Allen County Courts, Indiana Chambers Communication Rules

WARNINGCriminal cases

Jurors must report to the Court if they learn that a fellow juror violated the instructions.

If any juror becomes aware that one of your fellow jurors has done something that violates these instructions, you are obligated to report that to the Court as well.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Contact

Phone

Once notified that the debtor is in custody, the Court must, to the best of its ability and consistent with its daily responsibilities, try to contact the creditor and notify the creditor of a later time that same Court business day when the debtor will be brought before the Court.

Once the Court is notified that the judgment debtor is in custody, the Court, to the best of its ability and consistent with the continued performance of its daily responsibilities, shall: (1) Attempt to contact the creditor at the telephone numbers on file with the Court; and (2) Notify the creditor of a time later during the same Court business day when the judgment debtor will be brought before the Court for questioning by that creditor.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Jurors must immediately notify the Court if exposed to outside information or if they have difficulty following the instructions.

If any juror is exposed to any outside information, or has any difficulty whatsoever in following these instructions, please notify the Court immediately.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Jurors must inform the Court at the beginning of the next session if they hear or observe anything about the case outside the courtroom.

Additionally, if you hear or observe anything about this case outside this courtroom, whether inadvertently or otherwise, you must immediately inform the Court at the beginning of our next session.

INFOCriminal cases

If a judge fails to act within the time specified in Trial Rule 53.1(A), and no action under Trial Rule 53.1(D) or (E) has been taken, an interested party may seek informal resolution by an ex parte request to the specified judge or court administrator, with an alternate judge available if the non-ruling judge is the Administrative Judge.

If a Judge fails to set a motion or hearing or fails to rule on a motion within the time period specified in Trial Rule 53.1(A), and if no action has been taken as provided in Trial Rule 53.1(D) or (E), an interested party may seek an informal resolution of the Judge’s failure by making an ex parte request to the Administrative Judge of the Civil Division for Superior Court cases, or the Judge or Court Administrator of the Allen Circuit Court for Circuit Court cases. If the Judge who has failed to rule is the Administrative Judge of the Allen Superior Court Civil Division, an interested party may make the request to one of the other Judges of the Allen Superior Court Civil Division.