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22 verbatim requirements from admin. order AO 3.25 - Establishment and Implementation of Criminal Case Management Plan (12/6/07) [Criminal].
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/ao/ao_3_25.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • The procedures and time standards do not supplant any existing rule, statute, or law. • Neither this Administrative Order nor the Criminal Case Management Plan shall be construed as granting any rights not already provided for by rule, statute, or law. • To the extent that any provision of this Administrative Order may be construed as being in conflict with any rule, statute, or law, the rule, statute, or law shall prevail. • Generally, standard cases will be set within 45 days and complex cases at 60 days. • Admin. 2.085) as follows: • 80% of Expedited "A" cases to be disposed within 180 days • 80% of Standard "B" cases to be disposed within 240 days • 80% of Complex "C" cases to be disposed within 360 days • P. 3.220, shall be provided at arraignment or at the earliest time possible, in the exercise of due diligence, in order to permit the State and the Defendant sufficient time, in advance of the case management conference, to evaluate the case and meaningfully participate in the Case Management Conference. 15 Days prior to the Case Management Conference, counsel shall confer and have completed the following: • Initial discovery exchange • Score sheet exchange • Plea offer exchange • Review of anticipated pretrial activities and dates • Counsel shall be prepared to discuss all aspects of case management and scheduling, to include, without limitation, the following: • Any discovery issues requiring a motion to compel or an order to show cause • Any expert witness issues. • Any pretrial motions pending or contemplated, to include scheduling issues related to motions. • Counsel shall discuss whether the case can be disposed of by plea or by EID and, if so, a plea may be taken or an immediate plea date will be set in the Case Management Order. • The clerk shall set a mandatory PRETRIAL CONFERENCE date to occur within 120 days of arraignment for an "A" track case and 165 days of arraignment for a "B" track case (120 days on "B'' track case without a waiver of speedy trial). • The Scheduling Order shall also state a tentative TRIAL month and year based upon the case track to occur within 180 days of arraignment for "A" track cases (150 days on "A" track cases without a waiver of speedy trial) and 200 days of arraignment for "B" track cases (175 days on "B" track cases without a waiver of speedy trial). • All requests for an enlargement or limitation of a scheduled event shall be in a filed, written motion to the trial judge or his designee. • In the event that the Scheduling Order is amended, the clerk shall enter the amended dates in the court's case management system and shall revise the • All requests for a continuance shall be in submitted in a filed, written motion to the trial judge or his designee. 4 -- 6 of 12 -- • Trial Call, date to occur within 45 days=. with a Trial certain date follq~iD;g within the nex;t 14 days. • Conference to occur within 45 days of the date of the Pretrial Conference. • Requests for continuance to another date within the Trial Cycle will be considered if received within 15 days of the Trial Notice provided at the Pretrial Conference. • They do not supplant any existing rule of criminal procedure or statute. • Procedure, the Defendant must be present at any pretrial conference. 1 -- 9 of 12 -- • All MOTIONS/PRETRIAL HEARINGS, shall be disposed before: _____________ _ • It may not be modified except by leave of Court upon a showing of good cause; stipulations between counsel shall not be effective to change any deadlines in the order abs,ent Court approval. • If the above named defendant fails to appear at the next or any subsequent court date, a warrant shall be issued for the defendant's arrest and any bond shall be forfeited. • It may not be modified except by leave of Court upon a showing of good cause; stipulations between counsel shall not be effective to change any deadlines in the order absent Court approval.
The procedures and time standards do not supplant any existing rule, statute, or law.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 0921127c63f2ad0eb964f39e8b1d03f7a239ce353c2f76aac562ece6c750d417. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
Judge Bell caps motions and responses at 5 pages for UMC hearings and 12 pages for special-set hearings.
Judge Alijewicz requires every motion for attorney's fees and/or costs to attach a document detailing time records — no records, no fee award.
Judge Corlew bars informal contact: every communication with the Court must be in writing, filed with the Clerk, with copies furnished to all parties — and no calls to the JA to schedule or cancel UMC.