Lorain County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

A continuance requires good cause and will not be granted unless mediation can be scheduled before the final pretrial, unless the Court orders otherwise.

(D) Continuances: Continuances will be granted only for good cause shown. No continuance will be granted unless the mediation can be scheduled prior to the final pretrial unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

CRITICAL

Substituting or adding counsel does not continue previously scheduled dates; separate leave of court is required for a continuance.

The substitution or addition of new counsel will not result in the continuance of any previously scheduled dates without separate leave of court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Continuances require good cause; pending motions do not constitute good cause unless the Court authorizes otherwise, and mediation must be schedulable before the final pretrial.

Continuances shall be granted only for good cause shown. Except as authorized by the Court, the existence of pending motions shall not be good cause for a continuance and no continuance will be granted unless the mediation can be scheduled prior to the final pretrial.

CRITICAL

Continuances of criminal hearings and trials must comply with Sup.R. 41.

(A) Continuances of hearings and trials in criminal cases shall be in accordance with Sup.R. 41.

WARNING

The court may modify the stated time periods, page limitations, and whether reply briefs are permitted for good cause, on either party’s written application or on its own motion.

The time periods set forth herein, page limitations, and whether or not reply briefs will be permitted, may be modified by the court, for good cause shown, upon written application by either party or upon the court’s own motion.

WARNING

Continuances of civil hearings and trials must comply with Sup.R. 41.

Continuances of hearings and trials in civil cases shall be in accordance with Sup.R. 41.

WARNING

Substituting or adding counsel does not continue scheduled dates; separate leave of court is required for a continuance, except that leave for withdrawal is not required when new counsel files a Notice of Appearance or Substitution of Counsel.

Pursuant to Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct 1.16(c), leave of court must be obtained before an attorney may withdraw from employment in pending litigation unless new counsel files a Notice of Appearance or Substitution of Counsel. The substitution or addition of new counsel will not result in the continuance of any previously scheduled dates without separate leave of court.

WARNING

Jury service may be postponed under the cited statutes; commissioners may defer service to a certain week if it is completed within the juror’s one-year term, and deferral requests must be written or recorded and retained.

A person may have their jury service postponed in accordance with R.C. 2313.14 or R.C. 2313.15. The court delegates authority to the jury commissioners to grant deferrals for jury service to a week certain, providing that the service is fulfilled in the one-year continuous term in which the juror was summoned. All requests for deferral shall be made in writing or recorded by the jury commissioners and retained pursuant to the records retention schedule on file in the administrative office of the Court of Common Pleas.