Name your document using the naming convention below. Please no spaces or periods:

Case Number_Abbreviation of Document Title_Filing Party

For example:

H012345_SUB_Doe
H012345_CIS_StateFarmIns

Abbreviations that are to be used for naming your documents:

Ben C. Brief	BBF
Change of Address	CHA
Certificate of Interested Entities or Persons	CIP
Civil Case Information Statement	CIS
First Request for Extension of Time	REX
Informal Response to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus	INF
Motions	MOT
Notice of Settlement	NOS
Phoenix H. Brief	PBF
Request for Dismissal	REQ
Serrano Brief	SBF
Stipulation for Extension of Time	SEX
Substitution/Association of Attorney	SUB
Wende Brief	WBF

Documents must be:

• A single, text-searchable PDF file. Please note that scanned images are NOT text-searchable.
• No more than 25 MB in size
• Unlocked (i.e., no passwords or saving as a PDF/A)

Working with PDFs

• Converting a document into a PDF
• Combining multiple documents into a single PDF
• Making PDFs text searchable

See also Cal. Rules of Court, rules 8.70 to 8.79