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

A filing's date and time are determined from the timestamp placed on the document by the Clerk for calculating time under the cited rules.

For purposes of calculation of time under the Ohio Revised Code, Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure and these Local Rules, the date and time of filing is the date and time shown on the timestamp placed upon the face of the document by the Clerk.

A party may receive one automatic 28-day leave to plead by filing a notice of leave with the Clerk of Courts.

A party is permitted one automatic leave to plead, not to exceed twenty-eight (28) days, in which to plead to a complaint, counterclaim, cross-claim or third party complaint by filing with the Clerk of Courts a notice of such leave.

After a settlement, counsel must immediately notify the court and file a stipulation of dismissal or other appropriate entry within 30 days of notifying the court.

If a case has settled prior to trial, counsel shall immediately notify the Court and file a stipulation of dismissal or other appropriate entry within thirty (30) days of the date the Court was notified. Failure to do so may result in dismissal of the action or claim after notice to the parties.

Pending cross-claims are automatically dismissed without prejudice unless the cross-claimant files a notice of intent to proceed within 30 days after the notice of dismissal is filed.

Upon the dismissal of any complaint, any pending cross-claims are deemed automatically dismissed without prejudice, unless the cross-claimant files a notice of intent to proceed on the cross-claim within thirty (30) days of the filing of the notice of dismissal.

Winning counsel must prepare and submit the proposed judgment or decision entry to opposing counsel within five days after trial or hearing unless the court directs otherwise.

Unless otherwise directed by the Court, counsel for the party in whose favor a decision or judgment is rendered shall prepare an entry and submit it to opposing counsel within five days of the conclusion of the trial or hearing.

Adverse counsel must approve or reject a proposed entry within three days after receipt and, if rejecting it, file a written statement of objections with the court.

Counsel for the adverse party shall approve or reject the entry within three days after receipt. In the event of rejection, the opposing party shall file with the Court a written statement of the objections to the proposed entry.

In quiet-title, partition, and real-property foreclosure actions, the plaintiff must file a preliminary judicial report with the clerk within 14 days after filing the complaint.

In actions to quiet title, partition and for foreclosure of liens on real property, Plaintiff shall file with the Clerk of Courts a preliminary judicial report within fourteen (14) days after filing the complaint.

The attorney of record, or a pro se party, must file written notice of an automatic stay with the Clerk within five days after filing for bankruptcy protection.

Whenever a party to an action pending in the Court files for bankruptcy protection, the attorney of record, or the party if acting pro se, shall within five (5) days file written notice of the automatic stay with the Clerk of Courts.

Unless the court orders otherwise, criminal motions and other requests must be filed within 35 days after arraignment or seven days before trial, whichever is earlier.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, motions and other requests in criminal cases shall be filed within thirty-five (35) days after arraignment or seven (7) days before trial, whichever is earlier.

Documents transmitted electronically may be submitted at any time, but same-day docketing applies to documents received from 8:00 a.m. through 4:30 p.m.; documents received after 4:15 p.m. may be docketed the following business day, and weekend or legal-holiday transmissions are docketed the next business day.

For purposes of this rule, documents may be electronically transmitted to the Clerk of Courts at any time. However, only documents received from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will be docketed on the date of receipt. Any document received after 4:15 p.m. may be docketed the following business day. Any attorney or party electing to file by electronic means bears the risk of any document being transmitted after 4:15 p.m. not being docketed until the next business day. Any documents transmitted on weekends, or legal holidays will be docketed the next business day.

Unless the Court orders otherwise, the response and reply periods under Civil Rule 6(C) govern motions.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the response and reply times set forth in Civ.R. 6(C) shall apply.

The court may administratively dismiss a settled case not dismissed within 30 days of the settlement notice, with court costs paid from deposited funds and each party bearing excess costs.

If the parties fail to dismiss a settled case within thirty (30) days of the notice of the settlement, the Court may dismiss the case administratively. Upon such administrative dismissal, court costs shall be paid from the funds deposited. If court costs exceed the funds deposited, each party shall bear their own costs.

If the plaintiff does not timely file the preliminary judicial report, an interested party may file the evidence of title during the following 14 days.

Upon failure of Plaintiff to file the preliminary judicial report within fourteen (14) days after the complaint has been filed, any interested party may file such evidence of title within the next fourteen (14) days.