Uniform Motion Calender is Tuesday through Thursday at 8:45 a.m. Hearings are not scheduled or cancelled with the judge's office. Four business days notice must be given to opposing party or parties (unless they agree to do hearing on short notice). Ten minutes is allotted (5 minutes per side). A courtesy copy of the notice of hearing and motion must be sent to the judge for review prior to the hearing. Please contact the Uniform Motion Calendar Suspension Hotline at 355-6860 for suspension dates, or call judicial assistant. Counsel should bring to the hearing a proposed order granting/denying the motion, sufficient copies and sufficient stamped, self-addressed envelopes. The hearings are done on a first come, first serve basis. The judge does not keep a calendar for UMC hearings, therefore, the judicial assistant cannot confirm if a hearing has "made the calendar".
Appearance by telephone is permitted by special setting only. Contact judicial assistant to arrange. Telephone hearings are not permitted on Uniform Motion Calendar.
Specially set hearings of sixty minutes or less can be set with the judicial assistant. When setting, several dates are given and the person setting the hearing must make sure opposing counsel is available. The person setting the hearing must then call the judicial assistant back with the date they have selected. Once set, the hearing cannot be changed or cancelled unless the case or matter set for hearing has been settled. All other reasons must be presented to the judge on Uniform Motion Calendar. Counsel should bring to the hearing a proposed order granting/denying the motion, sufficient copies and sufficient stamped, self-addressed envelopes.
Specially set hearings over sixty minutes are set by court order. The party requesting the hearing must put the request in writing and provide a copy of the motion with sufficient stamped, self-addressed envelopes.
Emergency hearings. You must file the appropriate motion with the Clerk's Office. The court file will immediately be brought up to the judge for review and the judicial assistant will contact your office only if the motion is granted. If your office is simply trying to set an expedited hearing, please contact the judicial assistant and she may be able to accommodate your request without the necessity of filing a motion for emergency hearing.
Temporary relief hearings are limited to thirty minutes and will not be set unless mediation has first been completed. Please refer to Administrative Order 5.006.
All post-judgment motions are referred to the magistrate. Counsel must submit proposed order of referral to magistrate for judge's signature, sufficient copies and sufficient stamped, selfaddressed envelopes. The signed order of referral is forwarded to the magistrate the same day for processing.
Request for a hearing on an adoption must be put in writing to the judge. The letter and court file will be forwarded to a staff attorney for review. If additional information is required prior to setting the hearing you will receive a status order, otherwise, the judicial assistant will contact you with available hearing dates.
Motion for Rehearing or New Trial must be submitted to the judge. The judge will prepare an order granting/denying the motion. If granted, the order will include a hearing date.
Notice to Set Cause for Trial. All original notices to set cause for trial should be submitted to the Clerk's Office with sufficient stamped, self-addressed envelopes.
All continuances for trial require a hearing on Uniform Motion Calendar prior to the trial, even if "agreed" to by counsel.
Proposed orders should be submitted with a cover letter or cover sheet, sufficient copies and sufficient stamped, self-addressed envelopes for mailing to the parties. Pursuant to Administrative Order 2.033, all parties names and addresses must be included on §l! orders and/or judgments.
Court Directory and Administrative Orders can be accessed on the court's website
