S.D. Cal. — Local Rules, ECF & Standing Orders | The Law Mind

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Civil Rules (22)

1.2 Effective Date

1.3 Scope and Construction

1.4 Application of Rules When No Specified Triggering Event

1.5 Notice of Related Patent Case. Civil Local Rule 40.1 applies to patent cases. The parties must

2.1 Governing Procedure

2.2 Confidentiality

2.3 Certification of Initial Disclosures

2.4 Admissibility of Disclosures

2.5 Relationship to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

3.1 Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions

3.2 Document Production Accompanying Disclosure

3.3 Invalidity Contentions

3.4 Document Production Accompanying Invalidity Contentions

3.5 Disclosure Requirements in Patent Cases for Declaratory Relief

3.6 Amended and Final Contentions

3.7 Advice of Counsel

4.1 Exchange of Preliminary Claim Construction and Extrinsic Evidence

4.2 Joint Claim Construction Chart, Worksheet and Hearing Statement

4.3 Completion of Claim Construction Discovery

4.4 Claim Construction Briefs

4.5 Claim Construction Hearing

Electronic Filing (ECF) Procedures

Electronic Case Filing Procedures

District Forms (1)

Parking Map & Instructions

National (AO) forms used in every district are searchable too — try “AO 440” or “subpoena to testify at a deposition” in Search.

Standing Orders & Judge Procedures (1)

Court-wide (1)

Parking Map & Instructions

Tip: everything on this page is also retrievable in Search (“S.D. Cal. LR 7.1”) and cited by Ask.