Joint Request To Charge

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CASES BEFORE JUDGE MARGARET B. SEYMOUR
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROPOSED JURY CHARGES
All proposed jury instructions are required to be submitted in the following format:
(a)
The parties are required to jointly submit one set of instructions. To this end, the
parties are required to serve their proposed instructions upon each other in time to
confer and submit to the Court one complete set of agreed-upon joint instructions,
as well as any disputed supplemental instructions, seven (7) business days prior to
jury selection. Joint instructions should be e-mailed to
filingdocs_ecf_cola@scd.uscourts.gov.
Do not electronically file in ECF. Please
include the case number in the subject line of the e-mail message.
(b)
The Court’s preliminary and boilerplate jury instructions are attached. It is not
necessary for attorneys to submit proposed instructions as to the matters contained
in the attached instructions. If the parties in good faith believe that the standard
instructions need to be tailored for the trial of the case, they may submit such
modified instructions for the Court’s review.
(c)
If the parties cannot agree upon one entire set of joint instructions, they are
required to submit joint instructions that have been agreed upon (labeled as Joint
Request to Charge No. ____), and to submit supplemental instructions that have
not been agreed upon (labeled as Plaintiff/s/Defendant’s Request to Charge No.
___). Legal authority should be cited in all instructions. Each supplemental
instruction should list any party requesting the instructions as well as any party’s

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