under SRCR 3 and EDCR 2.13.

Counsel must ensure exhibits are redacted if needed; late redaction requests must be addressed on the record and require a new redacted exhibit marked as a new exhibit.

Upon a TRO request, Judge Hardy schedules a conference as soon as counsel have appeared, requires all counsel to attend unless urgency precludes notice, and rarely grants ex parte TROs.

Ex parte TRO applications must be submitted to chambers for review before the Court determines whether to issue a TRO, schedule a preliminary injunction hearing, or hold a hearing before any injunctive relief is issued.

The Court may grant an unopposed motion in advance by minute order.

Counsel must meet and discuss exhibits prior to calendar call, and the plaintiff is responsible for scheduling the EDCR 2.67 conference.

The EDCR 2.47 conference between counsel must occur at least one week before motions in limine are filed.

Trials will not be continued for settlement conferences or mediation.

Trials will not be continued for non-emergency conflicts once set at calendar call; known conflicts requiring a continuance must be raised by written motion.

Continuances must be requested by Stipulation and Order, not by calling the department.

Trials set at calendar call will not be continued for non-emergency conflicts; known conflicts requiring a continuance must be raised by written motion.

Counsel seeking to withdraw in a criminal case for financial reasons must move at least 45 days before trial.

A $40 recording fee will be added for each hour of hearing in civil matters.

Thumb drives of proceedings are available for $5 each (capacity up to 2 GB).

All civil matters in Department 19 are recorded and a $40 per hour recording fee (NRS 3.370) applies.

Copies of proceeding recordings cost $2 per CD/DVD and $5 per thumb drive, and contain audio/video only without transcription.

All court proceedings are recorded and a $40 per hour fee applies for recording.

Unsigned competing orders must be accompanied by a 1-page bullet-point cover letter placed as page 1 of the PDF.

All motions are limited to 30 pages excluding exhibits under EDCR 2.20(a), unless leave of court is obtained.

A party may attach up to 100 pages of exhibits to its courtesy copy if it believes the exhibits would help the Court.

The cover letter accompanying a competing order is limited to 1 page.