Judge Lauren King
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
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Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
Courtesy copies
- 2 copies
- Not required
Adjournments
- Parties may agree to extend the deadline to answer without a court order absent extraordinary delay.
- Proposed deadline changes should maintain at least the time intervals from the scheduling template; certain intervals between summary judgment or motion in limine noting dates and trial cannot be shortened without extraordinary basis.
Request must include
Communication
Chambers, Clerk
Chambers
Letter via ECF
Chambers
Page & Word Limits6 rules
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B. Motion Length
Summary: Default motion length is 15 pages.
Motion
15 pages
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Consistent with LCR 7(k), if the parties plan on filing cross-motions for summary judgment, they should adhere to the following briefing schedule: (word limit 8,400 words). The motion shall be noted for 49 days from the filing date. • 21 days after plaintiff(s)' motion: defendant(s)' combined response/cross-motion for summary judgment due (word limit 14,000 words). • 21 days after defendant(s)' combined response/cross-motion: plaintiff(s)' combined reply/response due (word limit 8,750 words). • 7 days after plaintiff(s)' combined reply/response: reply from defendant due (word limit 4,200 words). The parties may also propose a different briefing schedule in advance of the deadline. LCR 7(j).
Summary: Specific briefing schedule for cross-motions for summary judgment.
Motion
8,400 words
Applies to: Attorney
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Motions for default judgment may include up to 8,400 words. This is longer than the length permitted under the Local Civil Rules. Parties still must certify their compliance with the 8,400 word limit under LCR 7(e)(6).
Summary: Motions for default judgment are limited to 8,400 words.
Motion
8,400 words
Applies to: Attorney
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Consistent with LCR 7(k), if the parties plan on filing cross-motions for summary judgment, they should adhere to the following briefing schedule: • Deadline for dispositive motions: plaintiff(s)' motion for summary judgment due (word limit 8,400 words). The motion shall be noted for 49 days from the filing date. • 21 days after plaintiff(s)' motion: defendant(s)' combined response/cross-motion for summary judgment due (word limit 14,000 words). • 21 days after defendant(s)' combined response/cross-motion: plaintiff(s)' combined reply/response due (word limit 8,750 words). • 21 days after plaintiff(s)' combined reply/response: defendant(s)' reply due (word limit 4,200 words).
Summary: Cross-motions for summary judgment follow a specific briefing schedule with word limits: plaintiff's motion (8,400 words), defendant's combined response/cross-motion (14,000 words), plaintiff's combined reply/response (8,750 words), defendant's reply (4,200 words).
Motion For Summary Judgment
8,400 words
Applies to: Attorney
Combined Response Cross Motion
14,000 words
Applies to: Attorney
Combined Reply Response
8,750 words
Applies to: Attorney
Reply
4,200 words
Applies to: Attorney
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Motions for default judgment may include up to 8,400 words. This is longer than the length permitted under the Local Civil Rules. Parties still must certify their compliance with the 8,400 word limit under LCR 7(e)(6).
Summary: Motions for default judgment are limited to 8,400 words, and parties must certify compliance under LCR 7(e)(6).
Default Judgment
8,400 words
Applies to: Attorney
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The government will normally have six challenges, and the defense will have ten.
Summary: Government gets 6 peremptory challenges, defense gets 10 in criminal cases.
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Document Format Requirements17 rules
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D. Briefs and Exhibits Should be Searchable
Summary: Briefs and exhibits must be in searchable format.
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C. Citations Should be in the Body of the Brief, Not in Footnotes
Summary: Citations must be in the body of briefs, not in footnotes.
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Plaintiff(s)' exhibits must be numbered consecutively beginning with 1; defendant(s)' exhibits must be numbered consecutively beginning with 500.
Summary: Plaintiff exhibits numbered 1+, defendant exhibits numbered 500+.
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Each set of exhibits must be submitted in a three-ring binder with appropriately numbered tabs.
Summary: Trial exhibits must be in three-ring binders with numbered tabs.
