Judge Andria Noble
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
Receivership Plan, Receiver Progress Report
Court-wide- Upon Filing
Adjournments
- A defendant must appear in person with counsel to execute a continuance.
- Except in a true emergency, a motion to continue a civil trial must be written and requested well before the trial date.
- A motion affecting scheduling should state whether the change is opposed or agreed after consultation with other counsel, the reasons supporting the continuance, and the proposed continuance period.
Request must include
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Clerk
Page & Word Limits2 rules
Without prior leave to file longer documents, the Court may disregard memorandum pages exceeding the Local Rules’ limits.
The Court reserves the right to disregard pages of memoranda beyond the limits set in the Local Rules, absent prior leave to file longer documents.
Counsel ordinarily should edit tightly and remain within the Local Rule 12 page limits.
Page limits (Local Rule 12) serve a salutary purpose given the heavy docket. Ordinarily, counsel should edit tightly and live within those page limits.
Document Format Requirements6 rules
In every case, the final jury charge must be submitted to the jurors in writing.
The final jury charge is submitted to the jurors in writing in all cases.
The required proposed entry must be prepared in Word and uploaded through the e-filing system.
Such proposed entry shall be prepared in Word and uploaded in the e-filing system.
Exhibits must be attached, correctly labeled, and complete; inaccurate or omitted exhibit citations will be disregarded, and the Court will not independently locate missing evidence or correct citations.
Please ensure exhibits are attached, labeled correctly and complete. Any citation to an exhibit that is inaccurate or not included will be disregarded. Further, particularly in depositions, the Court will not go searching for the evidence necessary to support or counter any argument, nor reach out to counsel or parties to get the correct citation.
Trial exhibits must be pre-marked, copied, and exchanged before the final pretrial conference, with duplicate exhibits eliminated and authenticity addressed in advance.
Trial Exhibits must be pre-marked, copied, and exchanged prior to the Final Pretrial Conference. Trial counsel are responsible for eliminating duplicate exhibits (and should consider appropriate use of "Joint Exhibit" designations) and discussing formal matters such as authenticity well before the start of trial.
A proposed entry should provide blank lines for a new final-pretrial date, a new trial date, and any other anticipated deadline changes.
Proposed Entries should contain blank lines for both a new Final Pretrial date and a new Trial date, plus any other deadline changes anticipated.
The Court may exclude trial exhibits that were not pre-marked and exchanged.
The Court reserves the right to exclude Exhibits not pre-marked and exchanged among trial counsel.
Document Filing Requirements8 rules
Every motion must be complete and accurate and include the correct case number, judge’s name, and defendant’s name.
Ensure all motions are complete and accurate, including the correct case number, judge’s name, and defendant’s name.
Document Type
Motion
Each party must provide the Court and Court Reporter with a written witness list on the first day of trial.
On the first day of trial, each party shall provide the Court and Court Reporter with a written witness list.
Document Type
Witness List
Every continuance entry must be complete and accurate and include the correct case number, judge’s name, defendant’s name, and required signatures.
Ensure all continuance entries are complete and accurate, including the correct case number, judge’s name, defendant’s name, and required signatures.
Document Type
Continuance Entry
A pretrial statement complying with Local Rule 41.04 is required.
Pre-trial Statements in accordance with Local Rule 41.04 are required
Document Type
Pretrial Statement
Counsel must provide the Court with a separate list of trial exhibits.
Please bring a separate list of your trial Exhibits for the Court’s use to trial.
Document Type
Exhibits
Except for suppression motions, motions should be accompanied by a separate proposed entry.
All motions, aside from suppression motions, should be accompanied by a separate proposed entry.
Document Type
Motion
If no one opposes a continuance or new case schedule, counsel should submit the time-stamped motion and an entry approved by all parties for immediate Court consideration.
If there is no opposition to the continuance or new Case Schedule, submit the time-stamped Motion and an Agreed Entry approved by all parties to enable the Court to make an immediate determination.
Document Type
Proposed Order
Unless specifically advised otherwise, counsel should assume no briefing on legal standards is needed for motions under Civil Rules 12, 26, 37, 56, and 60.
To assist in meeting page limits, unless otherwise advised in a specific case counsel should assume that no briefing is necessary on the legal standards for Motions filed under Civil Rules, 12, 26, 37, 56, and 60.
Requirement
Document requirement
Filing & Service rules
Electronic Filing Rules
Electronic motions for continuance are not accepted.
We do not accept electronic motions for continuance.
Page 1 | II. Continuances
The required proposed entry must be uploaded through the e-filing system.
Such proposed entry shall be prepared in Word and uploaded in the e-filing system.
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Filing Timing and Cure Windows
A compliant pretrial statement must be filed two weeks before trial.
Pre-trial Statements in accordance with Local Rule 41.04 are required and must be filed two weeks prior to trial.
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A motion in limine must be filed at least 28 days before trial unless extraordinary circumstances are shown.
Motions in Limine must be filed at least 28 days before trial absent a showing of extraordinary circumstances.
