Champaign County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Filing Timing and Cure Windows

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A submitted document with deficiencies is rejected and remains unfiled until the deficiencies are corrected.

"Rejected Document" refers to a document containing deficiencies which has been submitted but not filed pending correction of any deficiencies.

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For outage-related email filings, the date and time shown on the sender's email is the submission timestamp.

Where a pleading, document or entry of the Court is filed by electronic mail as the result of the unavailability of the designated online platform, the date and time designation as displayed on the sender’s email shall be considered the timestamped date of submission.

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An electronically submitted pleading, document, or court entry is considered filed upon submission, regardless of when the Clerk accepts it.

Any pleading, document or entry of the Court submitted in electronic format using the online platform system or electronic mail as designated by the Clerk of Courts shall Documents may be considered filed upon submission, regardless of the date the pleading, document or entry of the Court is accepted by the Clerk in the e-Filing system.

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A submitting party must correct all deficiencies identified in a notice within two business days.

Upon receipt of a notice of deficiencies, the submitting party shall cure or correct any deficiencies within two business days.

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A rejected document is deemed filed upon submission if the submitting party timely corrects the deficiencies.

A rejected document will be considered filed upon submission, provided any deficiencies are corrected in a timely manner.

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A filing submitted through the established online platform must receive a timestamp reflecting its actual initial-submission date and time.

(c) Any pleading, document or entry of the Court submitted through the use of the established online platform shall receive a timestamp on the pleading, document or entry of the Court that reflects the actual date and time of initial submission.

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After satisfactory proof and a showing of good cause, the court may permit a document affected by a hardware or software error to be filed nunc pro tunc to its intended filing date, but the submitting party remains responsible for ensuring proper receipt, docketing, and service.

If a submission is not received by the Clerk due to an error caused by the hardware or software of either the Clerk or the submitting party, upon satisfactory proof and for good cause shown, the Court may enter an order permitting the document to be filed nunc pro tunc to the date the submitter intended the document to be filed. Ultimately, it shall be the submitting party's responsibility to ensure all documents are properly received, docketed, and served.

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"Filed" means the acceptance of a document into the record of a case.

Summary: A document is filed only when the Clerk accepts it into the case record.

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If the date of submission cannot be placed on the pleadings, documents or entries of the Court electronically, the Clerk shall manually timestamp said pleadings, documents or entries of the Court with the date of their actual submission.

Summary: If an electronic submission date cannot be recorded in the system, the Clerk must manually timestamp the filing with its actual submission date.

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The parties must file a Pretrial Statement at least 14 days before the Pretrial Conference.

At least fourteen (14) days prior to the Pretrial Conference, the parties shall have filed a Pretrial Statement.

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An appellant must serve its assignments of error and brief within 20 days after the record of proceedings is filed with the clerk.

Appellant’s brief – the Appellant shall serve its assignments of error and brief within twenty (20) days after the filing of the Record of Proceedings with the Clerk;

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When additional evidence is required or legally permitted, a motion to supplement the record must be filed within 14 days after filing of the record of proceedings, supported by an affidavit requesting the evidence and specifying its nature, type, and reasons.

In all appeals where the submission of additional evidence is required or permitted by law, a motion to supplement the record shall be filed within fourteen (14) days after the filing of the record of proceedings, supported by affidavit requesting the submission of additional evidence and specifying the nature and type of additional evidence to be submitted and the reasons therefor.

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After a full or partial mediation agreement, all parties must promptly create, sign, and file a Notice of Settlement within 21 days of the last mediation conference.

When a full or partial agreement is reached in mediation, a Notice of Settlement will be promptly created, signed and filed by all parties. The Notice of Settlement shall be filed within twenty-one (21) days of the last mediation conference. R.C. 2710.06

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Unless the court orders otherwise, a response to a motion must be filed within fourteen days after the motion was filed.

Unless modified by court order, any desired response to a motion shall be filed within fourteen (14) days after the day on which the motion was filed.

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A motion for intervention in lieu of conviction must be filed no later than 14 days after the prosecutor’s discovery packet is received, unless good cause is shown.

(2) A motion for intervention in lieu of conviction shall be made no later than fourteen (14) days after receipt of the Prosecutor’s discovery packet, unless for good cause shown.

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After arresting a person on community control for alleged violations, an APA Parole or Probation Officer must file the community control violation with the Clerk no later than five days after arrest.

(D) If an individual on community control is arrested by an APA Parole / Probation Officer regarding allegations of committing community control violations, the APA Parole / Probation Officer shall file a community control violation with the Clerk no later than five (5) days after arrest.

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Within 20 days after the appellant's brief is filed, an appellee may serve any desired brief and assignments of error.

Appellee’s brief – the Appellee may serve any desired brief and assignments of error within twenty (20) days after the filing of the Appellant’s brief.

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Within 10 days after the appellee’s brief is filed, the appellant may serve any desired reply brief.

Reply brief – The Appellant may serve any desired reply brief within ten (10) days after the filing of the Appellee’s brief.

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The Notice of Appeal filed with the officer, agency, commission, board or other entity whose final order is being appealed, together with a copy of the praecipe for the record of proceedings, shall be filed with the Court within the time prescribed by law for such appeal.

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Upon entering the Notice of Settlement, the parties shall be responsible for creating, signing and filing a Settlement Entry of Dismissal or Joint Entry of Dismissal within forty-five (45) of the last mediation conference.

Summary: After entering a Notice of Settlement, the parties must create, sign, and file a Settlement Entry of Dismissal or Joint Entry of Dismissal within forty-five of the last mediation conference, although the source does not state the unit of time.