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W.D. Va. Rule 51

Except as otherwise directed by the Court, in all cases tried to a jury, any proposed instructions must be filed at least 7 days before the scheduled trial date. Each instruction must be set forth on a separate page, numbered and identified appropriately by the party submitting it, bearing at its foot a citation of the authority in support of the instruction. Instructions must be filed as a group together with a cover sheet in pleading form and a certificate of service.
Official source: https://www.vawd.uscourts.gov/sites/Public/assets/File/court/local_rules.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-23