3 verbatim requirements on discovery.
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Unlock free →Please upload a copy of the motion prior to the commencement of the hearing. Motion calendar is capped at 25 cases per calendar or until time allotted has expired. All parties shall be prepared to proceed at 9:00 AM. If one party fails to timely appear, after proper notice, the matter may proceed on the merits in his/her absence. Copies of the Notice of Hearing, the Motion, and any pleadings or discovery to which the Motion is addressed shall be in the hands of the Judicial assistant five (5) five working days in advance of the hearing. Originals to be filed with the Clerk. If you are cancelling the hearing, please be sure to cancel it on the on-line. If you are cancelling a hearing that is scheduled for the same or next day, please call the JA as well. The Motion Calendar hearing may only be cancelled by the attorney who set the hearing.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: ade043d8318353624cbb05c3f6ea0f8209558eb37986d1f8e9d6e3eff6632c1e. Corpus categories: DISCOVERY. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
Every party setting a hearing in Division AO must first confer in a good-faith effort to resolve the matter, and every hearing notice must include a certificate of that conferral. The division instructions state that conferral requires counsel to actually talk.
Under the 2025 case-management amendments, a movant must confer with the opposing party in a good-faith effort to resolve a nondispositive motion before filing it, and must include a certificate of conferral.
CV-E layers a second conferral on top of Rule 1.202: certify conferral before filing the motion (Exhibit A) and again before scheduling it for hearing (Exhibit B).