King County Superior Court Filing Bundling Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

Parties must cooperate and use a single set of depositions marked for the Judge's consideration rather than separate sets.

The parties must cooperate using one set of depositions marked for the Judge's consideration, as follows.

CRITICAL

Motions to shorten time are strongly disfavored and should only be used in extraordinary circumstances. If a party wishes the Court to consider a motion on shortened time, the underlying motion must be noted in the regular course, and a separate motion to shorten time should be submitted.

Motions to shorten time are strongly disfavored and should only be used in extraordinary circumstances. If a party wishes the Court to consider a motion on shortened time, the underlying motion must be noted in the regular course, and a separate motion to shorten time should be submitted.

CRITICAL

Cross-motions and additional separately briefed dispositive motions must be separately scheduled with the court and may not be included in a response to a motion.

Any cross motion or additional (separately briefed) dispositive motion must also be scheduled with the Court. You may not include those as part of your response to a motion.

CRITICAL

Cross-motions and additional separately briefed dispositive motions must be separately scheduled with the Court and may not be included as part of a response.

Cross-motions or additional (separately briefed) dispositive motions must also be scheduled with the Court. You may not include those as part of your response to a motion.

CRITICAL

A request for consideration on shortened time requires both noting the underlying motion in the regular course and filing a separate motion to shorten time.

When a party wishes to request that the court consider a motion on shortened time, the underlying motion must be noted in the regular course, and a separate motion to shorten time submitted as well.

CRITICAL

Each motion is allotted one hour, and cross-motions or additional separately briefed dispositive motions must be scheduled separately and may not be included in a response.

Each motion is allotted 1 hour for argument and ruling. Any cross motion or additional (separately briefed) dispositive motion must also be scheduled with the Court. You may not include those as part of your response to a motion.

WARNING

The proposed order to seal and the proposed protective order must be submitted as separate documents in the e-mailed packet.

The proposed order to seal and proposed protective order must be separate documents in the e-mailed packet.

WARNING

The Court prefers that all designations, counter-designations, and objections for a single deposition be presented at the same time to avoid confusion or duplication regarding what requires rulings.

**Please note that the Court prefers that all designations, counter-designations and objections for one deposition be presented at the same time, to avoid any confusion or duplication regarding what requires rulings.

WARNING

For cross-motions for summary judgment, parties are strongly urged to stipulate to four briefs filed sequentially (with combined opposition/cross-motion and reply/cross-opposition) rather than six briefs in two parallel sets.

If there will be cross-motions, the parties are strongly urged to agree upon and submit for approval a stipulated briefing schedule of four briefs filed sequentially (opening motion, combined opposition/cross-motion, combined reply/cross-opposition, and cross-reply) rather than six briefs filed in two parallel sets.

INFO

The Court's practice is to hear multiple parties' dispositive motions on the same date in the interest of judicial economy.

If multiple parties are requesting a dispositive motion to be heard, it is this Court’s practice to hold them on the same date, in the interest of judicial economy.