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9 verbatim requirements from document (unlisted) [unlisted] JudgeLeighHayesGeneralRulesRequirements.
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/judge/JudgeLeighHayesGeneralRulesRequirements.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Hearings requiring 15 minutes or less must be set in the 15 minute time slots only. • Please do not leave a voice mail requesting the hearing date and time; your hearing will not be scheduled. • Once a motion is scheduled, subsequent motions may not be piggybacked, added-on or cross-noticed onto the time reserved for the first motion without prior approval of the Court and opposing counsel. • The motion already set and the motion being added must be able to be heard in the original time allotted for the hearing. • Each party must schedule its own appearance with Court Scribes, after the hearing has been set with the Court. • Do not submit -- 2 of 4 -- proposed orders that say “all counsel of record”. • You must select the parties to be served before submitting the order for review. • If you have pro se parties who should receive a copy of the order, you must put them in the efiling portal with their email address and select them to receive service, prior to submitting the order for review. • Guardianship orders must be submitted to the Guardianship Case Manager at leega@ca.cjis20.org unless the order pertains to a ruling made by the Judge at a hearing.
Hearings requiring 15 minutes or less must be set in the 15 minute time slots only.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 30bb2854509cf527d586b3edb1e85ebb570a086ca2b07311400e9d739b3e8496. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
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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.