Judge Jeffrey R. Griffith

Applies to

Pleading

The face of a complaint, motion, or other pleading must state the type of action generally.

Applies to

Initial pleading

Must include

caption, case number

Initial pleadings must identify each party and include a case-number blank, the action style, and a court-name header.

Applies to

Subsequent or responsive pleading

Subsequent and responsive pleadings may use an abbreviated caption naming only the first Plaintiff and first Defendant.

Applies to

Civil complaint or proceeding

Before a civil complaint or proceeding is accepted for filing, the filer must deposit a sum to secure accruing costs unless otherwise provided by law.

In a case with multiple parties, the Clerk may require additional amounts estimated to cover service costs.

Applies to

Filing

The Clerk will refuse filings by a party with unpaid costs from a prior proceeding unless those costs have been waived due to indigency.

The opposing party's memorandum must be filed within 14 days after service of the original motion.

Unless the Court otherwise directs, counsel for the party in whose favor an order, decree or judgment is rendered, shall within five (5) days thereafter prepare the proper Journal Entry, submit the same to opposing counsel who shall reject the same within five (5) days after receipt thereof and return to the submitting attorney or to the Court for the Judge's signature and journalization by the Clerk of Courts.

If opposing counsel does not act on the Journal Entry within five days of receipt, the preparer may submit it to the Clerk for approval or rejection.

Personal and private information, including specified account information and information protected by law or court ruling, must not appear in public records, and the filing party and counsel must remove it from filed documents and their exhibits or addenda.

Personal and private information must be filed separately as a non-public record and kept in a separately marked envelope in the case file.

Journal entries containing personal and private information must be submitted in both unredacted and redacted copies, with the redacted copy marked “redacted” wherever information was removed; the Court will sign both.