Anchorage Superior Court, Alaska Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICALCriminal cases

Cases charging an A or Unclassified felony may remain on the PIH calendar for no more than 180 days.

Where an A felony or an Unclassified felony is charged, the case will be pennitted to remain on the PIH calendar for a period not exceeding 180 days.

CRITICALCivil cases

Deadlines in the order may be changed only by court order.

No changes to the deadlines set out in this order shall be permitted, except by order of the court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Cases in which a B or C felony is the highest charged offense may remain on the PIH calendar for no more than 60 days.

Where a B or C felony is the highest category of offense charged, the case will be permitted to remain on the PIH calendar for a period not exceeding 60 days.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Off-record continuances are prohibited for cases in which a B or C felony is the highest category of offense charged.

Off-record continuances will not be allowed.

CRITICALCriminal cases

No further continuances will be granted in 2023 and older cases unless the parties provide a good-cause basis.

For 2023 and older cases, no further continuances will be granted unless the parties provide a good cause basis.

CRITICALCriminal cases

2024 Anchorage District Court criminal cases may receive no more than three continuances in total.

all 2024 district court criminal cases will be allowed a total of no more than three continuances.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Beginning March 1, 2024, off-record continuances are permitted only for cases filed after 2022 in which the defendant is charged with an A or Unclassified felony.

Starting March 1, 2024, off-record continuances will be permitted only in cases where the defendant is charged with an A or Unclassified Felony filed after 2022.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The court may extend the period for good cause found at a pre-indictment hearing; the listed circumstances generally do not constitute good cause, subject to the stated qualifications.

The court may extend the period upon finding good cause at a pre-indictment hearing. Generally, good cause will not include lack of an offer, outstanding discovery, ongoing negotiations, application to an alternative court, new charges, or other pending cases unless in another jurisdiction, the defendant's participation in a treatment program, or the defendant's presence out of state unless the defendant is in the custody of another jurisdiction.

WARNINGCriminal cases

The period starts on the first pre-indictment hearing date, may restart when a conflict OPA, tertiary conflict, or private attorney substitutes in, and does not restart for substitutions within the public defender or OPA offices described.

The applicable period will begin from the date of the 1st pre-indictment hearing. The period may restart as of the day a conflict OPA attorney, tertiary conflict attorney, or private attorney enters an appearance substituting for another attorney. The period will not restart if a new public defender is substituted for another public defender or a new OPA attorney is substituted for another OPA attorney.

WARNINGCivil cases

Parties may request deadline changes by motion or stipulation, but should not assume they will be granted, especially if the change could affect the court’s timely completion of its work.

Parties may request such changes by motion or stipulation, but should not presume that changes will granted, particularly when the change requested affects the ability of the court to timely complete its work.

WARNINGCivil cases

The court may refuse briefing extensions requested at or near motion deadlines; parties should seek extensions well in advance and should not assume stipulated extensions will be granted.

Where motions are filed at or near motion deadlines, the court may refuse to grant briefing extensions. Thus, parties should seek extensions well in advance and should not assume stipulated extensions will be granted.