All local rules for C.D. Cal., integrated with this judge's published requirements.
Good-faith oral notice to all parties required L.R. 7-19.1 ↗
Section D: "Ex parte applications are solely for extraordinary relief and should be used with discretion. See Mission Power Engineering Company v. Continental Casualty Co., 883 F. Supp. 488 (C.D. Cal. 1995). The Court will generally decide ex parte matters on the papers. Opposition to an ex parte application, if any, should be submitted within 24 hours." JPS #5: "The moving party shall serve the opposing party by Email (this includes the CM/ECF System), FAX or hand service and shall notify the opposing party that any opposition must be filed not later than 24 hours after such service has been completed."
Section L: "Lead counsel shall appear on all dispositive motions, scheduling conferences, and settlement conferences. The Court does not entertain special appearances; only counsel of record may appear." JPS #16: "The Court does not permit special appearances. Counsel of record shall appear at all court proceedings."
JPS #9: "Counsel are not to initiate telephone calls to Judge Selna's chambers." JPS #10: "Inquiries regarding the status of a motion, stipulation or proposed order are not available by phone. Please follow Local Rule 11-4.5."
25 pages maximum for memorandum in support of or opposition to any motion C.D. Cal. L.R. 11-6 ↗
7,000 words maximum L.R. 11-6.1 ↗
12 pages maximum for reply memorandum C.D. Cal. L.R. 11-6 ↗
Silent on page limits motions.
Silent on page limits oppositions.
Silent on page limits replies.
Silent on font formatting.
Section K.1: "No footnote shall exceed 5 lines. The Court strongly discourages the use of extensive footnotes as a subterfuge to avoid page limitations in the Local Rules." K.2: "All footnotes shall be in the same type size as text. See Local Rule 11-3.1.1."
28 days before hearing date L.R. 6-1 ↗
Filer designates; no district-wide hearing day L.R. 6-1 ↗
JPS: "The parties are required to follow the Local Rules regarding the noticing of motions on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. and the filing of oppositions and replies." L.R. 7-9 cited on JPS: opposing party shall serve/file not later than twenty-one (21) days before the date designated for the hearing of the motion (10 days after service for new trial motion).
JPS: "Civil motions are heard on: Mondays, Time: 1:30 p.m. Criminal motions are heard on: Mondays, Time: 9:00 a.m. (If Monday is a holiday, next motion date is the following Monday.) It is not necessary to clear a motion date with the court clerk prior to filing the motion."
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Section M: "A courtesy copy of all electronically filed pleadings shall be delivered to Judge Selna's courtesy copy drop on the tenth floor at the rear of the elevator lobby by noon the day following filing. Failure to make timely delivery of the courtesy copies may result in a delay in hearing a motion or ordering the matter off calendar." JPS #4 (Mandatory Chambers Copies): Civil Matters — all motions and related documents (oppositions, replies, exhibits); ex parte applications (excluding PHV Applications) and related documents (oppositions and exhibits); and ALL PRETRIAL DOCUMENTS. No blue backing required. Sealed Documents delivered to the Clerk's Office Intake window.
E-file PDF; email Word copy to chambers L.R. 52-4.1 ↗
JPS #7: "Stipulations: All stipulations shall be accompanied by a proposed order. The order shall include the parties' proposed dates." JPS: "If a motion or application includes an order seeking certain dates, the order shall include all proposed dates. Reference to a stipulation or other filing is insufficient. Dates must be in the order." JPS #8: "Judgments: If a proposed judgment is endorsed by the opposing party, the Court will review and enter immediately. In all other cases, the Court will hold the proposed judgment 7 days for any objections. As with all proposed orders, the proposed judgment must be emailed to chambers in Word or Word Perfect format."
Silent on ecf stamp requirements.
JPS (Mandatory Chambers Copies): "Mandatory chambers copies of Sealed Documents shall be delivered to the Clerk's Office Intake window, to be placed in the Court's internal mail box." JPS #4: "no copies of redacted documents are required."
Court may dispense with oral argument on any motion and decide it on the papers; counsel notified by court order C.D. Cal. L.R. 7-15 ↗
JPS #1: "If the Court does not believe that oral argument will be helpful, the Court will advise the parties no later than the Friday before the hearing." JPS #3: "Tentative rulings may be issued. If issued, they will be available in Tentative Rulings section after Noon on the business day before the hearing and/or approximately 1/2 hour prior to the hearing in the courtroom. If all parties submit on the tentative ruling, please advise the Courtroom Deputy, and no appearance will be required."
Section P: "The Court attempts to issue tentative rulings on each motion... Judge Selna attempts to post tentatives by late Friday afternoon preceding the hearing date. Hard copies of tentatives will also be available from the clerk approximately 15 minutes before the hearing." JPS: If no hearing set, party may request hearing via "brief of not more than five pages filed no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day following the date for which the hearing was nominally set... If no request is submitted, the matter will be submitted on the papers and the tentative ruling will become the order of the Court."
Silent on tentative ruling prohibition.
JPS: "ALL hearings will be heard IN PERSON in Courtroom 10C unless otherwise ordered by the court. Any request for a remote appearance must be filed no later than five (5) court days before the court proceeding. Such a request must be supported by a declaration and proposed order setting forth good cause for the remote appearance. If the court grants the request, the type of remote appearance allowed will be at the court's discretion. *Please note that requests for remote appearances are rarely granted* (Having counsel's office outside the District is not a basis to request a remote appearance)" JPS: "All Civil Pretrial Conferences require in person attendance by all attorneys."
Section E: "No stipulations extending scheduling requirements or modifying applicable rules are effective until and unless the Court approves them." Applications/stipulations must set forth existing due date; concrete reasons supporting good cause ("will promote settlement" insufficient); and prior requests. JPS #6: "counsel must make such request at least five days prior to the hearing date with a statement of good cause included in the request. The proposed order must reflect the specific dates requested." JPS #11: "If there is a calendar conflict, counsel are to inform the courtroom deputy prior to the date of the conflict."
Joint stipulation required L.R. 37-2 ↗
JPS #2: "All discovery motions are to be calendared before the magistrate judge."
JPS #2: "All discovery motions are to be calendared before the magistrate judge."