(a) When Required.
Except for prisoners proceeding pro se, two (2) Mandatory Chambers Copies
are required of the following: complaints and amended complaints; corporate
disclosure statements; any document pertaining to a request for court action,
including motions, appeals, and petitions, and any opposition to and reply in
support, as well as concise statements, exhibits, declarations, and affidavits in any
way related to the request for court action; Scheduling Conference Statements;
Final Pretrial Conference Statements; Settlement Conference Statements; trial
briefs; and discovery briefs.
Mandatory Chambers Copies of the following are not required: answers,
appearances of counsel, certificates of service, entries of default, routine discovery
(including designations and namings of witnesses, disclosures, answers to
interrogatories and document requests, requests for admissions, expert reports,
etc.), and returns of service.
(b) Format.
(1) All Mandatory Chambers Copies shall indicate which judge
should receive the copies.
(2) Mandatory Chambers Copies must comply with all Local Rule
requirements, including the tabbing of exhibits and declarations or affidavits.
(3) If a document has been filed electronically, the Mandatory
Chambers Copies should consist of a printout of the filed document,
showing the ECF header containing the filing information.
(4) Mandatory Chambers Copies shall be held together with a
single staple in the upper left corner. In lieu of a staple, rubber bands or
binder clips are acceptable. Metal prongs and fasteners are not allowed.
(c) Timing.
(1) If a document is filed in hard copy, the Mandatory Chambers
Copies must be submitted at the time the original document is filed.
(2) Mandatory Chambers Copies of electronically filed documents
may be mailed to the clerk’s office if they are mailed from anywhere in
Hawaii no later than the business day following the date the document was
filed.
(3) If a document concerns an imminent or expedited proceeding,
Mandatory Chambers Copies shall be delivered as soon as possible after
filing.