Page 1 | VIII. Trial Procedures
Chambers normally gives counsel 30 days after settlement notice to file a final entry or stipulation of dismissal, with more time for probate approval or other unusual circumstances; failure to file timely may result in dismissal from the active docket.
Normally a formal notice will be sent by chambers confirming settlement, and advising that counsel have 30 days to file a final Entry or stipulation of dismissal. In matters requiring approval from the Probate Court or other unusual circumstances, more time will be allotted. If the final Entry or stipulation is not timely received, the Court will dismiss the case from the active docket, pursuant to Local Rule 25.03.
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Proposed agreed jury instructions must be sent to the staff attorney two weeks before trial.
Proposed Agreed Jury Instructions must be sent to the Staff Attorney two weeks prior to the trial date.
Page 1 | VIII. Trial Procedures
A response to a motion in limine is due 14 days after the motion is filed.
Responses are due 14 days after the motion in limine is filed.
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Unless the pretrial order sets an earlier date, trial counsel must meet in person about case-specific jury instructions no later than seven business days before trial.
Unless an earlier date is specified in a pretrial order in your case, all trial counsel are obligated to meet and confer in person about the case-specific parts of the jury charge no later than 7 business days before the start of trial.
Page 1 | VIII. Trial Procedures
Except under Local Rules 21 and 55, motions generally are not reviewed until 28 days after filing under the procedure specified by Local Rule 21.
Except as provided in Local Rules 21 and 55, briefing of motions is controlled by Local Rule 21. Accordingly, motions are generally not reviewed until 28 days after they are filed.
Page 1 | V. Motions and Memoranda
A filing submitted to the Clerk’s Office may take up to three days to reach Chambers.
When a filing is submitted to the Clerk’s Office, the filing does not instantaneously reach Chambers and could take up to three days to be received. Please consider this when timely attention is needed to your filing.
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Service and Proof of Service Rules
Proposed jury instructions should be submitted to opposing counsel, the bailiff, and the staff attorney by the morning of the second trial day.
Proposed jury instructions should be submitted to opposing counsel and to the Court’s bailiff and staff attorney no later than the morning of the second day of trial.
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Filing Bundling Requirements
Multiple versions of the same document may not be filed, and the Court’s staff attorney should be emailed if a filing needs attention.
Do not file multiple versions of the same document. Please email the Court’s staff attorney if a motion or document needs attention. The filing of multiple version of the same thing bogs down our system, causing decisions to take longer.
Page 1 | I. General
Pre-Motion Conference Requirements
Motions in limine are strongly discouraged and may be filed only after good-faith discussion and certification that counsel met and exhausted efforts to resolve the issues.
Such motions are strongly discouraged. They may only be filed after discussion in good faith among counsel, and after counsel certify they have met and exhausted efforts to resolve the issue(s).
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Before filing a discovery motion, counsel must make reasonable efforts and meet and confer with the other party; a single email is insufficient, and the Court generally will not hear a discovery dispute without a motion certifying those efforts.
Pursuant to Civil Rule 37, before filing any discovery motions, counsel shall make reasonable efforts to resolve the dispute and must meet and confer with the other party. A single email to opposing counsel does not constitute a reasonable effort. The Court generally will not hold conferences or hearings on discovery disputes without counsel first filing a motion and certifying therein the efforts to resolve the matter.
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Court approval must be obtained before filing a motion or memorandum out of rule or after the case-schedule deadline, and a stipulation among counsel does not change a deadline without Court approval.
It is necessary to obtain leave of Court prior to filing a Motion or Memorandum out of rule or beyond the deadline set in the Case Schedule. Leave to file Motions late in a case may jeopardize the trial date and may be denied for that reason alone. Do not expect that a Stipulation among counsel will change any deadline absent Court approval.
Page 1 | V. Motions and Memoranda
Counsel seeking to amend the case schedule should consider the applicable presumptive trial deadlines, comply to the best of their ability, and consult other counsel about conflicts before approaching the Court.
When filing Motions to amend the Case Schedule, please be sensitive to the Local Rules governing presumptive time to trial for various types of cases, and invest your best effort to comply. Be certain to talk to all other Counsel regarding conflicting vacations or court assignments before approaching the Court.
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Counsel is strongly encouraged to discuss time-sensitive motions and possible briefing stipulations with opposing counsel before filing.
The Court strongly encourages advance discussion with opposing counsel prior to filing time-sensitive motions to seek agreements/stipulations on both the subject of the motion and any briefing deadlines.
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Adjournment & Extension Requirements
A defendant must appear in person with counsel to execute a continuance.
Defendants must appear in person to execute a continuance with their counsel.
Page 1 | II. Continuances
Except in a true emergency, a motion to continue a civil trial must be written and requested well before the trial date.
Motions for continuance of a trial date, absent true emergency, must be in writing and should be sought well before the trial date.
Page 1 | III. Case Scheduling
A motion affecting scheduling should state whether the change is opposed or agreed after consultation with other counsel, the reasons supporting the continuance, and the proposed continuance period.
