Local Rule 12

Local Rule 12 of the Court of Appeal First Appellate District requires all attorneys to use the Court's electronic filing system (EFS) to submit documents. Self-represented litigants may also use the EFS system, but are not required to do so. Documents must be in PDF format and must not exceed 25 MB in size. All documents must also include electronic bookmarks to each topic heading in the text. Personal identifiers such as social security numbers must be redacted or excluded from all documents filed in the Court's public file. Filing deadlines are not altered by the EFS system, and all documents must be received by midnight in order to be considered timely. Self-represented parties with fee waivers are exempt from the fees associated with electronic filing. If the rule causes undue hardship, paper copies may be filed instead. Failure to comply with the rule may result in sanctions.