Last week, we published profiles for every district judge in the Central District of California.
This week, we did the next piece of work: every judge-specific requirement now links to the exact page of the official PDF where that requirement appears.
A citation that says “see the standing order” makes you go find the rule somewhere in a 20 page pdf. A pin cite takes you to the page where it appears. Every requirement in our CA-CD profiles now has one — linked to the exact page of the official PDF on the court’s website.
Here’s what that looks like.
Judge Kato: $500 per (undisclosed) use of AI
Judge Kato’s standing order imposes a fixed $500 sanction for each violation of her AI-use disclosure requirement.
Not “may be sanctioned.” Not “up to $500.” The order says $500 per violation.
We linked the page
See Judge Kato’s profile, with pincite links to her standing orders, here
Judge Frimpong: Statement of Undisputed Material Facts in Excel
Judge Frimpong requires the separate statement of material facts in Excel format.
Not Word. Not PDF.
If you prepare it the usual way and discover the rule late, you are rebuilding the document under deadline pressure. We linked the page.
See Judge Frimpong’s profile, with pincite links to her standing orders, here
Judge Slaughter: “Whichever is EARLIER”
Many CA-CD judges give the opposing party 48 hours to respond to an ex parte application, or until 3:00 p.m. the next court day — whichever is later.
Judge Slaughter uses “whichever is earlier.”
One word changes the deadline. We linked the page.
See Judge Slaughter’s profile, with pincite links to his standing orders, here.
Trust AND Verify
Not just collecting judge rules. Making each requirement verifiable before you file, not after something goes wrong.
Last week, we mapped the judge profiles.
This week, we made the map source-level.
Southern District of New York is next.
Full CA-CD standing order coverage → lawsnap.com/courts/ca-cd/