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 Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction

 Superior Court of California
 Ventura County

5 Court Days Before the Hearing

Calculating the Deadline

The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the more...

If the last day for the performance of any act provided or required by law to be performed more...

If any city, county, state, or public office, other than a branch office, is closed for the whole more...

Late Papers

The clerk may not reject untimely papers. If the court refuses to consider the paper, the order must so indicate. more...

Notice Required

No preliminary injunction will issue without notice to the opposing party. . more...

Manner of Application and Service

A party requesting a preliminary injunction may give notice of the request to the opposing or responding party more...

Grounds for Preliminary Injunction

A preliminary injunction may be granted at any time before judgment upon a verified complaint, or upon affidavits more...

Undertaking and Proposed Order Required

Notwithstanding California Rule of Court 3.1312, whenever an application for a preliminary injunction is granted, a proposed order must more...

Caption

California Rule of Court 312(h) was deleted effective 1/1/07. It provided that motions or demurrers may have short captions that simply identify the first party on each more...

It appears that with motions and papers other than demurrers, California Rule of Court 2.111(4) now governs. more...

No change, other than a renumbering, was made to the California Rule of Court addressing the other elements more...

Memorandum of Points and Authorities

Content

A reply memorandum must contain a statement of facts, a concise statement of the law, and the evidence, more...

Ten (10) Page Limit on Reply Briefs

A reply memorandum may not exceed ten (10) pages, not including exhibits, declarations, attachments, tables, or proof of more...

Citations to Authority and Exhibits

Case citations must include the official report volume and page number and year of decision. . more...

A judge may require that authority from outside California be lodged with the papers that cite the authority more...

References to exhibits must include the number or letter of the exhibit, the specific page and specific paragraph more...

Reference to Previously Filed Papers

Any paper previously filed must be referred to by date of execution and title. . more...

Style of Citations

Citations to cases and other authorities in all documents filed in the courts must be in the style more...

Signature

Every paper filed with the court must be signed by the attorney or unrepresented party submitting the paper. more...

Preemption of Local Rules

California Rule of Court 3.20 states that the Judicial Council preempts local court rules relating to pleadings, demurrers, more...

Additional Requirements

Ventura County SmartRules procedural guide: GENERALLY APPLICABLE RULES AND FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS. more...

Written

Papers that may be filed in support of a motion include declarations, exhibits, appendices, and other documents or pleadings. more...

Evidence received at a law and motion hearing must be by declaration, or request for judicial notice, without more...

Request To Present Testimony

A party wishing to present oral evidence at a hearing must file, no later than 3 court days more...

Declarations

Ventura County SmartRules procedural guide: DECLARATIONS. more...

Judicial Notice

Ventura County SmartRules procedural guide: REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE. more...

Deposition Testimony

The first page of any deposition testimony used as an exhibit must state the name of the deponent more...

Objections To Evidence

Reply papers may include objections to the evidence relied upon by the opposing party. Customarily, objections to evidence are made in a separate document. more...

Filing

Time

Reply papers must be filed at least 5 court days before the hearing date. . more...

Method

Ventura County SmartRules procedural guide: FILING DOCUMENTS. more...

No Fee

There is no fee for filing reply papers. more...

Service

Opposition and reply papers must be served by personal delivery, fax, express mail, or any method that is more...

Continuance of Hearing Date

The Legal Research section receives all of the law and motion files for calendared matters approximately ten (10) more...

All requests or notices to take a matter off calendar shall be in writing and filed with the more...

All continuances of Law and Motion matters shall be for not less than two weeks and shall be more...

Appearance at the Hearing

A party may give notice that he or she will not appear at a law and motion hearing more...

Matter Not To Be Heard

The moving party must immediately notify the court if a matter will not be heard on the scheduled more...

Tentative Rulings

Tentative rulings will be available by 4:00 p.m. on the court day preceding the scheduled date of

No "Notice of Intent to Appear" is required under this rule. . more...

Pursuant to California Rules of Court Rule, Rule 3.1308(e) this local rule does not require any judge to more...

Telephonic Appearance

Telephonic appearance for civil hearings is generally allowed. . (amended and renumbered 1/1/08). Ventura County SmartRules procedural guide: more...

Ruling and Order

Ventura County SmartRules procedural guide: PROPOSED ORDERS, PREPARATION OF ORDERS AND NOTICE OF RULING. more...

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