Nevada Superior Court Adjournment & Extension Requirements

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Civil settlement-conference, trial-conference, and trial continuance requests must comply with California Rules of Court rule 3.1332; a trial conflict qualifies as good cause only if it arose after the trial date was set and could not reasonably have been avoided, and an unopposed continuance motion must include mutually acceptable future trial dates agreed by all parties.

Any request to continue a mandatory settlement conference, civil trial conference or trial of any civil case must comply with California Rules of Court, rule 3.1332. A trial conflict may not be deemed good cause for a continuance unless the conflict arose after the trial date was set, and the conflict could not have been reasonably been avoided. Unopposed motions to continue the trial date must include mutually acceptable future trial dates agreed upon by all parties.

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Continuance requests are ordinarily denied unless the requesting party demonstrates good cause.

Requests for continuances are ordinarily denied, unless good cause is shown.

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Without party agreement, a continuance request must be made to the court and is granted only for good cause and with appropriate conditions.

In the absence of agreement, the request for continuance must be made to the court and will be granted only upon a showing of good cause and upon imposition of conditions as may be appropriate to the circumstances.

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A motion to continue an arbitration hearing must be submitted at least 10 court days before the hearing unless good cause is shown.

Submission of a motion to continue the arbitration hearing less than ten (10) court days before the scheduled hearing unless good cause is shown.

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A request to continue mediation must be made at least 10 court days before the scheduled mediation unless good cause is shown.

Requests to continue the mediation less than ten (10) court days before the scheduled mediation unless good cause is shown.

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Requests to continue a mandatory settlement conference, civil trial conference, or civil trial must comply with California Rules of Court rule 3.1332.

Any request to continue a mandatory settlement conference, civil trial conference or trial of any civil case must comply with California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1332.

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An unopposed motion to continue a trial date must include mutually acceptable future trial dates agreed to by all parties.

Unopposed motions to continue the trial date must include mutually acceptable future trial dates agreed upon by all parties.

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Law and motion continuance requests are ordinarily denied unless good cause is shown.

Requests for continuances are ordinarily denied, unless good cause is shown.

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When the parties cannot agree, a continuance request must be submitted to the court and will be granted only for good cause and with appropriate conditions.

2. In the absence of agreement, the request for continuance must be made to the Court and will be granted only upon a showing of good cause and upon imposition of conditions as may be appropriate to the circumstances.

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A request to reset, advance, or set an FCCR Conference must be submitted with a signed proposed stipulation and proposed order at least 5 calendar days before the conference.

D. Requests to Reset/Advance/Set FCCR Conference. The parties or their attorneys, if any, may request to reset/advance/set of the FCCR Conference by submitting to 52 ===== PAGE 68 ===== the court a proposed stipulation signed by the parties or their attorneys, if any, with a proposed order thereon, at least five (5) calendar days prior to the FCCR Conference.

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The parties may not effect a stipulated reset, advancement, or setting of the FCCR Conference without a court order.

The parties or their attorneys, if any, may not stipulate to a reset/advance/set of the FCCR Conference without order of the court.

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A continuance application must specify the reason and length requested and be presented to all counsel before judicial consideration.

the ex parte application to calendar form, which shall adequately specify the reason the continuance is sought and the length of the continuance being sought, shall first be presented to all counsel.

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After all counsel initial the continuance application, it must be presented to the judge or referee handling the currently scheduled hearing.

Once the ex parte application to calendar form has been initialed by all counsel, the form shall be presented to the judge or referee in whose courtroom the hearing is currently scheduled for consideration.

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The court considers informal resolution efforts and may sanction untimely continuance requests.

The court will consider the parties’ efforts to communicate and resolve the issue informally, and may impose sanctions for untimely requests for a continuance.

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A party must promptly communicate to the court the fact or reasonable anticipation of a resolution or request for continuance.

Courtesy to the court and other litigants requires that the fact, or reasonable anticipation, of a resolution or request for continuance be communicated to the court promptly so that court time may be scheduled accordingly.

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A continuance may be granted when the requesting party shows good cause.

Continuances will be granted on a showing of good cause.

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The court will consider informal efforts to resolve the dispute and may sanction parties who request a continuance untimely.

3. The Court will consider the parties’ efforts to communicate and resolve the issue informally, and may impose sanctions for untimely requests for a continuance.

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Continuances are granted when good cause is shown.

Continuances will be granted on a showing of good cause.

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If the ex parte application to calendar form is being used to obtain a continuance of a hearing date which is already on calendar, the ex parte application to calendar form, which shall adequately specify the reason the continuance is sought and the length of the continuance being sought, shall first be presented to all counsel.

Summary: A continuance request on the ex parte application to calendar form must state the reason and requested length and be presented to all counsel first.

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Once the ex parte application to calendar form has been initialed by all counsel, the form shall be presented to the judge or referee in whose courtroom the hearing is currently scheduled for consideration.

Summary: After all counsel initial the continuance application, it must be presented to the assigned judge or referee for consideration.

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A continuance of a law and motion hearing shall be requested on either of the appropriate following forms:

Summary: A law and motion continuance must be requested using the prescribed form for the parties’ agreement status.

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Submission of a motion to continue the arbitration hearing less than ten (10) days before the scheduled hearing unless good cause is shown.

Summary: A motion to continue an arbitration hearing submitted fewer than 10 days before the hearing constitutes willful failure to meaningfully participate in arbitration unless good cause is shown.

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Requests to continue the mediation less than ten (10) days before the scheduled mediation unless good cause is shown.

Summary: A request to continue mediation made fewer than 10 days before the scheduled mediation constitutes willful failure to meaningfully participate in mediation unless good cause is shown.

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If any counsel objects to the proposed continuance, or requests a hearing on the request for a continuance, that counsel should so specify on the ex parte application to calendar form.

Summary: Counsel objecting to a proposed continuance or requesting a hearing should identify that position on the ex parte application to calendar form.

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A trial conflict may not be deemed good cause for a continuance unless the conflict arose after the trial date was set, and the conflict could not have been reasonably been avoided.

Summary: A trial conflict may be deemed good cause for a continuance only if it arose after the trial date was set and could not reasonably have been avoided.

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If the case is progressing to the satisfaction of the court, these requests will be granted.

Summary: A reset, advancement, or setting request will be granted when the case is progressing to the court's satisfaction.