Changes to Local Rules Proposed to Become Effective December 1, 2015

The Court has preliminarily approved amendments to the local rules listed below. Their proposed effective date is December 1, 2015. A redline of the proposed changes accompanies the electronic version of this notice and may also be found on the Court’s website. The proposed amended rules are the following: 

Local Civil Rules:

• L.R. 5-3.2 [Service of Documents Filed Electronically]
• L.R. 5-4.1 [Mandatory Electronic Filing in Civil Cases]
• L.R. 5-4.2 [Exceptions to Electronic Filing in Civil Cases]
• L.R. 5-4.3.4 [(Format of Electronically Filed Documents) Signatures]
• L.R. 5-4.6.2 [Technical Failures]
• L.R. 5-4.8 [Maintenance of Personal Contact Information]
• L.R. 77-1 [Procedures for Emergency Matters]
• L.R. 79-5 [Confidential Court Records]
• New L.R. 79-6 [Confidential Court Records – In Camera Review]
• New L.R. 79-7 [Confidential Court Records – Disclosure]

Local Criminal Rules:

• L.Cr.R. 49-1.1 [Mandatory Electronic Filing in Criminal Cases]
• L.Cr.R. 49-1.1.1 [Authorization of Electronic Filing]
• L.Cr.R. 49-1.2(b)(3) [(Exceptions to Electronic Filing in Criminal Cases) Under-Seal and In-Camera Documents, and Other Documents Excluded from the Public Case File]
• L.Cr.R. 49-1.2(b)(4) [(Exceptions to Electronic Filing in Criminal Cases) Criminal Duty Matters]
• L.Cr.R. 49-1.3.1 [General Applicability of Civil Electronic Filing Rules]
• L.Cr.R. 49-1.3.2(b) [(Special Rules for Criminal Cases) Service]

Local Rules Governing Bankruptcy Appeals, Cases, and Proceedings:

• RULE 1 [SCOPE OF RULES]
• RULE 2 [NOTICE OF APPEAL]
• RULE 3 [THE RECORD ON APPEAL]
• RULE 4 [BRIEFS]
• RULE 5 [MOTIONS]
• RULE 6 [COSTS ON APPEAL]
• RULE 7 [VOLUNTARY DISMISSALS OF APPEALS]
• RULE 8 [PRO HAC VICE APPEARANCES]
• RULE 9 [MOTIONS TO WITHDRAW THE REFERENCE]

Members of the public are invited to submit comments on these changes to the rules. Comments may be submitted to <[email protected]> or in hard copy to Kiry K. Gray, Acting Clerk of Court, 312 N. Spring Street, Room G-11, Los Angeles, California 90012. No facsimile transmissions will be considered.

All comments must be submitted no later than September 20, 2015. All timely received comments will be considered by the Court before final adoption of the rules.

Kiry K. Gray

Acting Clerk of Court

August 21, 2015