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• Exhibits that contain audio or video must be playable in Windows Media Player.
Summary: Audio/video exhibits must be playable in Windows Media Player.
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• Exhibits must be numbered as follows:
Summary: Electronic exhibits must follow specific numbering format.
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• Exhibits must be on a thumb drive or uploaded to the Court’s Box.com folder in PDF format.
Summary: Electronic exhibits must be on thumb drive or Box.com in PDF format.
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• Each exhibit must be a single PDF document.
Summary: Each electronic exhibit must be a single PDF document.
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Exhibits must be delivered to the Courtroom Deputy prior to the trial date. Exhibits are to be delivered in the following format: • Exhibits must be on a thumb drive or uploaded to the Court's Box.com folder in PDF format. • Each exhibit must be a single PDF document. • PDF documents should be scanned using Optical Character Recognition if possible and encoded as a searchable PDF. • Exhibits that contain audio or video must be playable in Windows Media Player.
Summary: Electronic exhibits must be delivered on a thumb drive or uploaded to Box.com in PDF format, each as a single PDF, preferably OCR-searchable; audio/video must be playable in Windows Media Player.
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Citations must be included in the body of the briefing, not in footnotes, with the exception of citations following explanatory footnotes.
Summary: Citations must be in the body of briefs, not footnotes.
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Citations must be included in the body of the briefing, not in footnotes, with the exception of citations following explanatory footnotes.
Summary: Citations must be in the body of the brief, not in footnotes, except for citations following explanatory footnotes.
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Proposed jury instructions must be submitted both on the docket and in Word format via e-mail.
Summary: Proposed jury instructions must be filed on the docket and also emailed in Word format.
DOCX
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If possible, all PDF documents, including exhibits, should be scanned using Optical Character Recognition ("OCR") and encoded as a searchable PDF.
Summary: PDF documents should be OCR-scanned and searchable.
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• PDF documents should be scanned using Optical Character Recognition if possible and encoded as a searchable PDF.
Summary: PDF exhibits should be OCR-scanned and searchable.
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The claim construction hearing will be set for one full trial day (5 hours). If more or less time is required, the parties are instructed to inform Natalie Wood, Courtroom Deputy, at Natalie_Wood@wawd.uscourts.gov.
Summary: Claim construction hearing is scheduled for 5 hours.
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The Court prefers that citations be included in the body of the briefing, not in footnotes, with the exception of citations following explanatory footnotes.
Summary: Citations should be in the body of briefs, not in footnotes.
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If possible, all PDF documents, including exhibits, should be scanned using Optical Character Recognition ("OCR") and encoded as a searchable PDF.
Summary: PDF documents should be OCR'd and searchable if possible.
Document Filing Requirements35 rules
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A. Jury Instructions
Summary: Jury instructions must be submitted electronically.
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Jury Instructions
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E. Procedures for Handling Exhibits
Summary: Specific procedures for handling exhibits at trial.
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Exhibits
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D. Objections to Deposition Designations
Summary: Objections to deposition designations must be filed by deadline.
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Deposition Designations
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Pursuant to this District's Electronic Filing Procedures, the moving party must email a Microsoft Word version of a proposed order to kingorders@wawd.uscourts.gov. Parties may not send requests for substantive relief to this email address.
Summary: Email proposed orders in Word format to specified address.
Document Type
Motion
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F. Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Following a Bench Trial
Summary: Proposed findings and conclusions required after bench trial.
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Bench Trial
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Motions for default judgment must provide sufficient information for the Court to enter judgment. Specifically: 1. The movant must establish subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction. 2. The movant must support a motion for default judgment with a declaration. 3. The movant must address the factors set forth in Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470, 1471–72 (9th Cir. 1986). 4. The movant must separately state the amounts owing on the principal claim, liquidated damages (if applicable), pre- and post-judgment interest on the principal claim (if applicable), and reasonable attorney’s fees (if applicable). 5. The movant must provide a concise explanation of how all amounts were calculated, and must support this explanation with adequate evidence establishing the amount of the principal claim, the interest owing, the attorney’s fees, and other relevant amounts. 6. If the claim is based on a contract, the movant must provide the Court with a copy of the contract and draw the Court’s attention to the relevant provisions. 7. If an interest rate other than that provided by 28 U.S.C. § 1961 applies, the movant must state the rate and the reasons for applying it, and include all interest calculations. 8. In diversity cases, the movant must address what jurisdiction’s law applies to their substantive claims and remedies.
