3 verbatim requirements on exhibits & evidence.
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Unlock free →The parties should upload all pleadings and supporting documents on CMS for the date of the hearing under case supporting documents. The parties should not submit courtesy copies of pleadings to chambers. The parties also should not submit binders with cases and exhibits, unless the documents are unavailable online or under unique circumstances. The Court will review and access pleadings, supporting exhibits and cases through CMS and/or cases through Westlaw. Prior to the scheduled hearing, the Court will make every effort to read the materials to be familiar with the argument(s) and law.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 07fa74079840177942acf629bb75100a51ca263d0c1862a3d793cae5fab9aab3. Corpus categories: EXHIBITS. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
Judge Sherman requires TWO identical bound hard-copy sets of pre-marked exhibits for evidentiary hearings at least 7 days out — and anything over 50 pages must arrive as bound hard copies by mail.
Judge Hafele: exhibits in chambers three days before any evidentiary proceeding, courtesy copies two days out, all hearing materials three business days ahead, and interpreter requests seven days in advance.
Judge Mullinax wants physical copies of all documents and exhibits for in-person hearings/trials provided five days in advance; orders in Word (no macros/columns/tabs) within 48 hours, final judgments with a 3-inch top-right margin.