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Rule 7.12. Multiple application prohibited. When an application or a petition for any writ or order shall have been made to a judge and is pending or has been denied by such judge, the same application, petition or motion may not again be made to the same or another district judge, except in accordance with any applicable statute and upon the consent in writing of the judge to whom the application, petition or motion was first made.
Rule 7.14. Applications for orders in chambers. Notwithstanding any other provision of these rules, an application for an order to a judge in chambers may be made by an attorney. Litigants in proper person, “runners,” and friends or employees of litigants must leave proposed orders with the clerk of the court or in the court’s lock box. All proposed orders must be promptly delivered by the clerk to the appropriate judge in chambers.
Rule 7.20. Form of papers presented for filing; exhibits; documents; legal citations.
(a) All pleadings and papers presented for filing must be flat, unfolded, firmly bound together at the top, on white paper of standard quality, not less than 16-lb. weight and 8 1/2 x 11 inches in size. All papers must be typewritten or prepared by some other duplication process that will produce clear and permanent copies equally legible to printing. All print size shall not be smaller than size 12-pitch font for pleadings and papers created on a computer or 10 pica for pleadings and papers created on a typewriter. All or part of a pleading or paper may be legibly printed by hand at the discretion of the court. Carbon or photocopies may not be filed, except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (f) of this rule. Only one side of the paper may be used.
All papers presented for filing, receiving or lodging with the clerk shall be pre-punched with 2 holes, centered 2 3/4 inches apart 1/2 to 5/8 inches from the top edge of the paper. All original papers shall be stamped ORIGINAL between the punched holes.
The lines on each page must be double-spaced, except that descriptions of real property may be single-spaced. All quotations of more than 50 words must be indented and single-spaced. Pages must be numbered consecutively at the bottom. Lines of pages must be numbered in the left margin.
[Amended; effective November 27, 2003.]
(b) No original pleading or paper may be amended by making erasures or interlineations thereon, or by attaching slips thereto, except by leave of court.
(c) The following information shall appear upon the first page of every paper presented for filing, single-spaced:
(1) The document code (list of document codes available at the County Clerk’s Office), the name, Nevada State Bar identification number, address and telephone number of the attorney and of any associated attorney appearing for the party filing the paper; and whether such attorney appears for the plaintiff, defendant, or other party, or the name, address, and telephone number of a party appearing in proper person, shall be set forth to the left of center of the page beginning at line 1. The space to the right of center shall be reserved for the filing marks of the clerk.
CODE
NAME
BAR NUMBER
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
TELEPHONE NUMBER
ATTORNEY FOR:
(2) The title of the court shall appear at the center of the page at line 5 below the information required by paragraph (1), as follows:
DISTRICT COURT
CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA
(3) Below the title of the court shall appear in the space to the left of center, line 8, the name of the action or proceeding, e.g.:
JOHN DOE,
Plaintiff,
vs.
RICHARD ROE,
Defendant.
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(4) In the space to the right of center at line 10, shall appear the case number, the department number and/or letter, and the Docket as follows:
Case No. A 999999
Dept. No. I or A
Docket J
(5) The title of the pleading, motion or other document must be typed or printed center on the page directly below the name of the parties to the action or proceeding. The title must be sufficient in description to apprise the respondent and clerk of the nature of the document filed, or the relief sought, e.g. Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Answers to Interrogatories; Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment against Plaintiff John Doe; Order Granting Plaintiff Doe’s Motion for Summary Judgment against Defendant Roe.
For the convenience of the court and the parties, the same title used on the papers must appear on all calendars at the time of the hearing.
(Example)
CODE
NAME
BAR NUMBER
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