LCR  NO. 7

              PLEADINGS ALLOWED; FORM OF MOTIONS


A.   Motions and other papers

1.   How Made

      Reapplication for order.  When an order has been applied
for and refused in whole or in part (unless without prejudice),
or has been granted conditionally and the condition has not been
performed, the same application for an order shall not be
presented to another Judge or Commissioner.  If a subsequent
application is made upon a different statement of facts or law,
it shall be shown by affidavit or certified statement what
application was made, when and to what Judge or Commissioner,
what order or decision was made thereon; and what new facts or
law are claimed to be shown.

      Failure to comply with this requirement shall, at the
request of an opposing party or counsel, result in any order thus
obtained being set aside and terms assessed against the counsel
or party obtaining the order.


2.   Form

      All motions and responses or replies thereto shall be in
writing, shall be typewritten, or hand printed and shall be
presented on paper 8-1/2 by 11 inches in size, on paper
containing a vertical line of numbers at the left margin, and
shall be double spaced.  No pleadings shall be filed or presented
which are hand written in cursive form, unless a typed or hand
printed version of such pleading is attached to such pleading.
The court shall not consider any hand written or cursive pleading
without such a typed or hand printed version attached, for any
purpose.


3.   Required Provisions in Orders Mandating Personal Appearance

      In all proceedings wherein an order is to be issued
requiring or mandating the personal attendance of a person or a
party in open court, the order shall include the following words
in capital letters:

     YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AS ABOVE SET FORTH AT THE TIME, DATE
AND PLACE STATED MAY CAUSE THE COURT TO ISSUE A BENCH WARRANT FOR
YOUR APPREHENSION AND CONFINEMENT IN JAIL UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE
MATTER CAN BE HEARD OR UNTIL BAIL IS POSTED.

     No bench warrant shall be issued in such cases for the
apprehension of the cited person if such language has been
omitted.


4.   Failure to Appear

      If the party noting a motion fails to appear for the
scheduled hearing, and the opposing party appears, the motion
shall be denied or stricken.  If the moving party appears and the
opposing party does not appear the requested relief shall be
granted, if warranted.  If neither the moving nor the responding
party appears, the motion shall be stricken.


5.   Motions For Reconsideration

     A. Motions for reconsideration of rulings and all pleadings and
     documents in support thereof, must be filed and served on
     opposing counsel, or the opposing party, if unrepresented, and a
     copy delivered to the Judge or Commissioner making the ruling,
     within ten (10) days after entry of the judgment or order.  Such
     pleadings shall set forth specific grounds for the
     reconsideration, and the arguments and authorities in support
     thereof.

     B. The opposing party may, within ten (10) days after receipt
     of the motion, file and serve on the moving party, and the Judge
     or Commissioner making the ruling, pleadings and documents in
     opposition.

     C. Each party shall prepare and include in the materials
     submitted, a proposed order sustaining their respective position
     on such motion.

     D. Oral argument on a motion for reconsideration shall be
     scheduled only if so ordered by the Judge or Commissioner to whom
     the motion is submitted.  In no case shall a motion for
     reconsideration be noted for hearing on the motion calendar
     unless ordered by the Judge or Commissioner to whom the matter
     has been submitted.  Twenty days after a motion for
     reconsideration has been submitted and served upon the parties or
     their counsel as provided for in this rule, and no ruling has
     been made, either party may submit to the Judge or Commissioner a
     certification that the matter is ready for a ruling on the motion
     for reconsideration.

B.   Filing of Documents

     1.  Filing:   Case Numbers

         Except in consolidated cases, no documents shall be
filed with more than one case number, unless sufficient copies
are simultaneously provided for each case. Where there are
multiple case numbers and no copies provided, the clerk shall
place the documents only in the first case number designated.


(effective September 1, 2001)