Bullitt Circuit Court Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

An opposing party who wants oral argument must state that in the response and file a motion requesting argument at the next available motion hour.

Any opposing party wishing oral argument shall so state in their response and shall file a motion requesting oral argument for the next available motion hour.

CRITICAL

The listed motions must be filed with a motion to submit, or with a motion for oral argument if the movant requests it, and are heard at the next available regular motion hour after 20 days from service.

Motions to dismiss, for judgment on the pleadings and for summary judgment shall be filed with a motion to submit, or motion for oral argument if requested by the movant, to be heard at the next available regular motion hour after twenty (20) days from the date of service of the motion on opposing counsel.

CRITICAL

Before seeking court action on a discovery dispute, counsel must make a good-faith effort to resolve it and confer with opposing counsel; a motion may proceed after extrajudicial means are exhausted.

Counsel in civil cases shall have the duty to make a good faith effort to resolve by agreement among themselves any disputes which arise in the course of discovery. No motions pertaining to discovery shall be made to the Court unless there is appended to such motion a certificate of counsel that the/she has conferred with opposing counsel, that they are unable to reconcile their differences and that he/she has otherwise exhausted all extrajudicial means in an effort to reconcile his/her differences with opposing counsel. To the extent that extrajudicial means have not disposed of the matter, the party seeking discovery may then proceed with the filing of a motion to compel discovery under CR 37.

CRITICAL

Motions to dismiss, for judgment on the pleadings, and for summary judgment must be noticed for a motion hour after the reply-memorandum submission deadline.

Motions to dismiss, for judgment on the pleadings and for summary judgment shall be noticed for a motion hour after the deadline for submission of a reply memorandum.

CRITICAL

Default judgment motions are submitted upon filing and must not be noticed for a hearing unless the Court determines a hearing is necessary under CR 55.01.

Motions for Default Judgment shall not be noticed for a hearing but shall stand submitted upon filing with the Court. If the Court determines that a hearing is necessary under CR 55.01, a hearing date will be assigned and notice will be given to the movant.

CRITICAL

If no oral argument is requested, the movant’s attorney must move to notify the court that the matter is ready for submission; if the movant does not, the opposing party may move for submission or argument, and the court may dismiss the motion.

The attorney for the movant shall have the burden of notifying the court that the matter is ready for submission if no oral argument is requested and shall do so by motion. If the movant fails to move the court for submission the party opposing the motion may move the court for submission or oral argument or the Court may, at its discretion, dismiss the motion.

WARNINGCivil cases

Before filing a pro se contempt motion, petitioners are advised to contact the Bullitt County Attorney's Office; filing the motion precludes use of the criminal sanction as a remedy.

Petitioners seeking to initiate contempt proceedings should contact the Bullitt County Attorney's Office prior to filing a pro se (self-represented) motion for contempt as the filing of such motion shall preclude the use of the criminal sanction as a remedy and in some circumstances the criminal sanction may be a preferred remedy.