Use of footnotes in Court filings is to be limited to providing brief points of clarification or cross-references. Argument in footnotes will not be considered by the Court. The form of footnotes must comply with Civil Local Rule 3-4(c)(2). The Court may strike any filing that includes excessive or improper footnotes.

Use of generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc., in preparing submissions to the Court is not prohibited, but counsel and self-represented parties must at all times personally confirm for themselves the accuracy of any content generated by these tools. The signature of counsel or a self-represented party on any submission containing AI-generated content, including citations generated by AI, constitutes a certification that the signing attorney (or self-represented party) has personally verified the content's accuracy. The Court will impute any errors by such AI tools to the attorney or party whose signature appears on the document containing those errors. Failure to verify the accuracy of submissions, particularly the accuracy of citations to law and evidence, may be grounds for sanctions. Counsel is responsible for maintaining records of all prompts or inquiries submitted to any generative AI tools in the event those records become relevant at any point. Judge van Keulen's Civil and Discovery Referral Matters Standing Order (Feb. 2026), ¶ 10 ↗

Civil case management conferences are held on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. Civil motions are heard on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. Civil pretrial conferences are held on Thursdays at 9:30 a.m.

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(d)(7), no chambers copies are required unless specifically requested by the Court.

All stipulations and proposed orders are to be emailed in Word format to svkcrd@cand.uscourts.gov on the same day as the documents are e-filed.

Motions to seal shall be filed in accordance with Civil Local Rule 79-5. When submitting a proposed order pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(c)(3), the table format included in the order shall comply with the below format: Document | Text to be Sealed | Basis for Sealing [redacted portions to be identified by page and line number]. Where a party ('Filing Party') files a motion to consider whether another party's ('Designating Party') materials should be sealed pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(f), the Designating Party's statement and/or declaration in support of sealing pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(f)(3) shall attach as exhibit(s) the proposed, public, redacted version of the document(s) sought to be sealed to the extent the proposed redactions differ from the redactions proposed by the Filing Party.

All civil discovery and motion hearings will be in person unless otherwise noticed by the Court in Courtroom 6, 4th Floor, San Jose Federal Courthouse. Initial case management conferences, status conferences, and order to show cause hearings in re settlement/dismissal will be by Zoom video link.

For all discovery disputes, the parties must meet and confer to attempt to resolve the dispute. The meet and confer must be in person or by videoconference and conducted by counsel with authority to negotiate and compromise. A mere exchange of letters, emails, telephone calls, or voicemail messages does not satisfy the requirement to meet and confer. If the parties are unable to reach a resolution, they must file a joint statement not to exceed 10 pages, exclusive of the caption page, double-spaced with 12-point font and in text-searchable PDF format.