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24 verbatim requirements from document (unlisted) [unlisted] JudgeRobertBranningRulesOfProcedure.
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/judge/JudgeRobertBranningRulesOfProcedure.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Any motions not in full compliance with these may not be heard. • The Notice of Hearing must state whether the date and time were coordinated with opposing counsel. • If the attorney has been unable to coordinate the hearing with opposing counsel, the notice shall state the specific good faith efforts the attorney undertook to coordinate or why coordination was not obtained. • The Notice of Hearing must contain the amount of time scheduled for the hearing. • Once a motion is scheduled, subsequent motions may not be added-on, or cross-noticed onto the time reserved for the first motion without prior approval of the Court and opposing counsel. • Attorneys may not schedule back-to-back hearings in order to acquire a longer block of hearing time (e.g. scheduling two 5-minute hearings to acquire 10 minutes, etc.). • Multiple motions that are going to take considerable time must be scheduled with the Judicial Assistant. • All pre-trial motions, including motions in limine, must be filed, scheduled, and heard no later than five days before trial. • Do not submit proposed orders by email or facsimile without court permission. • Parties must provide copies of all documents submitted to the Court to opposing counsel. • A motion to continue must be in writing unless there is an exceptional reason why it must be made ore tenus. • A stipulation must be signed by all counsel and Defendant, and shall be submitted to the Court detailing the reasons a continuance is necessary. • All parties shall proceed to prepare for trial as scheduled until an order is entered granting the continuance. • Defendants with retained counsel wishing to be found indigent for costs must abide by the following procedures, or their motions will be denied. • Motions to be found indigent for costs must not be combined with motions for transcripts or appointment of experts. • Such motions must be filed separately, and after an order has been entered finding Defendant indigent for costs. • A motion to be found indigent for costs must attach an affidavit of attorney’s fees indicating the amount of attorney’s fees and the source of payment for those fees, an application for criminal indigent status with clerk’s determination, and a response by JAC. • The motion shall indicate: the provider of any income claimed by • A motion for transcripts (and any proposed order) must list the dates of the hearing or deposition, the name of the person deposed, and must attach JAC’s response. • A proposed order must state that the transcript is to be produced at regular rates. • A proposed order for a hearing transcript must not specify a court reporter or specific rates. • A motion for appointment of an expert must specify the name of the expert to be appointed, who is currently under JAC contract. • The motion must state GENERALLY, without citing work product or trial strategy, why the expert is reasonable and necessary to the defense of the case. • A motion for additional funding for an expert must indicate how the expert spent the initial funding, and what work remains to be performed by the expert that only the expert can perform.
Any motions not in full compliance with these may not be heard.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 74e46f7d06cdc84fe5506456f402b7bd079dc6f800f435be37bd2e20a369425a. 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.