Rule 15(a)(1) provides that a party may amend a complaint once as a matter of course within 21 days of service, or within 21 days of being served with an answer or a motion to dismiss, whichever is earlier. Fed. R. Civ.
(3) Any opposition must be served and filed within 15 days after the motion is filed. (Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2007.) (1) The court may rule on a motion at any time after an opposition or other response is filed or the time to oppose has expired.
Opposition: Any opposition to the motion must now be filed 20 days before the hearing. This is a substantial change from the prior deadline of 14 days. Reply: Replies must be served 11 days before the hearing—more than double the previous requirement of 5 days.
If a defendant refuses to produce documents or witnesses for depositions, you can oppose the summary-judgment motion by submitting your declaration and showing that facts essential to justify your opposition may exist but cannot for reasons stated be presented to the court.
3) Declaration in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment The Declaration is a sworn statement to the Court stating all of the declarant's facts supporting your Motion. These facts must come from the declarant's own personal knowledge of the events.
New Rules (Effective January 1, 2025) and codified in CCP § 473c(a)(4): Parties are prohibited from filing more than one motion for summary judgment against an adverse party without leave of court.
A motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication in a civil action or proceeding must be served and filed at least 81 days before the hearing on the motion; An opposition to the motion must be served and filed at least 20 days before the hearing on the motion; and.
In a summary judgment or summary adjudication motion, no opening or responding memorandum may exceed 20 pages. No reply or closing memorandum may exceed 10 pages.
The court may deem a motion to file an amendment to a pleading to be a motion to file an amended pleading and require the filing of the entire previous pleading with the approved amendments incorporated into it.