3 verbatim requirements from administrative order 2025-16-02 - Amended Order of Assignment of Alternate Judges of the County Court for 2026.
9th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/AO2025-16-02%20ADAC.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • If a Judge is not available to consider a matter assigned to him or her, the matter shall be presented to the Judge’s alternate. • If both the Judge to whom the action is assigned and the Judge’s alternate are unavailable, the matter shall be presented to the Administrative Judge of the County Court. • Administrative Judge of the County Court is not available to hear the matter, it shall be presented to the Chief Judge.
If a Judge is not available to consider a matter assigned to him or her, the matter shall be presented to the Judge’s alternate.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: c5e032a3f6fbac3fc5eb5cdac010d4def875a3efc463500bb60dea0598d6ef5e. 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.