Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County Filing Timing and Cure Windows

Deadline

10 calendar days

Requests for a Court Reporter must be filed at least 10 days before the hearing, with the deposit paid no later than two judicial days before.

if a party prefers the presence of a Court Reporter in addition to the FTR, a Request for Court Reporter must be filed not less than 10 days before the hearing, and the party must pay the Court Reporter's deposit (usually the cost of the first day) no later than two judicial days before the hearing.

Motions to exclude experts or for a Daubert hearing must be filed no later than the dispositive motion deadline.

Motions to exclude experts / for a Daubert hearing or brought under Evidence Rule 702, shall be filed no later than the dispositive motion deadline.

Discovery or non-disclosure objections not asserted by the Joint Pretrial Statement deadline are waived.

Any discovery or non-disclosure objection that is not asserted by the Joint Pretrial Statement deadline shall be deemed waived (except for disclosures occurring for the first time after the Joint Pretrial Statement deadline).

Deadline

48 hours

In exigent circumstances, a written motion must be filed with the clerk and emailed to Division Staff at least 48 hours before the hearing.

If a telephonic-only hearing will not suffice in an exigent circumstance, counsel for a Party may file a written Motion with the clerk of the court and email it directly to Division Staff at least 48 hours in advance of the hearing to allow the Court to rule on the Motion.

Deadline

2 business days

Parties must file a Joint Case Management Plan at least two business days before the Complex Case Scheduling Conference.

At least two business days prior to the Complex Case Scheduling Conference, the parties must file a Joint Case Management Plan.

Deadline

2 business days

Parties must file a Joint Case Management Report at least two business days before each Case Management Conference.

At least two business days prior to each Case Management Conference, the parties must file a Joint Case Management Report.

Deadline

2 working days

The state and defendant(s) must file a Joint Case Management Plan no less than two working days before the first Scheduling Conference.

No less than two working days before the first Scheduling Conference, the state and defendant(s) shall file a Joint Case Management Plan expressly addressing the following issues:

Deadline

2 working days

The Joint Case Management Report must be submitted no less than two working days before each Case Management Conference.

No less than two working days before each Case Management Conference, the parties shall submit a Joint Case Management Report.

Deadline

2 working days

The parties must file a Joint Case Management Report at least 2 working days before each Case Management Conference.

The parties shall file a Joint Case Management Report, as described in the Complex Case Designation & Case Management Order, at least 2 working days before each Case Management Conference.

Deadline

60 calendar days

A Motion for Complex Case Designation must be filed no later than 60 days after the defendant's arraignment, unless the Court acts sua sponte.

designated as complex, a Motion for Complex Case Designation shall be filed no later than 60 days after the defendant's arraignment or, the Court may sua sponte, find a criminal case to be complex with supporting factual findings.

Deadline

270 calendar days

The trial date must be set within 270 days of arraignment on the Master Calendar Assignment Judge calendar.

The trial date shall be set within 270 days of arraignment on the Master Calendar Assignment Judge calendar.

Deadline

5 calendar days

Exhibits must be marked at least five days before trial.

Exhibits must be marked at least five (5) days ahead of trial. The rules require this, and the court will so direct. To permit otherwise is unfair to court staff.

The Case Center exhibit submission deadline set at the Final Trial Management Conference is firm, and late exhibits presumptively will be excluded.

At the Final Trial Management Conference, the Court will set a deadline for submitting exhibits through Case Center. This is a firm deadline, and late exhibits presumptively will be excluded.

Deadline

3 business days

Exhibits for an evidentiary hearing must be submitted to the division clerk for marking by noon three business days before the hearing.

All exhibits which the parties intend to admit into evidence at an evidentiary hearing must be submitted to the division clerk for marking by noon three business days prior to the hearing.

Deadline

20 calendar days

Motions in limine are due 20 days before trial; tardy motions will be summarily denied.

Important: This division’s trial preparation materials clearly state that MIL’s are due 20 days before trial. This is a real deadline. Litigants should expect that tardy motions will be summarily denied.

Deadline

30 calendar days

All disclosure and exchange of relevant information, documents, and exhibits must be completed at least 30 days before trial.

All parties shall complete all disclosure, including an exchange of all relevant information, documents and exhibits at least thirty (30) days prior to trial.

Deadline

7 calendar days

Exhibits must be submitted to the clerk one week before a bench trial, contested injunction against harassment hearing, or default and damages hearing.

One week prior to your bench trial, contested hearing on an injunction against harassment, or default and damages hearing, please have your exhibits to the clerk.

Deadline

5 calendar days

Exhibits must be submitted to the division clerk at least five judicial days before the hearing or they may be excluded.

