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

CRITICAL

A land-use motion appearing on the short calendar must not be marked ready because it will not be adjudicated there.

Any land use motion, including settlements and withdrawals, that appears on a short calendar shall not be marked as a ready matter, as it will not be adjudicated on the short calendar.

CRITICAL

The caseflow office schedules record disputes and specified motions, applications, or objections for the administrative appeals calendar or as the court directs, and notifies parties to attend and argue them.

Dispute about the contents of the record or other motions, applications or objections, including motions to supplement the record, motions for an extension of the briefing schedule, motions to dismiss, motions to amend pleadings and motions to settle cases, will be scheduled by the caseflow office for the administrative appeals calendar or as otherwise directed by the court. The caseflow office will provide notice to counsel and self-represented parties to attend the monthly calendar call, or at such other time as designated by the court, to argue their motions or objections.

WARNING

If changes to a proposed agreement are needed, the parties should be informed and a Case Status Conference scheduled to discuss the changes 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;

INFO

Counsel and self-represented parties may request a monthly land-use appeal calendar hearing for settlement or withdrawal motions and, if necessary, request that they be placed on the next available calendar.

Counsel and self-represented parties may request that motions for settlement or withdrawals be heard at the monthly, land-use, appeal, calendar, and, if necessary, may request that motions for settlement or withdrawals be written on the next available calendar.