Placer County trial document templates

Settlement Conference Statement

Prepared by each party. Filed and served, not later than ten (10) days prior to the scheduled settlement conference. Applies to all parties in a civil case set for a judicially supervised settlement conference. Placer Local Rule 20.1.10(B)

1. First page identifiers and the full statement of the enumerated topics
   • The date and time of the settlement conference, shown on the first page immediately below the case number
   • The trial date, shown on the first page immediately below the case number
   • A full and complete statement covering the ten topics the rule enumerates, in the rule's own paragraph order
   • The highest offer and the lowest demand
   • The date of the last settlement discussions
   • The limits the rule calls for, at the point where the source quotation of subdivision (C) breaks off

Trial Brief

Prepared by each party. Filed, at or before the civil trial conference, which is normally scheduled ten (10) days before the trial date. Applies to all civil trials. Placer Local Rule 20.1.11, unlettered paragraph following subd. (A) and preceding subd. (B), marked [Effective 1/1/11; Amended and Renumbered 7/1/15]

The county rule requires this document and does not say what goes in it. That is the rule’s silence, not a gap here. Your department’s order is where the contents will be.

Witness List

Prepared by each party. Filed, at or before the civil trial conference. Applies to all civil trials. Placer Local Rule 20.1.11, unlettered paragraph following subd. (A)

The county rule requires this document and does not say what goes in it. That is the rule’s silence, not a gap here. Your department’s order is where the contents will be.

Neutral Statement of the Case

Prepared by not stated. Filed, at or before the civil trial conference. Applies to all civil trials. Placer Local Rule 20.1.11, unlettered paragraph following subd. (A)

The county rule requires this document and does not say what goes in it. That is the rule’s silence, not a gap here. Your department’s order is where the contents will be.

Motion in Limine

Prepared by each party. Filed and served, 10 days before trial. Applies to all civil trials. Placer Local Rule 20.4(C)

1. Format and filing requirements
   • Compliance with California Rules of Court, rules 2.100 to 2.119
   • Compliance with California Rules of Court, rules 3.1110 to 3.1116
2. Sequential numbering and index to the motions
   • A sequential number on each motion
   • An index to the motions, where a party files more than five
3. Declaration supporting a motion to preclude inadmissible or prejudicial matter
   • A clear identification of the specific matter alleged to be inadmissible or unduly prejudicial
   • The outcome of the meet and confer on that matter
   • The specific prejudice claimed
   • Where the motion seeks to bind a discovery answer, the question and the answer
4. Deposition excerpts where the motion concerns deposition testimony
   • Attached excerpts of the relevant deposition testimony, in conformance with California Rule of Court, rule 3.1116
5. Exhibit index and tabs on the motion's exhibits
   • An index of exhibits that briefly describes each exhibit and identifies its number or letter and page number
   • A hard 8 1/2 x 11 separator sheet before each paper exhibit, with hard paper or plastic tabs extending below the bottom of the page
   • Electronic bookmarks on electronic exhibits

Opposition to Motion in Limine

Prepared by each party. Filed and served, 5 days before trial. Applies to all civil trials. Placer Local Rule 20.4(C)

1. Deposition excerpts where the motion concerns deposition testimony
   • Attached excerpts of the relevant deposition testimony, in conformance with California Rule of Court, rule 3.1116

Request for Court Reporter (Form PL-CW007)

Prepared by each party. Delivered to the clerk, no less than three days before the hearing, followed by a call to the Master Calendar Unit between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. on the Friday before. Applies to any civil proceeding where a party wants a record, including civil limited and unlimited trials and civil settlement conferences. Placer Local Rule 10.15(E)

The county rule requires this document and does not say what goes in it. That is the rule’s silence, not a gap here. Your department’s order is where the contents will be.

Trial Exhibits

Prepared by each party. Delivered to the clerk, on the first day of trial. Applies to all civil trials. Placer Local Rule 20.1.11(B)

The county rule requires this document and does not say what goes in it. That is the rule’s silence, not a gap here. Your department’s order is where the contents will be.

Administrative Record

Prepared by not stated. Lodged, not stated in the local rule, so it runs off the schedule the court sets in the writ proceeding. Applies to CEQA petitions only. Placer Local Rule 22.0(F)(1)

1. Volume, binding and labeling format
   • One or more volumes of not more than three hundred (300) pages
   • Each volume separately bound in a 3-ring binder
   • Pages numbered consecutively
   • Pages bound on the left margin
   • Covers the same size as the pages, labeled Administrative Record
2. Index at the beginning of the first volume
   • An index at the beginning of the first volume
   • Each paper or record listed in the order presented in the record
   • Each paper or record identified by title or description
   • The volume and page at which each paper or record first appears

Merits Brief and Record Appendix

Prepared by each party. Filed, not stated in the local rule, so it runs off the briefing schedule the court sets in the writ proceeding. Applies to CEQA petitions only. Placer Local Rule 22.0(H)

1. Record citations and the appendix of cited pages
   • Specific references to the administrative record, by record volume and page number and the document title, supporting any factual contention asserted in the brief
   • An appendix containing copies of every page of the record cited in the party's briefs
   • The appendix assembled in BATES stamp order