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2 verbatim requirements on exhibits & evidence.
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Unlock free →You may submit Exhibits to the Judicial Assistant via email as a PDF or Word document if it is less than 50 pages. Exhibits more than 50 pages will need to be mailed to the court in a binder or folder, with identifying tabs, at least three (3) days prior to the hearing. If you intend to present any evidence or documents (including memos and caselaw) to the Court, you must pre-mark all evidence and serve a copy of all documents to all parties prior to the hearing. Parties shall confer prior to the hearing to determine any stipulations as to the admission of evidence and documents.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 1e109381723024dfe3bd49ab20fca134bd96bef87718d3ae22bdc16403361544. Corpus categories: PAGE_LIMIT | PROPOSED_ORDERS | EXHIBITS, EXHIBITS. Operative status as recorded: LIVE_PAGE_CURRENT_AS_CRAWLED. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass. SOURCE DRIFT MEASURED 2026-07-24: the page(s) these requirements were captured from have been edited since capture. A live re-read found 29 of 35 published requirements (83%) still present on 1 source page (/courts-judges/judge-julie-c-johnson/judge-julie-c-johnson-division-procedures/). The missing text may have been reworded, moved, or withdrawn — BenchPath does not guess which. Confidence LOWERED to medium until a human re-reads the source. Re-verify before relying on any single clause.
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.