Superior Court, Judicial District of New Haven, Connecticut Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

Before the court considers a discovery motion or objection, counsel and self-represented parties must have made good-faith efforts to resolve the dispute.

Motions and objections about discovery will not be considered by the court (and may be summarily denied without prejudice) unless an affidavit is filed with the Request for Adjudication that states that counsel and self-represented parties have made good faith efforts to resolve the dispute.

WARNING

Unless the court orders otherwise, motions listed as not being pursued on the Case Date are scheduled for the next Case Date, or for trial if there is no next Case Date.

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the motions on this list shall be deemed to be scheduled for the next Case Date, if any, and if none, then for the time of trial.

WARNING

If changes to a proposed agreement are needed, the parties should be informed and a case status conference should be scheduled before the motion is submitted to the court.

If it is determined that changes to the proposed agreement are necessary, parties should be informed, and a CSC should be scheduled to discuss the needed changes prior to the submission of the motion to the court;

WARNINGCivil cases

Argument on a non-arguable motion will not occur on the short-calendar day; if the court allows or requires argument, the clerk will schedule a later hearing and notify the parties.

No argument will take place on the day of the short calendar. If the court allows, or requires argument on the motion, the clerk will schedule a hearing at a later date and notify the parties of the hearing date.