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

CRITICAL

A continuance request must be made by written or oral motion during a recorded court proceeding and state what is to be continued and why.

All requests for continuance of a trial or hearing shall be by written or oral motion made during a court proceeding wherein the court reporter will make a record, which shall state the nature of the matter to be continued and the reason(s) for the requested continuance.

CRITICAL

A continuance will not be granted to either side unless the request is made in writing and/or in open court before the assigned judge.

No continuance of any trial or hearing shall be granted to the prosecutor or to the defense unless request is made in writing and/or in open court before the assigned Judge.

CRITICAL

The parties and counsel must appear at the originally scheduled date and time unless the Court granted a continuance beforehand; failure to appear or be prepared may result in dismissal or other sanctions.

Except where a continuance has been granted by the Court prior to the date of the originally scheduled trial or hearing, the parties and counsel shall appear at the scheduled date and time. Failure to appear or to be prepared can result in dismissal of the case and/or other appropriate sanctions.

WARNING

A continuance will not be granted for counsel’s scheduling conflict absent the specified good-cause circumstances or other good cause serving the interest of justice.

A continuance will not be granted for conflict by reason of assignments of one counsel or other in another court except for good cause shown where the attorney can prove that she or he had no way of knowing of the conflict sufficiently in advance of the trial date to obtain competent counsel to substitute for her or him in the trial of the case assigned, or for other good cause shown in which the Court believes in the interest of justice the trial must be continued.

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Request for continuances of any trial or hearing shall be made no less than fourteen (14) days prior to the trial date.