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

Case Number_Abbreviation of Document Title_Filing Party

For example:

D123456_CPR_Doe
E123456_LBF_StateFarmIns
G123456_PER_Jones

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	RPF
Answer to Amicus Curiae Brief	ANH
Letter Brief	LBF
Service Copy of Petition for Review	CPR
Supplemental Brief	SPB
Petition for Writ of Mandate	PTW
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus	PWH
Petition for Writ of Supersedeas	PSF
Petition for Writ of Review	PWR
Petition for Extraordinary Writ	PER
Opposition	OPO

Documents must be:

• A single, text-searchable PDF file. Please note that scanned images are NOT text-searchable.
• 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

Submit an Electronic Original with the Court of Appeal