4 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
Third Judicial Circuit — 2021-003 only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the published source, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. • WHEREAS, AOSC20-13 initially suspended criminal and civil jury trials during the period of March 16, 2020 through March 27, 2020, and AOSC20-23, as amended several times, ultimately extended suspension of jury trials until 30 days after the chief judge of a judicial circuit has determined the circuit, or a county within the circuit, has transitioned to Phase 2 pursuant to AOSC20-32, 7; and • WHEREAS, all counties within the Third Judicial Circuit have transitioned to Phase 2 pursuant to AOSC20-32, 7, and have successfully remained in Phase 2 for more than 30 days, as required by AOSC20-23, 4, • extended suspension of jury trials until 30 days after the chief judge of a judicial circuit has determined • AOSC20-32, 7, and have successfully remained in Phase 2 for more than 30 days, as required by
WHEREAS, AOSC20-13 initially suspended criminal and civil jury trials during the period of March 16, 2020 through March 27, 2020, and AOSC20-23, as amended several times, ultimately extended suspension of jury trials until 30 days after the chief judge of a judicial circuit has determined the circuit, or a county within the circuit, has transitioned to Phase 2 pursuant to AOSC20-32, 7; and
Reviewer note: Source sha256: . Corpus categories: /requirement/i. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
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.