Judge Heather Pinder Rodriguez
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Limits & Logistics
Courtesy Copies
Motion
- Email • With Request For Hearing Time
Memoranda, Case Law, Other Hearing Materials
Court-wide- Before Hearing
Memoranda, Case Law, Other Materials
Court-wide- At Least 5 Court Days Before Scheduled Hearing
Adjournments
Court-wideRequest must include
Communication
Phone
Court-wideClerk
Phone
Court-wideClerk
Clerk
Phone
Court-wideChambers
Document Format Requirements1 rule
Orders submitted by email must be in Word format rather than PDF format.
Emailed orders are to be in “word” format and not PDF format.
Document Filing Requirements6 rules
Every hearing notice scheduled through the judicial assistant must include the exact title, motion filing date, and hearing time.
For hearings that are scheduled through the Judicial Assistant, all notices must include the exact title, filing date of the motion being addressed, and the time set aside for the hearing.
Document Type
Notice Of Hearing
Every order must include a complete title, whether it grants or denies the motion, the motion filing date, and the hearing date when a hearing occurred.
All orders shall include a complete title, not just the word “order”, whether the order grants or denies the motion, the filing date of the motion, and, if a hearing was held, the date of the hearing.
Document Type
Order
A hearing cancellation must be accompanied by a Notice of Cancellation.
Cancellations must be accompanied by a Notice of Cancellation.
Document Type
Notice Of Cancellation
At the pretrial hearing for a case noticed for trial, the file and discovery should be complete, compliant witness and exhibit lists should be filed, and witness availability should have been verified.
The Court expects that when a case is noticed for trial at the pretrial hearing that the file is complete (ie: UCCJEA, Putative Father Registry, Birth Certificates, Publication etc.), that discovery is complete, witness and exhibit lists in compliance with the Juvenile Rules of Procedure are filed, and witness availability has been verified.
Document Type
Pretrial Hearing
Proposed orders and judgments may be submitted, but the submission must clearly identify when they are not agreed upon.
Proposed orders and judgments may also be submitted, but please clearly note when these are not agreed upon.
Document Type
Proposed Order
An order should state when it is unopposed.
If the order is unopposed, please state that in the order.
Document Type
Order
Filing & Service rules
Courtesy Copy Requirements
A courtesy copy of the motion may be emailed to the judicial assistant when requesting available hearing time.
Available hearing time may be obtained by emailing a courtesy copy of the Motion to the Judicial Assistant with a request for hearing time.
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Chambers Communication Rules
Any email to the judicial assistant for any matter must include all opposing counsel and/or pro se litigants.
WHEN EMAILING THE JUDICIAL ASSISTANT FOR ALL MATTERS, ALL OPPOSING COUNSEL AND/OR PRO SE LITIGANTS MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE EMAIL
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Orders for advisory, arraignment, and judicial review hearings must be submitted to the division email.
Orders for advisory hearings, arraignment hearings, judicial review hearings are to be submitted to the division email.
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Stipulated or agreed orders for evidentiary hearings, trials, or out-of-court matters may be submitted to chambers by email.
Stipulated or agreed upon orders for evidentiary hearings, trials, or out of court matters may be submitted to chambers via e-mail.
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