Sonoma Superior Court Filing Bundling Requirements

CRITICAL

A manila envelope containing confidential exhibits must not be attached to the principal motion or other paper.

If the papers are exhibits to a motion or other paper, the manila envelope, with the stated identifying features, must not be attached to the principal paper, but there must be reference made in the motion, memorandum of points and authorities, or declaration, as appropriate, to the confidential materials filed under seal.

CRITICAL

Opposition and reply briefs for motions to strike must be filed simultaneously with the corresponding briefs on the merits.

Opposition and Reply briefs for Motions to Strike shall be filed at the same time as Opposition and Reply briefs on the merits.

CRITICAL

A Request for Order for Special Immigrant Juvenile Findings must be a stand-alone application and may not combine other issues.

Any Request for Order shall not be combined with other issues, and shall be a stand-alone application relating only to the Special Immigrant Juvenile Findings pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure § 155.

INFOProposed or draft document; may not be in force

Parties are encouraged to file joint pretrial documents whenever possible during the meet-and-confer process.

During the ‘meet & confer’ process the parties are to strive filing ‘joint’ documents wherever possible.