Elyria Municipal Court, Ohio Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

A request to continue an arbitration hearing must be made by formal motion to the assigned Judge under Civil Rule 7(B), and only that Judge may grant it.

(2) Continuances: All requests for continuation of an arbitration hearing shall be addressed to the Judge assigned to the case and shall be by formal motion in compliance with Civil Rule 7(B). Only the assigned Judge may grant a continuance.

CRITICAL

Continuance requests must be made before the scheduled hearing time with notice to the opposing side; unless a granting journal entry or rescheduled date is received, all parties must attend.

(a) All requests for continuances shall be made prior to the scheduled hearing time with notice given to the opposing side. Unless a journal entry granting such request or a rescheduled date is received, all parties shall be present for the hearing.

CRITICAL

Except in special proceedings, a party not ready to move or plead by the answer day will receive one 30-day extension upon applying to the Court on or before that day.

When a party is not prepared to move or plead by the answer day, one extension of thirty (30) days will be granted upon application to the Court on or before the answer day.

WARNING

If the case is not resolved at the pretrial conference, it must be set for trial, although the assigned Judge may continue the conference for good cause.

(b) If the case is not resolved at the pretrial conference, the case shall be set for trial, except that the assigned Judge may, for good cause, continue the pretrial conference.

WARNING

Except in special proceedings, one additional 30-day leave may be granted for good cause with the opposing party’s consent; consent alone is not good cause.

For good cause shown, one additional thirty (30) day leave may be had with the consent of the opposing party, which alone shall not be deemed good cause.

WARNING

The parties may have one continuance by agreement if further discovery or negotiations before pretrial may lead to settlement or make the pretrial conference more productive.

one continuance may be had by agreement of the parties on grounds that further discovery or negotiations prior to pretrial may result in settlement or render the pretrial conference more productive.