Mandatory Chambers Copies: Electronic copies of proposed orders must be emailed to chambers in Microsoft Word format to SK_Chambers@cacd.uscourts.gov. Physical copies are not required, unless otherwise ordered, except for emergency motions or requests. If a physical copy is necessary, please deliver to Judge Kim's drop box located outside Suite 1200 (Roybal Clerk's Office) on the 12th Floor. If mailing a courtesy copy, please address as follows: Clerk to Judge Steve Kim, Roybal Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 255 E. Temple Street, Suite 1200, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Discovery Motions: Discovery filings should include in the caption: '[Discovery Document: Referred to Magistrate Judge Steve Kim].' Unless otherwise ordered, parties must file discovery motions in accordance with Local Rules 37-1 to 37-3. Disputed discovery requests involving the same issue(s) should be logically grouped under one section in the parties' Joint Stipulation with a consolidated position statement by each side. L.R. 37-2.1. The Court may take a discovery motion under submission without oral argument at any time. Absent an emergency, ex parte applications are not an allowed method of bringing a discovery dispute to the attention of the Court. L.R. 37-3.

IMPORTANT: Before filing a discovery motion, all counsel must read and be familiar with Judge Kim's Standing Order on Civil Discovery, available for download below. No discovery motion may be filed unless the Notice of that motion attaches a completed Supplemental Certification of Counsel, which is available below. Any discovery motion filed without that completed Supplemental Certification may be struck with no further notice or warning. Discovery motions filed without enough time to hold a hearing and to permit the parties to comply with any associated order before the fact discovery cutoff set by the district judge may be summarily dismissed as untimely without prejudice to renewing the motion if the parties later obtain an extension of that cutoff by the district judge for good cause under F.R.C.P. 16. N.B. Judge Kim has no authority to alter a Rule 16 scheduling order set by another judge.