Glenn County trial binder and trial document requirements

Motions in limine and trial briefs must be filed prior to the Criminal and Civil Trial Confirmation hearing, usually two weeks prior to the trial date or at such other time as the Court may order.

Verified independently. Rule 2.2 sits in Chapter 2 (General), and the rules' adoption page says "Unless otherwise noted, rules are applicable to all cases including cases of limited jurisdiction." The rule names the civil hearing expressly, and its sibling subdivisions are captioned CIVIL JURY TRIALS (2.2(A)(2)) and FAMILY LAW (2.2(A)(3)), which confirms 2.2(A)(1) is the general criminal-and-civil provision. Do not confuse it with Local Rule 6.0, TRIAL READINESS CONFERENCE, which is in Chapter 6, Criminal Law Department. The only other appearance of the phrase anywhere in the rule set is "criminal trial confirmation" in Rule 2.10(A), which corroborates a criminal trial confirmation calendar and not a civil one. "Usually" is the rule's own hedge and the rule defers to "such other time as the Court may order," so two weeks is a planning default, never a calendared date. Confirm the actual date from the trial setting order or the department. Rule effective 7/1/19, amended 1/1/26.

At this conference the parties shall: 1. Serve and file five (5) court days before the conference, a written statement of the facts, law and respective contentions of the parties.

Chapter 3 is the Civil Law chapter and Rule 3.2 is captioned SETTLEMENTS AND SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES. The phrase "mandatory settlement conference" does not appear anywhere in the rule set; the ruleArea label is the product taxonomy, not the court's word. I independently confirmed the duplication the draft flagged: items 1 and 2 of subdivision B are character-for-character identical. That reads as a publication error rather than two obligations, but it is in the official text. The rule does not say when the court sets a settlement conference relative to trial; under form CV-020 item 4(f) the court sets subsequent conferences at the case management conference. Rule effective 7/1/19.

If the Court determines that a party has not proceeded with due diligence or has otherwise failed to comply with the rule, the Court may impose sanctions as set forth in CCP§575.2.

Section symbol spacing reproduced as printed, with no space between CCP and the symbol. CCP 575.2 lets a court impose sanctions for local rule violations, including striking pleadings and dismissal, on the party or on counsel. Rule effective 7/1/19.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this rule, the following items may not be electronically filed: ... g. Documents typically submitted during the course of a proceeding (e.g. Trial exhibits); h. Lodge Documents;

The ellipsis stands in for lettered items a through f, which I read: wills and codicils, bonds, subpoenaed documents, Probate Code 2620 financial documents, vital records forms, and attachments that cannot be accurately transmitted because of size or type. Items i through k follow (sealed cases, copy requests, Labor Commissioner deposits) and none bears on trial preparation. Rule 2.5(E) provides that Rule 2.5 controls over any conflicting local rule on filing. Mandatory civil eFiling is at Rule 2.5(A)(1)(b) and is repeated on the court's eFiling page; Rule 2.5(A)(2) exempts self-represented parties. This row answers the paper-versus-electronic question. It is not a binder requirement and the court publishes none.

The parties will lodge joint jury instructions five (5) judicial days prior to the trial date or at such other time as the court may order. The joint instructions will include all instructions to be offered by any party. Any instructions on which the parties do not agree will be tabbed.

The subdivision heading is CIVIL JURY TRIALS, so this is squarely civil. Three mechanics. First, "judicial days" is undefined in this rule set; I confirmed the term appears only here, in the family law subdivision at 2.2(A)(3), and in one probate rule, while "court days" is used roughly thirty times elsewhere. Rule 1.3 defines a judge's "Day of Vacation," not a counting unit. Read it as court days and confirm with the clerk. Second, the instructions are lodged, not filed, and Rule 2.5(D)(h) excludes "Lodge Documents" from eFiling, so the set goes to the clerk physically. Third, the tabbing sentence is the only tabbing requirement in the civil rules. A joint set means meet and confer time well before the five-day mark. Unlike the criminal counterpart at Rule 6.3 (two days before the jury is sworn), this one runs from the trial date. Rule effective 7/1/19, amended 1/1/26.

Motions in limine and trial briefs must be filed prior to the Criminal and Civil Trial Confirmation hearing, usually two weeks prior to the trial date or at such other time as the Court may order.

Watch the next subdivision, and the draft's warning on it is correct. Local Rule 2.2(A)(3) reads "Trial briefs must be filed five (5) judicial days prior to the trial/hearing date, with a courtesy copy provided for the trial judge," but it is captioned FAMILY LAW and sits directly under the CIVIL JURY TRIALS subdivision. Do not carry the five-day deadline or the courtesy copy over to a civil trial brief. "Courtesy" appears exactly once in the entire rule set, in that family law subdivision, which I confirmed by full-text count.

