Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Adjournment & Extension Requirements

A status hearing may be continued only for good cause.

The Status Hearing shall not be continued, except for good cause.

After the court’s discovery completion date, discovery may continue only if the court finds good cause and warrants an extension upon written motion that explains why discovery could not be completed by the assigned date.

No further discovery shall be permitted after the completion date determined by the Court, unless, upon written motion and for good cause shown, the Court finds that circumstances warrant the extension of time within which such discovery shall be completed. Such application for extension of time shall set forth the reasons why the discovery cannot be completed within the time assigned

If the assigned judge or magistrate is unavailable, the case must be continued, counsel must immediately confer with the Court Administrator, and the case must be reassigned to the earliest available trial date.

(b) If upon the date set for trial the Judge to whom the case has been assigned or the Magistrate for that Court is engaged in another trial or is otherwise unavailable, the case shall be continued; but it shall be the duty of counsel to immediately confer with the Court Administrator who shall reassign the case for trial with that Judge or Magistrate at the earliest available date pursuant to instructions from the Trial Court. The Court Administrator shall promptly notify the Judge to whom the case is assigned of the new trial date.

An assigned case ordinarily may not be continued, except for specified physical illness or disability, unexpected and unforeseeable circumstances, or as otherwise provided by the rules.

(c) Except for illness or other physical disability of a party, counsel or a necessary witness, or the occurrence of some other unexpected and unforeseeable circumstance, or as otherwise provided in these rules, no case assigned for trial in accordance with the provisions of these rules shall be continued.

Counsel must promptly notify the Court Administrator and trial judge of potentially interfering facts immediately upon learning of them, and any continuance request must be written, state the reason, and certify notice to the requesting party.

(d) It shall be the responsibility of counsel who has a case assigned for trial to promptly notify the Court Administrator and the trial Judge of any facts which might interfere with the trial of the case immediately upon becoming aware of them. No continuance shall be granted except upon written request to the Court pursuant to Ohio Superintendence Rule 7, stating the reason why a continuance is necessary, together with a written certification that the party on whose behalf the request is made has been notified of such request.

The court will approve one timely request for an extension of time to move or plead to a pleading seeking affirmative relief without a motion or opposing-party consent.

The Court will, without motion or consent of the opposing party, approve one request for extension of time to move or plead to a pleading seeking affirmative relief provided the same are delivered to the Court Administrator on or before the expiration date of the time period set out in Ohio Civil Rule 12(A) or the first extension thereof.

The court will approve a timely leave to move or plead or a response-instanter motion without a motion and presume good cause if no default-judgment motion has been filed.

The Court will also approve without motion, a leave to move or plead, or a motion to file a response instanter to a pleading seeking affirmative relief, and presume a showing of good cause therefore, if no motion for default judgment has been filed in the case, provided that the same is delivered to the Court Administrator before a motion for default judgment is filed.

The court may grant additional leaves to move or plead when good cause is shown.

Additional leaves to move or plead may be granted by the Court, for good cause shown.