Summary: Motions for default judgment must include specific content requirements.
Document Type
Motion
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Proposed jury instructions must be submitted both on the docket and in Word format via e-mail. The Court recommends the latest version of the Ninth Circuit Model Jury Instructions as the preferred proposed instructions. Instructions must comply with LCR 51 and include the parties’ proposals for both preliminary and final instructions. Instructions should be sent to kingorders@wawd.uscourts.gov and natalie_wood@wawd.uscourts.gov. The proposed instructions should also include a proposed verdict form.
Summary: Proposed jury instructions must be submitted on ECF and via email in Word format.
Document Type
Jury Instructions
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The original and one copy of the trial exhibits are to be delivered to Natalie Wood, Courtroom Deputy, seven days before the trial date.
Summary: Original and copy of trial exhibits due to Courtroom Deputy 7 days before trial.
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Trial Exhibit
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All trial exhibits must be pre-marked by counsel. Each exhibit must be clearly marked.
Summary: All trial exhibits must be pre-marked and clearly labeled.
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Trial Exhibit
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Exhibits must be delivered to the Courtroom Deputy prior to the trial date. Exhibits are to be delivered in the following format:
Summary: Electronic exhibits must be delivered to Courtroom Deputy before trial.
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Electronic Exhibit
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Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law submitted following a bench trial must contain specific references to the affidavits, declarations, exhibits, transcripts, and other parts of the record and supporting materials relied upon to support the fact described in the proposed finding/conclusion.
Summary: Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law must cite specific record materials.
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Proposed Findings Conclusions
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The Court will not grant a motion to continue a trial date that is not opposed by defense counsel’s client(s) until a speedy trial waiver has been filed.
Summary: Motion to continue trial date not granted until speedy trial waiver filed if opposed by defense.
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Motion To Continue
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Motions in limine contained in a trial brief that could have been brought by the pretrial motions deadline will be stricken.
Summary: Motions in limine in trial briefs that should have been filed earlier will be stricken.
Document Type
Trial Brief
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All motions to continue the trial date except stipulated and unopposed motions shall be accompanied by a waiver of speedy trial beyond the proposed new trial date by the longer of (1) three weeks beyond the noting date of the motion or (2) two weeks beyond the requested trial date.
Summary: Motions to continue trial date require speedy trial waiver except for stipulated/unopposed motions.
Document Type
Motion To Continue
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Each party shall file its supervised release sentencing memorandum no later than five days in advance of the evidentiary and/or disposition hearing on a supervised release violation.
Summary: Supervised release sentencing memoranda due 5 days before hearing.
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Supervised Release Sentencing Memorandum
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By filing a pleading, written motion, or other paper, an attorney or unrepresented party "certifies that to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances": (1) it is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass, cause unnecessary delay, or needlessly increase the cost of litigation.
Summary: By filing, attorneys and unrepresented parties certify that the filing is not for an improper purpose.
Document Type
Pleading Or Motion
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Proposed jury instructions must be submitted both on the docket and in Word format via e-mail. The Court recommends the latest version of the https://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/jury-instructions/ as the preferred proposed instructions. Instructions must comply with LCR 51 and include the parties' proposals for both preliminary and final instructions. Instructions should be sent to kingorders@wawd.uscourts.gov and natalie_wood@wawd.uscourts.gov. The proposed instructions should also include a proposed verdict form.
Summary: Proposed jury instructions must be filed on the docket and emailed in Word format, include preliminary and final instructions, a proposed verdict form, and comply with LCR 51.
