Judge James A. Melone

Fee

$30

Applies to

Continuance motion

A continuance motion must include a $30 filing fee, except in stated exigent circumstances or when a continuance is required under the Ohio Rules of Superintendence.

Fee

$30

Applies to

Continuance motion

Neither counsel nor the client owes the $30 continuance fee when the continuance is requested because counsel has a conflicting trial or hearing in another Ohio court.

The Clerk will not accept a document for filing without a filing fee or security for costs unless the Court directs otherwise in writing.

Applies to

Motion for telephonic appearance

A motion for telephonic appearance must be filed with notice to counsel or the opposing party and a Judgment Entry, which the Judge or Magistrate must grant for the motion to be approved.

Applies to

Continuance motion

Must include

proposed order

A continuance motion must include a proposed judgment entry that leaves the new time and date blank for the Court to set.

Applies to

Filed paper

Must include

judge name, case number

All filed papers must identify the cause by its style and number, name the judge, and state the case type and a short description of the pleading.

Upon complete receipt and successful transmission, the system assigns a transaction number and displays the filing date and time and an image of the document.

A corrective filing after rejection is a new filing and does not relate back unless the filer obtains relief by motion when the rejection resulted from technical errors.

Thirty days after the complaint is issued, the clerk must check the docket to determine whether service was perfected on all parties.

Service

Mail

Ordinary mail may be used to notify a pro se litigant that they must appear.

Court-filed documents must be served under Ohio Civil Rule 5 or Ohio Criminal Rule 49, subject to the stated filed-email-address provision.

Service

Email to all parties

When an attorney or party has filed an email address with the court, service by email constitutes service under the cited rules but does not add three days under Ohio Civil Rule 6(E).