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These 44 rules apply across King County Superior Court. Where this judge's own standing orders above address the same topic, the judge's requirement controls.
Parties must check with the Court before faxing or emailing documents or pleadings.
Counsel/parties must jointly complete the Estimate of Witness Examinations form and email it to the bailiff at scott.court@kingcounty.gov as soon as possible.
This policy governs only email communication with court staff and does not establish a preference for email over other forms of communication.
Time estimates on the form must be expressed in tenths of hours and the form must be totaled once completed.
Trial length estimates must assume 5 hours per full trial day and account for witness exams, jury questions in civil cases, opening and closing arguments, voir dire, and motions in limine.
Counsel must confer to determine cross-examination time estimates for each party's witnesses and jointly prepare the form.
Documents must follow local court rules for pagination.
The deposition designation process must begin with a PDF of the transcript because the final marked product will be in PDF format.
The moving party must highlight its deposition designations in a single particular color (e.g., yellow).
New cases and additional documents may be filed online, by mail, or in person at the Clerk's Office.
The Estimate of Witness Examinations form must not be filed with the clerk's office; it is submitted to the bailiff by email instead.
Parties may email the courtroom to ask whether the judge will accept pleadings, jury instructions, legal memoranda, and similar documents as email submissions, with acceptance at the judge's discretion.
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Tenaya Scheinman is a judge on the King County Superior Court, Washington's trial court of general jurisdiction for King County.
The judge's procedures are published in a document titled 'scheinman'.
Judge Tenaya Scheinman's formatting rule includes file format word perfect. Proposed orders included with electronically filed working copies must be in Word format.
The rule requires proposed order. Electronically filed working copies must include the proposed order in Word format.
The rule addresses email communications with Judge Tenaya Scheinman's chambers. Email is the preferred way to contact the court for the fastest response.
No. Electronic filing is prohibited for the covered filings. Working papers and proposed orders may not be delivered by email without prior authorization.
Email is the preferred way to contact the court for the fastest response.
The judge prefers electronic submission through the Clerk’s e-filing portal for working copies of motions, declarations, and proposed orders.
Parties may submit paper working copies as provided in LCR 7(b)(4)(F)(iii).
Working papers and proposed orders may not be delivered by email without prior authorization.
Electronically filed working copies must include the proposed order in Word format.
Proposed orders included with electronically filed working copies must be in Word format.