Document Type
Jury Instructions
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In proposing new deadlines, the parties should endeavor to provide at least as much time between deadlines as shown in the scheduling template in Section I. Judge King will not decrease the amount of time between the summary judgment motion noting date and the trial date, or between the motion in limine noting date and the trial date, unless the parties set forth an extraordinary basis for doing so.
Summary: Maintain minimum time between deadlines as shown in scheduling template.
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Scheduling Order
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The Court urges movants to take care to sufficiently address all relevant information; it will not award fees incurred correcting mistakes. See Stephens v. Marino, White, O'Farrell & Gonzalez, No. C10-5820BHS, 2011 WL 4747920, at *4 (W.D. Wash. Oct. 7, 2011); Johnson v. Peter, No. C21-1602-LK, 2023 WL 22021, at *8 (W.D. Wash. Jan. 3, 2023).
Summary: Court will not award fees for correcting mistakes in default judgment motions.
Document Type
Motion
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If additional exhibits are marked in the course of trial (for example, for impeachment purposes), counsel must provide extra copies of the exhibits for opposing counsel and for the Court.
Summary: Additional trial exhibits require extra copies for opposing counsel and Court.
Document Type
Trial Exhibit
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If the exhibit list, pretrial order, or witness list is revised at any time after it is filed with the Court, counsel must file a revised exhibit list with the Court and provide the Courtroom Deputy with a redlined version indicating the changes.
Summary: Revised exhibit lists must include redlined version showing changes.
Document Type
Exhibit List
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LCR 26(c) requires that when parties submit a stipulated protective order for the Court’s approval, they must also provide the Court with a redlined version, identifying departures from the model. LCR 26(c)(2).
Summary: Stipulated protective orders must include a redlined version identifying departures from the model.
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Stipulated Protective Order
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A party who serves discovery requests on third parties must provide notice of these discovery procedures to such parties. These parties will be expected to comply with these procedures.
Summary: Parties serving discovery on third parties must notify them of these procedures; third parties must comply.
Document Type
Discovery Request
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If the exhibit list, pretrial order, or witness list is revised at any time after it is filed with the Court, counsel must file a revised exhibit list with the Court and provide the Courtroom Deputy with a redlined version indicating the changes.
Summary: Revised exhibit lists, pretrial orders, or witness lists must be filed and a redlined version provided to the courtroom deputy.
Document Type
Revised Exhibit List
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Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law submitted following a bench trial must contain specific references to the affidavits, declarations, exhibits, transcripts, and other parts of the record and supporting materials relied upon to support the fact described in the proposed finding/conclusion.
Summary: Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law must include specific references to the record.
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Proposed Findings Conclusions
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E. Unpublished Cases
Summary: Unpublished cases may be cited with proper disclosure.
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Brief
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A. Table of Authorities is Not Required
Summary: Table of Authorities is not required for any filings.
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All
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Judge King does not require a table of authorities.
Summary: Table of authorities is not required for motions.
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Motion
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Parties must follow the Bluebook and the issuing court's rules regarding citation to unpublished decisions. See, e.g., Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3; GR 14.1(a) ("unpublished opinions of the [Washington] Court of Appeals filed on or after March 1, 2013, may be cited as nonbinding authorities, if identified as such by the citing party, and may be accorded such persuasive value as the court deems appropriate").
Summary: Follow Bluebook and local rules for citing unpublished decisions.
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Brief
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B. Civil Jury Impanelment Procedures
Summary: Specific procedures for civil jury impanelment.
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Jury Selection
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C. The Court's General Voir Dire Questions
Summary: Court provides general voir dire questions.
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Voir Dire
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A party who serves discovery requests on third parties must provide notice of these discovery procedures to such parties. These parties will be expected to comply with these procedures.
Summary: Provide notice of discovery procedures to third parties.
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Discovery Request
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B. Tutorial and/or Court-Appointed Neutral Expert and Claim Construction Hearing
Summary: Patent cases may require tutorial, neutral expert, or claim construction hearing.