Exhibits must be timely submitted to the division clerk. If an exhibit is not submitted at least five judicial days before the hearing, I either will not allow the exhibit to be admitted at the hearing or, in the alternative, the time it takes my clerk to mark the exhibit will be deducted from the offering party's trial time.

Deadline

24 hours

Exhibits and publication documents must be emailed to the division and parties at least 24 hours before the hearing.

All exhibits any party intends to use and any publication documents must be emailed to the division and parties at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.

Deadline

24 hours

Written requests for in-person hearings must be filed and emailed to the division at least 24 hours before the hearing.

If you need to request an in-person hearing, a written request must be filed at least 24 hours prior to the hearing and must be emailed directly to our division.

Deadline

2 business days

Exhibits must be scanned and lodged electronically no later than 2 court days before the hearing via the Clerk of Court exhibits submission link.

Not later than 2 court days before the hearing, scan and lodge exhibits in electronic form using the following link:(https://www.clerkofcourt.maricopa.gov/services/exhibits-submission).

Deadline

10 business days

Exhibits must be emailed to Division staff or delivered as a hard copy at least 10 business days before the hearing.

If a hearing requires any exhibits, please either email the exhibits to staff at Kiara.carr@jbazmc.maricopa.gov, or deliver a hard copy to the Division at least 10 business days in advance.

Motions in limine are due at least 30 days before the Final Pre-Trial Management Conference.

Motions in limine are due no less than thirty (30) days prior to the Final Pre-Trial Management Conference and will not be heard until the pre-trial conference, especially if the case is dispositive.

Written responses to a motion in limine are due within 10 days of receipt.

Written responses to a motion in limine may be filed no later than ten (10) days after receipt of such motion.

Deadline

10 calendar days

A Request for Court Reporter must be filed no less than 10 days before the hearing.

However, if a party prefers the presence of a Court Reporter, a "Request for Court Reporter" must be filed no less than 10 days before the hearing.

Deadline

5 business days

Witness lists, exhibit lists, and pre-hearing memoranda must be filed and exchanged at least five business days before an evidentiary hearing unless otherwise ordered.

Witness lists, exhibit lists, and any pre hearing memoranda must be filed and exchanged at least five business days before an evidentiary hearing, unless otherwise ordered.

Deadline

1 calendar days

Documents other than exhibits must be emailed to Division staff by noon the court day before a hearing or trial.

Please plan to submit necessary documents other than actual exhibits (proposed orders, Court’s copy of exhibits per the below, etc.) via email to Division staff at least by noon the court day before a hearing or trial.

Pleadings rejected for missing bookmarks must be re-filed within 14 days.

Failure to provide the bookmarks as required above will result in the issuance of a Minute Entry rejecting the pleading. The party will be required to efile a new pleading with proper bookmarking no later than 14 days after the filing of the Minute Entry rejecting the original pleading.

The Court may disallow pleadings not re-filed within 4 days.

The Court reserves the right to disallow any pleadings that are not re-efiled within 4 days.

Deadline

2 calendar days

Reports for the Court's consideration must be delivered to the Division at least two days before the scheduled hearing, or sanctions may be imposed.

All reports that any party wants the Court to consider must be delivered to this Division by no later than two days before a scheduled hearing to ensure that I have sufficient time to read the report before the hearing.

Deadline

5 business days

Exhibits must be marked at least five business days before the hearing, with exhibits delivered to the clerk and the marking process coordinated.

Any exhibit intended to be used in a hearing must be marked five (5) business days in advance of the hearing.

When a Minute Entry or other Order directs a filing, the document must be filed by the required date.

When a Minute Entry or other Order directs the parties to file a document, the Court expects that the document will be filed by the required date.

For emergency filings or when a hearing is within several days, email a copy of the pleading (with proof of filing) and any Form of Order to the Division to ensure timely review.

If you are filing a pleading that involves an issue that is an actual emergency or where there is a hearing in your case within the next several days, you must also email a copy of that pleading (with proof of filing), and including any Form of Order, to the Division to ensure that it is seen on time.

Deadline

5 calendar days

Requests for disability accommodations must be made five days before the hearing.

Requests for reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities must be made five (5) days before your hearing.

Deadline

10 calendar days

Requests for interpreters for persons with limited English proficiency must be made ten days in advance of the hearing.

Requests for an interpreter for persons with limited English proficiency must be made ten (10) days in advance of the hearing.

Deposition transcript designations and objections are due on the same date as the Joint Pretrial Statement.

Deposition transcripts designations and objections are due on the same date as the Joint Pretrial Statement.

Deadline

7 calendar days

For adoptions, attorneys must send necessary documents to the division before the hearing, preferably one week ahead via FedEx.

For adoptions, Attorneys must send the necessary documents to the division prior to the hearing date. Preferably, send all documents to the Court one week ahead via FedEx.

