4 verbatim requirements on discovery in N. HUNTER DAVIS's division.
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Unlock free →Among other brief matters, motions regarding discovery disputes, status conferences/case management matters, opposed motions seeking continuance of an evidentiary hearing or trial are regularly heard during this time. These hearings should generally be limited to matters which can be heard within five (5) minutes (2.5 minutes per party). Parties wishing to set matters that require in excess of these limitations should request a special set hearing. UMC matters will be heard on a first-come-first-served basis. If opposing Counsel is not present, please attempt to contact Counsel to inquire as to their status and intentions.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: f996d07cb3ffa58f5c721ddb5e882f4a9804b433a737e296355f1abea7bae6ac. Corpus topic: DISCOVERY. Published during the completeness pass — the audit found 2,753 verbatim requirements against 123 published rules.
Every party setting a hearing in Division AO must first confer in a good-faith effort to resolve the matter, and every hearing notice must include a certificate of that conferral. The division instructions state that conferral requires counsel to actually talk.
Under the 2025 case-management amendments, a movant must confer with the opposing party in a good-faith effort to resolve a nondispositive motion before filing it, and must include a certificate of conferral.
CV-E layers a second conferral on top of Rule 1.202: certify conferral before filing the motion (Exhibit A) and again before scheduling it for hearing (Exhibit B).