Athens County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Filing Rules

After the request is filed, the Assignment Commissioner/Court Reporter will estimate the transcript cost and file a notice granting an extension until the 14th day after the completed transcript is filed.

An opposing party must move or plead in response no later than the fourteenth day after a pleading or amended pleading is filed.

Pleadings and other papers must be e-filed according to the Clerk of Courts website directions and separate administrative orders, unless exempted or required to be filed by hand.

When filing a pleading or motion for service by the Clerk of Courts, the filer must provide the clerk with a true copy for each party-defendant along with the original.

The Court adopts the Athens County Clerk of Court’s Table of Fees.

Pleadings, motions, and applications must be legibly typed or printed, double-spaced, single-sided, have a two-inch blank first-page header, and be securely bound at the top.

After notice to all parties, the judge may grant an extension for good cause by entry.

The Clerk of Courts will not remove personal and private information from a file-stamped document without a court order.

Counsel and parties must not communicate with the arbitrators about the merits before the hearing begins.

A file-stamped copy must be provided to the court for its personal use, except in domestic relations cases.

Except for summary judgment motions and motions in domestic relations matters, the opposing party may file an answer brief by the fourteenth day after filing and the moving party may file a reply by the twenty-first calendar day; the motion is then submitted for non-oral hearing, and an oral hearing requires a written request and court leave.

Appellant and appellee briefs are limited to 35 pages and reply briefs to 10 pages, excluding the tables of contents and authorities and appendices; prior court leave is required to exceed the 35-page limit.

Exhibits should be filed together with the motion or brief to which they apply whenever possible.