Los Angeles Superior Court Adjournment & Extension Requirements

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The Court will generally accommodate scheduling conflicts that are raised in a timely manner.

The Court will generally accommodate timely-raised scheduling conflicts.

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Absent a stipulation, any party may seek a continuance by noticed motion or ex parte application.

If there is no stipulation, any party may seek a continuance by noticed motion or ex parte application.

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Parties should cooperate in scheduling IDCs, which ordinarily includes agreeing to extend the deadline to file a discovery motion to allow time for the IDC.

The Court requests civility and cooperation in scheduling an IDC. Civility and cooperation ordinarily includes an agreement to extend the time to file a discovery motion to allow time for an IDC.

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Absent a stipulation, parties may seek a continuance by noticed motion or ex parte application.

If there is no stipulation, the parties may seek a continuance by noticed motion or an ex parte application.

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A party applying ex parte to advance a summary judgment or summary adjudication hearing due to unavailable reservation dates should also include an alternative request to continue the trial until after the hearing.

Because it is usually difficult for the court to advance the hearing on a motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication, if a party files an ex parte application to advance the hearing on such a motion because no hearing dates are available on the Court Reservation System before the trial date, the moving party should also consider including an alternative request that the court continue the trial to a date after the hearing on the motion.

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Parties are expected to grant reasonable requests for extensions of time for deadlines to respond to pleadings, discovery, or other matters.

The Court expects all attorneys and parties to grant reasonable requests for professional courtesies, such as requests for reasonable extensions of time for deadlines to respond to pleadings, discovery or other matters.

INFOCivil cases

Attorneys and parties are expected to grant reasonable requests for extensions of time to respond to pleadings, discovery, or other matters.

In that vein, the Court expects all attorneys and parties to grant reasonable requests for professional courtesies, such as requests for reasonable extensions of time for deadlines to respond to pleadings, discovery, or other matters.

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All attorneys and parties are expected to grant reasonable requests for extensions of time to respond to pleadings, discovery, or other matters.

The court expects all attorneys and parties to grant reasonable requests for professional courtesies, such as requests for reasonable extensions of time for deadlines to respond to pleadings, discovery, or other matters.

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Ex parte applications can often be avoided by meeting and conferring or posting on the bulletin board; an unopposed extension request supported by a bulletin board post showing good cause will likely be approved.

Ex parte applications can often be avoided by meeting and conferring or utilizing the bulletin board. For example, an unopposed request to extend the deadline for filing a motion for class certification will likely be approved upon a bulletin board post setting forth good cause.

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The Court recommends submitting requests to continue a motion hearing as far in advance as possible.

The Court appreciates receiving requests to continue a motion hearing as far in advance of such hearing as possible.

INFOCivil cases

Extensions of the service time requirements may be requested in accordance with CRC 3.110(e).

Extensions of the time requirements may be requested in accordance with CRC 3.ll0(e).

WARNINGCivil cases

Counsel must not announce ready for trial if a statutorily prioritized matter is set for trial the same day, and trial engagement elsewhere is not a legal excuse for delay.

Counsel should not announce "ready" for trial in this case if another matter is set for trial on the same day and that other case has statutory priority over this case. Purported "engagement" for trial elsewhere is not legal excuse to fail to be ready for such delay, pursuant to CCP § 1170.5(c).