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Patent Case
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A. Scheduling
Summary: Patent cases have specific scheduling requirements.
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Patent Case
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Judge King does not require a table of authorities.
Summary: Table of authorities is not required for briefs.
Document Type
Brief
Filing & Service rules
Filing Timing and Cure Windows
Dispositive motions must be noted at least 90 days before trial.
Specifically, dispositive motions must be noted for at least 90 days prior to trial to allow sufficient time following the noting date to issue a decision on the motion prior to the deadline for motions
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Motions in limine must be filed 35 days before trial, noted for 21 days from filing; opposition due 15 days after filing; no reply without court order.
All motions in limine must be filed no later than 35 days before trial and noted for consideration 21 days from the date of filing. Any opposition papers shall be filed and received by the moving party no later than 15 days after the filing date of the motion. No reply papers shall be filed unless the Court orders otherwise.
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Trial exhibits must be delivered to the courtroom deputy seven days before trial.
The original and one copy of the trial exhibits are to be delivered to Natalie Wood, Courtroom Deputy, seven days before the trial date.
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Courtesy Copy Requirements
Additional exhibits marked during trial must be copied for opposing counsel and the Court.
If additional exhibits are marked in the course of trial (for example, for impeachment purposes), counsel must provide extra copies of the exhibits for opposing counsel and for the Court.
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Courtesy copies are not required for any filings.
B. Courtesy Copies are Not Required
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Courtesy copies are not required for any filings.
Judge King does not require courtesy copies.
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Filing Bundling Requirements
Dispositive motions must be filed 120 days before trial.
The Court has instituted a '120-day rule' for dispositive motions.
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Page 3 | I. CASE SCHEDULING TEMPLATE AND THE 120-DAY RULE
Motions in limine must be filed 35 days before trial.
All motions in limine must be filed by 1 Trial – 35 days
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Dispositive motions and expert witness challenges must be filed 120 days before trial.
All dispositive motions and motions challenging expert witness testimony must be filed by this date (see Local Civil Rule ('LCR') 7(d)).
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Discovery-related motions must be filed 6 months before trial.
All motions related to discovery must be filed by Trial – 6 mos
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Parties may propose an alternate briefing schedule in advance; non-compliance may result in striking the cross-motions.
The parties may also propose a different briefing schedule in advance of the deadline. LCR 7(j). If parties file cross-motions for summary judgment without complying with the above briefing schedule or an alternate Court-approved schedule, the Court may strike their cross-motions and order them to comply with the above schedule.
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Discovery motions must be filed before discovery closes to allow resolution.
The discovery motion deadline is set prior to the close of discovery to allow for resolution of disputes by the close of discovery.
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Motions in limine must be filed early enough to be ruled on before pretrial conference.
The motion in limine deadline is set sufficiently in advance of the pretrial conference to allow the Court to consider and, ideally, rule on such motions prior to the pretrial conference.
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Pre-Motion Conference Requirements
Meet and confer required before filing dispositive motions.
G. Meet and Confer Required Before Filing Dispositive Motions
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Motions in limine must be filed at least 14 days before trial.
I. Motions in Limine
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Meet and confer required before filing dispositive motions with certification.
Counsel must make a meaningful effort to confer prior to filing a dispositive motion. Such motions must contain a certification of conferral that is clearly visible within either the first substantive paragraph or the final paragraph of the motion. Counsel should provide for at least three business days between attempts to confer and a motion's filing and must explain their specific efforts to comply if contact was not successfully made.
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Motions in limine must be filed 35 days before trial, noted for 21 days.
Noting dates. All motions in limine must be filed no later than 35 days before trial and noted for consideration 21 days from the date of filing. Any opposition papers shall be filed and received by the moving party no later than 15 days after the filing date of the motion. No reply papers shall be filed unless the Court orders otherwise.
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Meet and confer required before filing motions in limine.
