Miamisburg Municipal Court, Ohio Chambers Communication Rules

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For scheduled appearances in traffic or criminal cases, the court must email the date and time to the defendant’s attorney of record and the prosecuting attorney.

When any traffic or criminal case is scheduled for a court appearance, either in the courtroom or by the assignment clerk, notification of said court appearance date and time shall be sent by electronic mail, “email”, to the Defendant’s attorney of record and the prosecuting attorney.

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Attorneys representing defendants in criminal and traffic matters must provide an email address for notifications and inform the court if it changes.

Attorneys representing defendants in criminal and traffic matters shall provide the court with an email address to which these notifications shall be sent. If the attorney’s email address changes, it is the attorney’s responsibility to inform the court of that change.

CRITICAL

From the jury panel’s arrival for voir dire until dismissal, communications between the Judge and panel must be in writing or on the record in open court, and counsel must be informed and given an opportunity to be heard.

All communications between the Judge and members of the jury panel, from the time of reporting to the courtroom for voir dire until dismissal, shall be in writing or on the record in open court. Counsel for each party shall be informed of such communication and given the opportunity to be heard.

CRITICAL

An attorney who cannot receive email notifications must contact the Court to arrange to receive notifications by regular mail.

If the attorney cannot receive email notifications, he or she must contact the Court to make special arrangements to continue receiving notifications by regular mail.

WARNING

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An attorney may provide up to three email addresses, but the court need only send notifications to one; the attorney must provide a primary address and may provide two additional addresses.

Notifications can be emailed to up to three email addresses per attorney, but the court is only required to send to one address. It is the attorney’s responsibility to provide a primary email address, and up to two additional email addresses, if desired.

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The attorney will receive no notification of the appearance other than the email notification.

The email notification is the only notification the attorney will receive.

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The Public Defender’s Office and the Court’s three prosecuting attorney’s offices must receive one daily email between 4:00 and 4:30 p.m. with notifications for future appearances scheduled that day.

The Montgomery County Office of the Public Defender, and the Court’s three (3) prosecuting attorney’s offices, shall receive one email at the end of every business day, between 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., which will include notifications for all future court appearances which were scheduled that day.

WARNING

No oral hearing will be granted if objecting counsel fails to obtain a hearing date.

If counsel objecting should fail to obtain a hearing date, no oral hearing will be granted.

WARNING

The attorney filing objections must obtain a hearing date from the assignment clerk.

It will be the duty of the attorney filing said objections to obtain a hearing date from the assignment clerk

INFO

The clerk need not notify the sender of a failed fax filing, but may do so if practicable.

The Clerk of Court is not required to send any form of notice to the sending party of a failed fax filing. However, if practicable, the Clerk of Court may inform the sending party of a failed fax filing.