Tulsa County District Court Filing Rules

Every party must provide a completed Cover Sheet when filing a petition in a CJ or CS case.

Only non-OUJI and modified OUJI instructions may be submitted, and all OUJI instructions must be identified by number only in the Pretrial Order.

Only witnesses and exhibits included on the final list may be used at trial unless the court orders otherwise.

The preliminary witness and exhibits list must include a summary of the expected testimony.

Only non-OUJI instructions and modified OUJI instructions may be submitted as requested jury instructions.

Plaintiff's counsel must send a proposed pretrial order to opposing counsel at least 15 days before the pretrial conference hearing to initiate its preparation.

Proposed jury instructions are due no later than 30 days before trial.

Plaintiff's proposed Pretrial Order is due fifteen days before the Pretrial Conference.

All motions must be filed by the scheduling-order deadline or they will not be considered.

Plaintiff must provide a proposed Pretrial Order fifteen (15) days before pretrial.

When a state correctional facility warden or superintendent is the custodian, a copy of the application must also be mailed to the Department of Corrections General Counsel.

Plaintiff must submit a proposed pretrial order substantially complying with Rule 5 to defendants 15 days before the pretrial conference.

The party requesting a medical examination must provide the examination report to all parties no later than ten days after the examination or by the stated alternative date.

An annual fee of $10 must be paid to the county Court Clerk when a licensed process server files the certified license copy to serve process in that county.

The requesting party must pay trial and court reporter fees by the Pretrial Conference date, and no Pretrial Order will be filed until those fees are paid.

Documentary and photographic trial exhibits must be placed in a binder or notebook complying with Oklahoma Supreme Court Rule 1.33.

Trial exhibits must be numbered in advance, with exhibit numbers matching those on the pretrial order.

A hard copy of non-OUJI and modified OUJI jury instructions must be submitted to the Bailiff no later than one week before the trial status hearing.

Documentary and photographic trial exhibits must be kept in a binder or notebook complying with Oklahoma Supreme Court Rule 13.

Trial exhibits must be pre-marked with numbers corresponding to the Pretrial Order, and documentary or photographic exhibits must be kept in a binder or notebook.

When necessary, pleadings should use only the last four digits of Social Security and financial account numbers, only minors' initials, and only the year of birth.

Dates in the scheduling order may be changed only for good cause and by written order before the scheduled date.

Every request for an extension of time must state the original response due date, amount of additional time requested, reason, current case status including scheduled hearings, and whether opposing counsel was contacted and consents or objects; noncompliant requests will not be considered.

A court-scheduled date may be changed only for good cause and by written court order before the scheduled date.

A scheduled date may be changed by unanimous party agreement or, if opposed, by a motion or application showing good cause.

A date set in the scheduling order may be changed only for good cause and by written order submitted before the scheduled date.

Friendly-suit hearings must be arranged by contacting the appropriate CS or CJ judge’s office clerk.

Requested jury instructions must be submitted by email to Brooke.Golightly@oscn.net.

Counsel may telephone the court’s clerk about fully briefed motions that have been pending for more than 30 days to confirm docketing for ruling or hearing.

A courtesy copy of every motion must be delivered to the court’s clerk on the sixth floor for docketing and ruling.

Counsel must deliver one copy of each motion, application, response, and brief for the assigned judge to the Court Clerk's office when the original is filed.

Motions, applications, responses, and required briefs are limited to 20 pages unless the court gives prior permission.

Counsel may submit pleadings electronically through the Tulsa County Law Library, and Minute Clerks must process the resulting signed pleadings and orders like originals.

Before the Court will set or hear a discovery dispute, the movant must state in the motion that counsel conferred in person or by telephone in good faith but could not resolve the dispute; correspondence and email do not satisfy this requirement.

Discovery materials and responses generally may not be filed with the Court Clerk unless attached to a motion or response or ordered by the judge.