Civil Scheduling Orders
| CIVIL TRIAL TERMS | Pre-trial conference date range | Jury selection date range | Motions in limine deadline |
Motions in limine |
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| Jan 27 - Feb 14, 2020 | Dec 2-13, 2019 | Jan 14-17, 2020 | Dec 9, 2019 | Dec 19, 2019 |
| April 13 - May 5, 2020 | March 2-11, 2020 | Mar 31 - April 3, 2020 | Mar 3, 2020 | Mar 13, 2020 |
| June 15 - 26, 2020 July 6 - 10, 2020 |
April 29 - May 7, 2020 | June 2-5, 2020 | May 8, 2020 | May 18, 2020 |
| Aug 24 - Sept 11, 2020 | June 29 - July 2, 2020 | Aug 11-14, 2020 | July 2, 2020 | July 13, 2020 |
| Oct 19 - Nov 6, 2020 | Aug 19-26, 2020 | Oct 6-9, 2020 | Sept 4, 2020 | Sept 14, 2020 |
| Jan - Feb, 2021 | Dec 2-10, 2020 | Jan2021 | Dec 11, 2020 | Dec 21, 2020 |
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TIMELINE FOR CIVIL CASE SCHEDULING ORDERS: At the close of pleadings, a Scheduling Order will be entered which allows a discovery period of: 4 months for fast-track (like credit card collection), 9 months for a regular case (like motor vehicle accident or other debt collection), 12 months for a complex case (like slip and fall or quiet title), 14 months for a medical malpractice, and these intervals: |
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| Example: | ||||
| Discovery cutoff date | February 1 | |||
| +28 days - Plaintiff’s expert report due | March 1 | |||
| +28 days (56 for med mal) - Defendant’s expert report due | March 29 | |||
| +14 days - Plaintiff’s rebuttal report due | April 12 | |||
| +10 days - Dispositive motion deadline | April 22 | |||
| +40 days - Argument date | June 3 | |||
| +28 days or more, to the next available pre-trial conference date - Pre-trial conference |
July 2 | |||
| Jury selection | August 13-16 | |||
| Trial term | August 26 – September 27 | |||
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