Conferral required. Before filing motions in limine, a party must make a good faith effort to meet and confer with the opposing party, and must comply with all other requirements of LCR 7(d)(5). Parties are discouraged from filing motions in limine that do not identify specific evidence or exhibits to be excluded, which request relief at a high level of generality, or which merely ask the Court to apply the Federal Rules of Evidence.
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Meet and confer required before filing discovery motions.
Before filing a motion to compel or a motion for a protective order, a party must make a good faith effort to meet and confer with the opposing party. Parties are encouraged to submit discovery disputes jointly through the procedure set forth in LCR 37(a)(2).
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Motions in limine must be filed by the pretrial motions deadline.
All motions in limine must be filed by the deadline set for pretrial motions.
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All motions must be filed before the pretrial motions deadline.
All motions, including motions to continue the trial date, shall be made prior to the pretrial motions deadline.
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In multi-defendant cases, counsel must consult before filing any motion.
In multi-defendant cases, prior to filing any motion, counsel are directed to consult with all other counsel, including counsel for all codefendants, to determine whether the motion can either be stipulated or brought jointly.
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Before filing a dispositive motion, counsel must confer meaningfully, include a visible certification of conferral, allow at least three business days between conferral attempts and filing, and explain efforts if contact fails.
Counsel must make a meaningful effort to confer prior to filing a dispositive motion. Such motions must contain a certification of conferral that is clearly visible within either the first substantive paragraph or the final paragraph of the motion. Counsel should provide for at least three business days between attempts to confer and a motion's filing and must explain their specific efforts to comply if contact was not successfully made.
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Before filing a motion to compel or protective order, parties must meet and confer in good faith; joint submission via LCR 37(a)(2) is encouraged.
Before filing a motion to compel or a motion for a protective order, a party must make a good faith effort to meet and confer with the opposing party. Parties are encouraged to submit discovery disputes jointly through the procedure set forth in LCR 37(a)(2).
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Pro se parties are exempt from the meet-and-confer requirement, but if both sides have attorney representation, the requirement applies and pro se parties are encouraged to attend.
To reduce the burden of litigation on pro se litigants, pro se parties are not required to meet and confer. However, if at least one party on each side is represented by an attorney, the meet and confer requirement still applies and pro se parties are encouraged, but not required, to attend.
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Before filing motions in limine, parties must confer in good faith; motions should identify specific evidence and avoid general requests.
Before filing motions in limine, a party must make a good faith effort to meet and confer with the opposing party. Parties are discouraged from filing motions in limine that (1) do not identify specific evidence or exhibits to be excluded, (2) request relief at a high level of generality, or (3) merely ask the Court to apply the Federal Rules of Evidence.
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Specific briefing schedule for cross-motions for summary judgment.
H. Briefing Schedule for Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment
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Pro se parties exempt from meet and confer requirement.
To reduce the burden of litigation on pro se litigants, pro se parties are not required to meet and confer. However, if at least one party on each side is represented by an attorney, the meet and confer requirement still applies and pro se parties are encouraged, but not required, to attend.
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Pretrial motions deadline is typically set six weeks before trial.
The Court typically sets the pretrial motions deadline six weeks before trial.
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Adjournment & Extension Requirements
Motions to continue must be filed timely; failure to do so constitutes waiver.
Counsel must file motions to continue in a timely manner. For example, absent good cause, motions to continue the pretrial motions deadline must be filed before that deadline; 'a failure to timely raise a pretrial objection required by Rule 12, absent a showing of good cause, constitutes a waiver.' United States v. Ghanem, 993 F.3d 1113, 1120 (9th Cir. 2021) (cleaned up).
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Proposed deadline changes should maintain at least the time intervals from the scheduling template; certain intervals between summary judgment or motion in limine noting dates and trial cannot be shortened without extraordinary basis.
In proposing new deadlines, the parties should endeavor to provide at least as much time between deadlines as shown in the scheduling template in Section I. Judge King will not decrease the amount of time between the summary judgment motion noting date and the trial date, or between the motion in limine noting date and the trial date, unless the parties set forth an extraordinary basis for doing so.
