Circuit Court for Baltimore City Filing Rules

Counsel must file a line identifying agreements that change a date or deadline in the existing scheduling order.

An expedited guardianship petition filed by 11:00 a.m. will receive a hearing on the seventh day after filing.

Plaintiffs must serve the scheduling order on defendants who have not answered, and defendants must notify plaintiffs within ten days if service is contested.

If the objection remains uncured after 30 days, plaintiff's counsel and the objecting defendant's counsel must meet and confer to attempt to cure it.

All filings in the asbestos personal injury cases must comply with the court's August 25, 2003 electronic-filing case management order.

The Clerk charges a fee for each writ requested by a moving party in a pre-judgment attachment matter.

A courtesy copy of court-appointed counsel’s answer and report should be delivered to the hearing judge’s chambers at least one day before the hearing.

Before filing temporary restraining order papers, counsel should call Magistrate Walsh at (410) 396-5006 to provide advance notice of the filing.

A defendant's written objections to removal from the Inactive Docket must be submitted within 30 days and may not exceed two pages per claim.

Proposed scheduling orders should conform to the applicable court template.

After reviewing pre-judgment attachment papers, Magistrate Walsh will conduct a screening conference and, if no agreement is reached, recommend a disposition to the Civil Motions Judge.

If the objection remains uncured seven days after the meet-and-confer, the requesting and objecting counsel must submit one status report covering all disputed removal requests.

A motion to seal documents must be electronically filed and served on all parties.