Original depositions will not be accepted for lodging with the Court until the first day of trial or thereafter.

Rule 3.3 is captioned LAW and MOTION and subdivision B is captioned DISCOVERY; the deposition sentence sits at the end of that subdivision. This is the only rule in the set touching deposition transcripts at trial and it governs the physical lodging of originals. Glenn publishes no procedure for designating or counter-designating deposition testimony and no exchange deadline, which I confirmed by reading Chapters 2 and 3 in full plus a zero-hit full-text count on "designation" and "designations." The same subdivision bars filing discovery pleadings except in support of a motion to compel responses and requires a CRC 3.1345 separate statement on a motion to compel further responses. Rule effective 7/1/19.

Motions in limine and trial briefs must be filed prior to the Criminal and Civil Trial Confirmation hearing, usually two weeks prior to the trial date or at such other time as the Court may order.

Offset token "before_event" means the rule requires filing at some point before the anchoring hearing without naming a number of days. The only number in the rule attaches to the hearing, not to the motion, which is why the row anchors to the hearing rather than to trial. Anchoring this to trial minus 14 would be a defect: a case whose confirmation hearing is set further out than two weeks moves the filing deadline earlier, not later. Civil eFiling is mandatory under Rule 2.5(A)(1)(b), so these are filed electronically. Rule effective 7/1/19, amended 1/1/26.

Jury trials by necessity involve imposition upon the personal and business lives of the citizens who discharge their civic duty by their service. Trials and hearings require substantial preparation in advance by the judges and staff. Failure to timely file papers as required by this rule causes delay, is therefore discourteous, and subverts the efficient administration of justice. Accordingly, absent good cause shown, the court may refuse to consider late filed trial briefs and motions in limine.

Captioned LATE FILED PAPERS. The refuse-to-consider remedy names trial briefs and motions in limine and does not by its terms reach a late joint jury instruction set, though the preamble speaks to "papers as required by this rule." That is not the end of the exposure: Local Rule 2.12 separately makes any local rule violation sanctionable under CCP 575.2. See the Rule 2.12 row. Rule effective 7/1/19, amended 1/1/26.

Failure to comply with any provisions of the Local Rules may result in the imposition of sanctions pursuant to CCP § 575.2.

Added on review; the draft missed it and then drew a negative from the omission. Rule 2.12 is a one-sentence rule in Chapter 2 (General), which applies to all cases. The section symbol renders as a substitution character in the PDF text layer and is reproduced here as a section symbol. Practical effect: do not tell a client there is no published consequence for lodging jury instructions late. There is a general one. Rule effective 7/1/19.

If a case settles within five (5) calendar days of the trial date, counsel shall have on file a dismissal, stipulated judgment, or a conditional settlement or make an appearance at the time and place designated for trial to place the settlement on the record.

Calendar days, not court days, which is unusual against the rest of this rule set and worth calendaring precisely. The same subdivision requires immediate written notice to the court on any settlement, oral notice to the assigned department first if a hearing, conference, or trial is imminent, a statement of when closing papers will be filed, and dismissal of the entire case within 45 days of settlement, with the court required to dismiss at 45 days absent good cause. Rule effective 7/1/19.

Parties who require the use of the Court's audio/visual presentation equipment shall complete a Request for Courtroom Audio Visual Presentation Equipment (form AV) and submit the completed form to the Clerk's Office no later than five (5) court days before the date the equipment is to be utilized.

Verified. Form AV is listed as Mandatory, effective 11/2024, in the Rule 8.0 forms table, and the fillable form is posted at glenn.courts.ca.gov/system/files/forms-and-filings/request-courtroom-audio-visual-presentation-equipment.pdf. The body heading of Rule 2.15 reads REQUESTING AND USE OF AUDIO/VISUAL PRESENTATION EQUIPMENT while the index reads REQUEST FOR COURTROOM AUDIO/VISUAL PRESENTATION EQUIPMENT; same rule. Rule 2.15(A)(2) covers party-supplied equipment and carries a hard consequence: court staff and sheriff's deputies will not help set it up, and if a party cannot get it working in a reasonable period as judged by the bench officer, "the matter will proceed without use of the equipment." If the trial date is set less than five court days out, the request must be made when the hearing is set or by close of business that day. Plan demonstratives around this.

Parties must file and serve a Notice of Remote Appearance (form RA-010) at least ten (10) court days before the hearing for an evidentiary hearing or small claims trial, or five (5) court days before all other hearings.

