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3 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
Fourth Judicial Circuit — CIRCUIT-WIDE 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. • Proposed Orders MUST be submitted in Microsoft Word .docx format (Word 2016 or newer). • This Motion must be attached behind the Cover Letter as a combined single document before being uploaded to the E-Portal. • Proposed Orders in the Fourth Circuit MUST include DJMCA formatting.
Proposed Orders MUST be submitted in Microsoft Word .docx format (Word 2016 or newer).
Reviewer note: Source sha256: . Corpus categories: PROPOSED_ORDER_FORMAT, PROPOSED_ORDER_MOTION_ATTACHMENT, PROPOSED_ORDER_FORMATTING. Quote status as recorded by the researcher: VERBATIM_SCREENSHOT_TRANSCRIPTION. 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.