First Judicial District Court, Nebraska Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

A moving party requesting a remote hearing must arrange it before filing the motion.

Telephonic conferences or videoconferences requested by the moving party shall be arranged prior to the filing of the motion, and the motion shall clearly request that the hearing will be held by telephonic conference call or videoconference.

Civil cases

Before seeking an order compelling disclosure or discovery, the movant must confer or attempt to confer in good faith; the court may inquire into those efforts and deny the motion until satisfactory resolution efforts have been made.

All motions for an order compelling disclosure or discovery must include a certification that the movant has, in good faith, conferred or attempted to confer with the person or party failing to make disclosure or discovery in an effort to obtain it without court action. Motions to compel that fail to make such certification will not be considered by the Court. At any hearing on such motions, the Court may inquire of the parties what good faith efforts have been employed to resolve the discovery dispute and may deny a motion to compel until satisfactory efforts at resolution have been made.