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Parties may agree to extend the deadline to answer without a court order absent extraordinary delay.
Absent extraordinary delay or other special circumstances, the parties are free to agree among themselves to extend the deadline to answer or otherwise respond to claims, counterclaims, or crossclaims contained in a pleading without a Court order.
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Chambers Communication Rules
Contact courtroom deputy before filing motion to continue trial date.
Prior to filing a motion to continue a trial date, counsel is directed to contact the Court’s courtroom deputy, Natalie Wood, by email at natalie_wood@wawd.uscourts.gov to verify that the parties’ proposed new trial date is acceptable to the Court.
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Moving party must email a Microsoft Word version of proposed order to kingorders@wawd.uscourts.gov; no substantive relief requests to that address.
Pursuant to this District's Electronic Filing Procedures, the moving party must email a Microsoft Word version of a proposed order to kingorders@wawd.uscourts.gov. Parties may not send requests for substantive relief to this email address.
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Redlined versions of stipulated protective orders must be emailed to kingorders@wawd.uscourts.gov.
The redlined version must be submitted to kingorders@wawd.uscourts.gov.
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Exhibit list must be emailed in Microsoft Word format to the courtroom deputy prior to the trial date.
An exhibit list in Microsoft Word format must be emailed to the Courtroom Deputy at natalie_wood@wawd.uscourts.gov prior to the trial date.
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Contact Courtroom Deputy for urgent discovery disputes.
When presented with disputes regarding discovery issues that are particularly time-sensitive, counsel may jointly contact the Courtroom Deputy, Natalie Wood, by email at natalie_wood@wawd.uscourts.gov to request, and if granted, make arrangements for a telephone or virtual conference with the Court.
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Questions about Standing Order must copy all parties.
Parties may submit questions on, or suggestions for improvement to, this Standing Order to Natalie_Wood@wawd.uscourts.gov. If the party has a case before the Court, all parties must be copied on the message.
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For time-sensitive discovery disputes, counsel may jointly email the courtroom deputy to request a telephone or virtual conference.
When presented with disputes regarding discovery issues that are particularly time-sensitive, counsel may jointly contact the Courtroom Deputy, Natalie Wood, by email at natalie_wood@wawd.uscourts.gov to request, and if granted, make arrangements for a telephone or virtual conference with the Court.
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Proposed jury instructions must be emailed in Word format to specified chambers email addresses.
Proposed jury instructions must be submitted both on the docket and in Word format via e-mail. The Court recommends the latest version of the https://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/jury-instructions/ as the preferred proposed instructions. Instructions must comply with LCR 51 and include the parties' proposals for both preliminary and final instructions. Instructions should be sent to kingorders@wawd.uscourts.gov and natalie_wood@wawd.uscourts.gov. The proposed instructions should also include a proposed verdict form.
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Parties must coordinate with the courtroom deputy at the pretrial conference to schedule equipment testing.
Training on the evidence presentation devices in the courtroom strongly encouraged. See https://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/attorneys/trial-support for more information. At the pretrial conference, the parties must coordinate with the Courtroom Deputy to schedule a time to test any equipment that the parties wish to use at trial.
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All questions should be directed to Natalie Wood via email.
Questions should be directed to natalie_wood@wawd.uscourts.gov.
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Parties should contact the courtroom deputy if the claim construction hearing needs more or less time than one full trial day.
The claim construction hearing will be set for one full trial day (5 hours). If more or less time is required, the parties are instructed to inform Natalie Wood, Courtroom Deputy, at Natalie_Wood@wawd.uscourts.gov.
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Questions or suggestions about the Standing Order may be emailed to Natalie Wood; if the party has a case, all parties must be copied.
Parties may submit questions on, or suggestions for improvement to, this Standing Order to Natalie_Wood@wawd.uscourts.gov. If the party has a case before the Court, all parties must be copied on the message.
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