Deadline

270 calendar days

Trial must be set within 270 days in a complex case.

IT IS ORDERED setting the trial for , 20 at am/pm ( trial days) before the Master Calendar Assignment Judge in Courtroom . [Time Limits: 270 days in a complex case]

Deadline

45 calendar days

Case Management Conferences must be scheduled every 45 to 60 days.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED setting regular Case Management Conferences, every 45 to 60 days, as follows:

A Scheduling Conference must be set on the Case Management Judge's or assigned trial judge's calendar as soon as possible after complex designation.

A Scheduling Conference shall be set on either the Case Management Judge's calendar or the assigned trial judge's calendar as soon as possible after the case has been designated as complex.

At the Scheduling Conference, the judge will meet with the lawyers who will try the case, and the defendant(s) must be present.

At the Scheduling Conference, the judge will meet with the lawyers who will try the case. The defendant(s) shall also be present.

Dispositive motions filed less than five weeks before trial are unlikely to be ruled upon before trial.

As a result of the time frames for responses and replies, do not file a motion to dismiss (or other dispositive motion) less than five (5) weeks before trial and expect it to be ruled upon before the trial.

Discovery and non-disclosure disputes raised for the first time after the Trial Setting Conference deadline will generally not be considered.

Untimely Discovery Disputes: The Court will generally not consider discovery disputes or non-disclosure disputes that are raised for the first time after the Trial Setting Conference deadline, except for disclosures occurring for the first time after the Trial Setting Conference Deadline.

Time spent by the Court reading exhibits counts against each party's time allocation (presumptively 30 minutes per side) in time-limited hearings.

Please note exhibits have a direct correlation with time limitations also. In cases where you are time limited, such as hearings on Injunctions against Harassment or Orders of Protection, the time I spend reading exhibits will count against the time allocated to each party to present their case (presumptively 30 minutes per side).

Parties in Injunction against Harassment or Order of Protection hearings are given 15 minutes to state their case.

Parties involved in hearings on an Injunction against Harassment or an Order of Protection are given fifteen (15) minutes to state their case.

Discovery and non-disclosure disputes raised for the first time after the Trial Setting Conference deadline will generally not be considered.

Untimely Discovery Disputes: The Court will generally not consider discovery disputes or non-disclosure disputes that are raised for the first time after the Trial Setting Conference deadline, except for disclosures occurring for the first time after the Trial Setting Conference Deadline.

The Court will not set a trial date until ADR/mediation is complete, discovery is complete, and dispositive motions are resolved; otherwise parties must seek to vacate and reset the trial-setting conference.

The Court will not set a trial date until (1) the parties have completed their ADR or Mediation; AND (2) all discovery is completed; AND (3) any dispositive motions have been fully resolved. If all of these items are NOT complete prior to a trial-setting conference, the parties must seek to vacate and reset that conference to an appropriate date.

Deadline

5 calendar days

Requests for reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities must be made five days before the hearing.

Special accommodations: Requests for reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities must be made five days before the hearing.

Deadline

10 calendar days

Requests for an interpreter for persons with limited English proficiency must be made 10 days in advance of the hearing.

Requests for an interpreter for persons with limited English proficiency must be made 10 days in advance of the hearing.

Discovery and non-disclosure disputes raised for the first time after the Trial Setting Conference deadline will generally not be considered.

The Court will generally not consider discovery disputes or non-disclosure disputes that are raised for the first time after the Trial Setting Conference deadline, except for disclosures occurring for the first time after the Trial Setting Conference Deadline.

Deadline

7 calendar days

Parties must communicate with the division about exhibits at least one week before trial or evidentiary hearing.

Parties must communicate with the division regarding exhibits at least one week before a trial or evidentiary hearing.

Exhibits should not be submitted for marking on the day of trial.

The Court does not expect to receive exhibits for marking on the day of trial.

If no motion deadline is set, motions must be filed with enough time for a response and a reply at minimum.

If a motion deadline is not set, a party must file a motion with enough time to allow for a response and a reply at the minimum.

Court hearings, conferences, and trials are held 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., with the Court unavailable from 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

The Court conducts hearings, conferences, and trials between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. and between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Court is unavailable from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. for lunch.

Case Management Conferences will be scheduled every 45 to 60 days.

Case Management Conferences will be set every 45-60 days.

The judge shall schedule regular Case Management Conferences and may order the parties to participate in good faith settlement discussions under Rule 17.4(a)(2).

The judge shall schedule regular Case Management Conferences and, if necessary order the parties to participate in good faith settlement discussions pursuant to Rule 17.4(a)(2)

The Court will not expedite response or reply deadlines absent extraordinary circumstances.

With regards to requests for "expedited" consideration, absent extraordinary circumstances, the Court will adhere to the Rules regarding response and reply deadlines.