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39 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
Third Judicial Circuit — 2025-001 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, each civil case must be assigned within 120 days after the action commences to a complex, general, or streamlined case management track. • evidence, and an anticipated trial length of no more than 3 days. • 1.200 or rule 1.201, and trial continuances are governed by rule 1.460. • Within 120 days after the commencement of any civil case subject to rule 1.200, the presiding • Parties’ requests for trial continuances are governed by rule 1.460 and if a trial is not reached • months from the date of service of initial process on the last defendant or 120 days after • Deadline for service of complaints: 120 days after the complaint is filed. • Deadline for service under extensions: 150 days after the complaint is filed. • Deadline for addition of new parties: 180 days after the complaint is filed. • Deadline for completion of fact discovery: 240 days after the complaint is filed. • Deadline for completion of expert discovery: 270 days after the complaint is filed. • Deadline for filing and service of motions for summary judgment: 90 days before • Motion hearings: within 20 days of filing any motion for which a hearing is required, the • Deadline for all objections to pleadings to be resolved: within 60 days after the objection is • filed and no later than 30 days before the pretrial conference. • within 30 days after the motion is filed and no later than the Friday before the trial week. • Deadline for completion of alternative dispute resolution including mediation: 270 days after • date of service of initial process on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement of the • Deadline for service under extensions: 180 days after the complaint is filed. • Deadline for addition of new parties: 210 days after the complaint is filed. • Deadline for completion of fact discovery: 420 days after the complaint is filed. • Deadline for completion of expert discovery: 450 days after the complaint is filed. • Deadline for filing and service of motions for summary judgment: 120 days before trial. • Motions for summary judgment must comply with rule 1.51O(b) and be resolved no later than 30 days before trial. • Deadline for all objections to pleadings to be resolved: within 75 days after the objection is • filed and no later than 45 days before the pretrial conference. • judgment): within 60 days after the motion is filed and no later than the Friday before the trial • Deadline for completion of alternative dispute resolution including mediation: 450 days after • WHEREAS, each civil case must be assigned within 120 days after the action commences • comments and conducting oral arguments regarding the amendments announced in its May 23, 2024, opinion. • Within 120 days after the commencement of any civil case subject to rule 1.200, the • Parties' requests for trial continuances are governed by rule 1.460 and if a • management conference must be scheduled not less than 90 days before the date the case • of service of initial process on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement of the action as provided • Deadline for service under extensions: 15 0 days after the complaint is filed. • Deadline for completion of expert discovery: 2 70 days after the complaint is filed. • Deadline for filing and service of motions for summary judgment: 90 days before trial. • Motion hearings: within 20 days of filing any motion for which a hearing is required, the moving • Deadline for all objections to pleadings to be resolved: within 60 days after the objection is filed
WHEREAS, each civil case must be assigned within 120 days after the action commences to a complex, general, or streamlined case management track.
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.