Local Rule LCivR 40: SCHEDULING CASES FOR TRIAL
E.D. Wash. — Civil rule
LCivR 40 SCHEDULING CASES FOR TRIAL The trial calendar shall be arranged in the following order of precedence:
(1) Criminal cases;
(2) Civil cases with statutory precedence; and
(3) All other civil cases.
Regarding issues to be tried, each party shall file and serve a notice no later than seven days after the Discovery Cutoff indicating which previously-pleaded claims and/or affirmative defenses will be adjudicated at trial. This notice sets the issues to be tried, subject to further limitation by order of the Court on dispositive motion.