Providence County Superior Court Document Format Requirements

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Every memorandum of law must be printed or typewritten, distinctly legible, signed as required, and include a concise case statement, numbered questions, and the point with supporting authorities.

Every memorandum of law filed with the court shall be printed or typewritten, shall be distinctly legible, shall be signed by the attorney presenting it in accordance with Art. X, Rule 7 of the Rhode Island Supreme Court Rules Governing Electronic Filing, and shall contain: (1) A brief and concise statement of the case; (2) The specific questions raised duly numbered; and (3) The point made, together with the authorities relied on in support thereof.

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Civil cases

A scheduling order must follow the attached format and be emailed to Justice Licht in Word format before e-filing.

Scheduling Orders will be in the format attached hereto and shall be submitted by email to Justice Licht in word format prior to e-filing.

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Criminal cases

An electronic signature required by the Superior Criminal Rules must appear as “/s/ NAME” unless otherwise stated.

(I) Signature. Where the Super.R.Crim.P. require an electronic signature on any document, the signature shall be reflected as /s/ NAME unless stated otherwise.

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Criminal cases

A motion generally must be in writing, but the court may permit an oral motion; motions made during a trial or hearing are excepted.

A motion other than one made during a trial or hearing shall be in writing unless the court permits it to be made orally.

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Case filings must conform to the Superior Court's Electronic Filing System Guidelines.

The format of the case filings shall be in accordance with the Superior Court's Electronic Filing System Guidelines.

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Format

DOCX

The proposed scheduling order must be submitted in Word format.

Prior to the initial status conference, the parties shall submit a proposed scheduling order to the Med/Mal Supervising Judge by e-mail in Word format.

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Scheduling orders and amended scheduling orders must follow the Exhibit C template.

All scheduling Orders and Amended Scheduling Orders will follow the template attached hereto as Exhibit C.

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Criminal cases

Format

PDF

The criminal information package or indictment may be filed as one PDF with a Table of Contents as its first page.

The information package or indictment may be filed in one PDF with a Table of Contents as the first page.

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Format

DOCX

For extensively briefed matters, parties are requested to submit electronic Word-format copies to the Formal and Special Cause Calendar Clerk by email to assist with bench-memo preparation.

For matters extensively briefed, it is also requested that the parties submit electronic copies in Word format to the Formal and Special Cause Calendar Clerk at the applicable email address in order to assist the Court in expediting the preparation of a bench memo.

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Format

DOCX

Parties are requested, rather than required, to email Word-format electronic copies to the Motion Calendar Clerk to assist preparation of the bench memo.

(e) The parties are requested to submit electronic copies in Word format to the Motion Calendar Clerk at the applicable email address in order to assist the Court in expediting the preparation of a bench memo.

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Criminal cases

The complaint shall be in a form approved by the District Court.

Summary: A criminal complaint must use a form approved by the District Court.

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Format

PDF

(F) Documents filed in a fillable portable document format (PDF);

Summary: Documents may not be filed in a fillable PDF format and may be rejected on that basis.

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The label on the icon of the Word Document shall state a brief name of the case and the C.A. number.

Summary: The Word document icon label must state the case's brief name and C.A. number.

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Criminal cases

(D) Documents, including any required documents, attachments, or exhibits, scanned in the wrong orientation, e.g., upside down or backwards;

Summary: Documents, attachments, or exhibits scanned upside down or backwards are grounds for EFS rejection.

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Criminal cases

(E) Documents scanned and filed that are unreadable or illegible;

Summary: An unreadable or illegible scanned document is grounds for EFS rejection.

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Criminal cases

(F) Documents filed in a fillable portable document format (PDF);

Summary: A document filed in fillable PDF format is grounds for EFS rejection.

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Criminal cases

(K) The document was improperly scanned or uploaded;

Summary: A document improperly scanned or uploaded is grounds for EFS rejection.

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Format

DOCX ?

For matters extensively briefed, it is also requested that the parties submit electronic copies in Word format to the Motion Calendar Clerk at the applicable email address in order to assist the Court in expediting the preparation of a bench memo.

Summary: For extensively briefed matters, parties are requested to email electronic Word-format copies to the Motion Calendar Clerk to assist bench-memo preparation.