Judge Matthew Wald

Applies to

Motion or other documentation

A matter cannot be placed on the law and motion calendar until its motion or other documentation and all relevant supporting documents have been filed with the Clerk of Court.

Applies to

Motion

The title of every motion must identify the applicable Montana Rules of Civil Procedure rule number.

Applies to

Motion

Must include

proposed order

If oral argument is desired, counsel must include a proposed order with the motion, and that order must leave blanks for the Court to enter the hearing date and time.

An appropriate disclosure must be filed at least fifteen days before the Case Scheduling Conference.

If leave to file is granted, the Clerk must file the lodged original forthwith.

A written order or judgment must be presented to the Clerk for filing immediately after it is made.

Consult the Clerk of Court in the relevant County to determine the law-and-motion time and date.

Counsel must notify the Clerk of District Court by 12:00 p.m. on the preceding business day about matters to be placed on the law-and-motion calendar.

A moving party may present an emergency matter to the Court at any time upon an adequate showing.

Proof of service for papers must be filed promptly and before the Court or parties take action, except where the rules or statutes prescribe a particular method of proof.

Except with leave of Court, a party must make an appropriate pre-discovery disclosure before seeking discovery and serve a party with an appropriate disclosure before seeking discovery from that party; written interrogatories may be served simultaneously with the required disclosure.

Applies to

Mandatory disclosure

Every party must serve and file an appropriate disclosure at least fifteen days before the Case Scheduling Conference.