Added on review; the draft did not mention Rule 2.14 at all. The subdivision is captioned "1. In Civil matters" under "D. The Court provides for video appearances," so it is civil and it is video (Zoom). The opposition provision reads "In response to a notice of a remote appearance by video for an evidentiary hearing or small claims trial, a party may file and serve an Opposition to remote Proceedings at Evidentiary Hearing or Trial (form RA-015) at least five (5) court days before the proceeding." Telephonic appearance in a civil matter is different and needs no advance notice: Rule 2.14(C)(1)(a) says the court generally authorizes it and notice may be given orally at the hearing. The court's remote appearance page adds that all remote requests must be accompanied by form RA-020, Order Regarding Remote Appearance, which is on the page and not in the rule. Ten court days is the longest lead time any Glenn civil rule imposes ahead of trial, longer than the jury instruction deadline, so it belongs on the calendar first. Rule effective 1/2/22, amended 3/27/25.

Notice is hereby given that Superior Court of California, County of Glenn does not routinely provide court reporters, except in proceedings for criminal domestic violence, preliminary calendar, felony law and motion, criminal trial confirmation, juvenile delinquency and juvenile dependency, adoptions, drug court, prop 36, behavioral health and criminal jury trials and other proceedings where the Court may be required by law on request to provide a transcript of proceedings.

Civil jury trials are not on the exception list; "criminal jury trials" is. The rule continues: parties who want a reporter for any other proceeding "must make their own arrangements with any reporting service they desire." A fee waiver party may request an official reporter where one is not normally available and electronic recording is not provided, and non-waiver parties then owe a pro rata share. The rule sets no deadline for making the arrangement, so this is a trial preparation task with no local deadline attached. Rule effective 7/1/19.

This Court practices a firm continuance policy. Requests for continuances of settlement conferences, case management conferences, or trials, whether contested or uncontested, are to be requested with supporting declarations and proper filing fee. Motions for continuance shall be heard by the Department or Judge assigned to the case.

Fees verified in the text: "The fee for continuance of any trial, which is continued at the request of a party, is $60," and $20 for any other calendared event under GC 70617(c)(1), payable when the request is made whether oral or written. An unpaid $20 drops the event off calendar, to be reset only on refiling all moving papers, and the court will not accept a partial payment or chase the balance. Rule 2.3(A)(2)(d) separately bars a law and motion continuance requested less than five court days out absent good cause, and caps law and motion continuances at two without leave. This rule is also the clearest statement in the set that the assigned department, not the county rule, controls the trial calendar. Rule effective 7/1/19.

At the case management conference the court may make pretrial orders, including the following: ... f. An order setting subsequent conferences and the trial date.

I pulled the form independently and it reads as described. The ellipsis stands in for items 4(a) through 4(e): discovery schedule, referral to arbitration, transfer to limited jurisdiction, dismissal of fictitious defendants, and an order scheduling exchange of expert witness information. Item 4(g) is a catchall for Trial Court Delay Reduction Act orders, printed on the form as "Trial Court Reduction Act," a form typo. Item 2 reads "You must file and serve a completed Case Management Conference Statement at least fifteen calendar days before the case management conference." Two sourcing corrections to the draft. First, the form's sanctions block cites only California Rule of Court 3.725 et seq., not Gov. Code 68608(b) or CCP 575.2; those come from Local Rule 3.0(B), which is a separate authority. Second, the rule and the form use different names for the document: Rule 3.0(B) keys sanctions to the "Case Management Conference Questionnaire" while the form demands a "Case Management Conference Statement." The phrase Case Management Conference Statement appears nowhere in the local rules. Also note the form-number conflict: Rule 3.0(A) and the form's own footer say GCSC CV-020, while both Rule 8.0 forms tables say CV-220. Disposition goals under Rule 3.0(C) are 100 percent of civil cases within 24 months of filing, with a presumptive 12-month goal for cases not designated complex, so expect a trial date set against that clock.

Exhibit attachments to pleadings shall be separated by a standard size sheet of paper with a title identifying the sequence of the exhibit.

Corrected from the draft in two ways. First the citation: the quoted sentence is a free-standing paragraph inside subdivision A, sitting after numbered item 1 and its secure-binding explanation and before numbered item 2, so it is Rule 2.0(A), not 2.0(A)(1). Second and more important the scope: subdivision A opens "Except in cases where eFiling is mandatory as provided in Rule 2.5, parties are required to file the following copies of documents:" and Rule 2.5(A)(1)(b) makes eFiling mandatory for all civil matters. So the separator sheet, the no-staples rule and the two conformed copies do not apply to a represented civil filer. They reach self-represented parties, who are exempt from mandatory eFiling under Rule 2.5(A)(2), and any case type where eFiling is only permissive. Read the rule narrowly in one more respect: by its terms it governs exhibits attached to pleadings, not trial exhibits, and it is not a trial binder rule. The no-staples requirement is explained in the rule as a scanning accommodation. Rule effective 1/1/20, amended 1/1/26.