b'Page 6FBA/OC 6. Declarations and Exhibits.Allexhibitsment must be hand signed.L.R. 5-4.3.4(a)(3). are required to be attached to the document10.Miscellaneous towhichitrelates,whichusuallymeansa declaration.L.R. 11-5.2.The exhibits shouldApartymayobtainanextensiontorespondto be numbered consecutively to the main docu- theinitialcomplaintwithoutcourtapprovalby ment either above or below the page numberfiling a stipulation so long as the request is not ofeachexhibit,andtheexhibitsshouldbemore than 30 days; the stipulation does not need tabbedinsequentialorder. L.R.11-5.2,11- to be approved by the court.L.R. 8-3.See Local 5.3.Rule 8-3 for specific requirements regarding the 7.Proposed Orders:Proposedordersmusttitle and title page of such a stipulation.All oth-be filed with any motion, stipulation, or appli- er requests for an extension require court approv-cation requesting relief from the court.Theal.proposed order must be filed as a PDF attach- Documentselectronicallyfiledareelectronically ment to the motion, stipulation, or applicationservedunlesstheopposingpartyhasnotap-anditmustalsobeemailedinaMicrosoftpearedorhasnotregisteredforCM/ECF Wordformattothejudgeschambersemail(typically pro se litigants).L.R. 5-3.2.1.addressalongwithaPDFcopyofthefiled document. L.R. 5-4.4.1, L.R. 5-4.4.2.Rule 5- Documents must be filed before midnight on the 4.4.2 provides the format for the subject linefiling deadline to be considered timely filed.L.R. of the email to chambers. 5-4.6.1.However,somejudgeshaveshortened 8.Courtesy Copies:Chamberscopiesarethis cut-off so check your judges standing orders mandatory under the local rules; one copy ofand website.every document filed must be delivered cham-bers by 12:00 noon the day after the electronic filing.L.R. 5-4.5.Rule 5-4.5 provides specific*Diana Palacios is an associate at Davis Wright requirements for the format of the chambersTremaine LLP and a former federal clerk for U.S. copy,includingthatthecopymustbeblue- District Court Judge John A. Mendez of the East-backedandprintedfromCM/ECFwiththeern District of California.Samrah Mahmoud is a CM/ECF generated header and the Notice ofcounsel at Troutman Sanders LLP and a former Electronic Filing (NEF) attached as the lastfederal clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Jose-page.phine L. Staton of the Central District of Califor-9.E-signatures:E-signaturesarepermit- nia. Diana and Samrah recently taught a short-tedforelectronicallyfileddocumentswhensession class on California federal court filings at there is only one signatory and the documentthe University of California, Irvine School of Law isfiledusingthesignatorysCM/ECFlogin. this past January. L.R.5-4.3.4(a)(1).Ifthedocumentrequires1 Discovery motions have their own unique pro-more than one signatory, such as for a stipu- cedures under the local rules.Parties must file a lationorajointfiling,e-signaturesmaybeJoint Stipulation, which has its own format, tim-usedsolongasthedocumentisfiledusinging, and meet and confer requirements.For more oneofthesignatoriesCM/ECFloginsandinformation see Local Rules 37-1 through 37-4.thesignatoryattestsonthesignaturepage thattheothersignatorieslistedagreewith the filing submitted.L.R. 5-4.3.4(a)(2).If a document requires a signature of a person not registered as a CM/ECF filer, then the docu-'