Judge Gary Popham
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Document Format Requirements5 rules
You will not be permitted to play or show recordings or information from a cell phone.
Exhibits to be used at any evidentiary or contested hearing shall be separately and individually prepared so that each exhibit may be marked by the Clerk of the Court.
There must be a copy of each exhibit for the party submitting the exhibit, the opposing party(ies) and the Court.
If you intend to present audio or video recordings, such evidence must be uploaded on a thumb drive and you must bring to the hearing a device that will allow you to play or show the content of the thumb drive.
Motions must comply with applicable procedural rules on format and page length; any deviation requires a prior court order.
Court's wording
Motions shall comply with the applicable Rules of Procedure in terms of format and page length. There is an expectation that there will be compliance with the Rules of Procedure and any deviation must be preceded by an order allowing such deviation.
Document Filing Requirements3 rules
Each motion must clearly state the relief being requested, the factual reasons and legal support for granting such relief and include a proposed form of order or judgment.
Similarly, each response must identify the motion being addressed and there must be a separate response filed for each motion being addressed.
A party responding to a motion is welcome to submit a proposed form of judgment or order if such proposed form of judgment or order differs from that submitted by the other party.
Filing & Service rules
Filing Bundling Requirements
Each filing may contain only one motion, and every motion must be filed separately.
Each filing must contain only one motion and each motion must be filed separately.
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Adjournment & Extension Requirements
If the parties agree to extend a response or reply filing deadline, they should notify the court to avoid a ruling based on the expectation that no filing will be made.
If you have agreed to extend deadlines for filing a response or reply, please notify the court so that the court does not rule on the motion thinking that no response or reply will be filed.
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