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

Case-Number_Abbreviation-of-Document-Title_Filing-Party

For example:

B123456_AOB_Doe
B123456_RB_StateFarmIns

Abbreviations that are to be used for naming your documents:

Appellant's Opening Brief	AOB
Respondent’s Brief	RB
Appellant’s Reply Brief	ARB
Amicus Curiae Brief	ACB
Petition for Rehearing	RP
Answer Thereto on Petition for Rehearing	ARP
Answer to an Amicus Curiae Brief	RAC
Letter Brief	LB
Petition for Writ of Mandate, Prohibition or Certiorari	PTW
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus	PWH
Petition for Writ of Supersedeas	PS
Petition for Writ of Review (WCAB, PUC, ALRB, PERB)	PWR
Exhibits (if bound separately)	EFS
Opposition, Answer or Return	OPO
Reply or Traverse	REP
Service Copy of Petition for Review	CPR

Documents must be:

• A single, text-searchable PDF file. Please note that scanned images are NOT text-searchable.
• Unlocked (i.e., no passwords or saving as a PDF/A)
• No more than 5 MB in size
• An exact duplicate of the paper copy.

Working with PDFs

• Working with PDFs
• Creating a PDF from a Microsoft Word document
• Combining multiple documents into a single PDF
• Making PDFs text searchable

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