Any motions affecting scheduling should affirmatively state:Whether, following consultation with all other counsel, the change is opposed or agreed to The reasons supporting a continuance The proposed time frame for the continuance (example: 30 days)
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Chambers Communication Rules
Counsel must promptly notify the staff attorney when a matter requires urgent attention.
In the event that the matter requires more urgent attention, counsel shall promptly notify the Staff Attorney.
Page 1 | V. Motions and Memoranda
Counsel must promptly call the staff attorney to report that a case has settled.
Consistent with Local Rule 22, Counsel must call the Staff Attorney as soon as possible to advise when a case has been settled.
Page 1 | IX. Settlement Conferences
All emails with Court staff must be copied to opposing counsel and unrepresented parties.
Opposing counsel and unrepresented parties must be “cc’d” on all emails with Court staff.
Page 1 | III. Status and Pretrial Conferences
Court staff may not engage in unilateral or ex parte communications or advise parties about their legal rights and duties.
Counsel and unrepresented parties are reminded that Court staff are unable, both legally and ethically, to engage in unilateral, or ex parte communications, or to provide advice regarding legal rights or duties.
Page 1 | III. Status and Pretrial Conferences
When a court date conflicts, counsel should contact the prosecutor’s office before contacting the Court and must contact the Court before proceeding on an earlier date.
If there is a conflict with a court date please contact the prosecutor’s office prior to contacting the Court about appearing to execute a continuance. Please contact the Court before proceeding with a case prior to its scheduled date.
Page 1 | II. Continuances
Copies of a motion in limine should be emailed to the Court after calling chambers for the appropriate address.
Copies should be emailed to the Court (please call chambers for the appropriate email address).
Page 1 | VIII. Trial Procedures
When genuinely more timely attention is needed, counsel should telephone the staff attorney and provide the case number and filing title.
If more timely attention is genuinely necessary, please phone the Staff Attorney and provide the case number and title of the filing.
Page 1 | III. Case Scheduling
After filing the proposed order for a Rule 41(A) dismissal, agreed dismissal, or settlement, counsel must email the staff attorney the case number and party names.
If there is a 41(A)dismissal, agreed dismissal, or settlement, please e-mail the Court’s staff attorney with the case number and party names after filing the proposed order so it can be processed more efficiently.
Page 1 | I. General
A party ordinarily must first confer with the other parties or counsel to agree on a status-conference date, arrange the telephone conference, and attend promptly.
Parties can request status conferences through written motions or by contacting the Court’s staff attorney. Normally, the Court will require the party and/or counsel requesting the conference to confer with other parties and/or counsel to find an agreeable date before setting the conference. Conferences are normally conducted by telephone and in the afternoon. It is the parties’ responsibility to arrange a conference call. Prompt attendance is always required.
Page 1 | III. Status and Pretrial Conferences
Counsel seeking to submit a case to mediation before the magistrate should call the staff attorney and confirm that all counsel agree.
If counsel desire to submit their case to mediation with the Magistrate, simply call our Staff Attorney and advise that counsel are in agreement
Page 1 | VII. Mediation
Counsel should allow a reasonable period for the Court to respond before following up.
Please allow a reasonable period of time for the Court to respond before following up.
Page 1 | I. General
Email communication with the Court’s staff attorney is preferred over telephone communication.
Email communications to the Court’s staff attorney is preferred over phone calls.
Page 1 | I. General
Counsel seeking input on new trial or pretrial dates should call the staff attorney for a conference or otherwise identify relevant scheduling conflicts.
If counsel would like input as to new trial or pre-trial dates, they should place a conference call to the Staff Attorney or otherwise indicate their conflicting vacations or court assignments.
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Zayd Latif, the bailiff, can be contacted by phone at 614.525.5885 about procedures and processes in criminal matters before the court.
Zayd Latif Bailiff 614.525.5885 Email Inquire about procedures and processes in any criminal matters before the court.
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Kirsten Pscholka-Gartner, the staff attorney, can be contacted by phone at 614.525.5994 to request a status conference or inquire about pending civil matters, continuances, discovery, motion practice, pre-trials, and settlement conferences.
Kirsten Pscholka-Gartner Staff Attorney 614.525.5994 Email Request a status conference or to inquire about any pending civil matters before the court. Inquire about:Continuances or amended case schedules Discovery Motion practice Pre-trials Settlement conferences
Page 1 | Request a status conference or to inquire about any pending civil matters before the court.
Melissa Benson, the secretary, can be contacted by phone at 614.525.3660 for general court information.
Melissa Benson Secretary 614.525.3660 Email General court information
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Mike Thompson, the magistrate, can be contacted by phone at 614.525.5320 about scheduling mediation, magistrate trials, and damages hearings.
Mike Thompson Magistrate 614.525.5320 Email Inquire about scheduling mediation, magistrate trials, or damages hearings.
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Laurel Aurigema, the court reporter, can be contacted by phone at 614.525.5991 to order transcripts.
Laurel Aurigema Court Reporter 614.525.5991 Email Order transcripts.
Page 1 | Order transcripts.