Willoughby Municipal Court, Ohio Filing Rules

The judge’s written order concerning a courtroom broadcast, recording, photograph, or television request must be made part of the proceedings record.

The pro hac vice notice and granting order must be filed within 30 days after permission is granted.

After counsel enters an appearance, journal entries, court documents, court orders, and trial assignments must be served on designated counsel at the email address counsel provided to the Court.

After an electronically submitted document becomes part of the docket, only the Clerk of Court’s Office makes docket corrections.

A party demanding a civil jury must pay the demand cost when making the demand and the jury deposit by noon the day before trial; the judge may waive the costs upon evidence of indigency.

When personal identifiers are omitted, the party must submit or file them on a separate form and provide them to the Court or Clerk upon request, or to a party upon motion; the Clerk may provide a standard form.

Requests to broadcast, record, photograph, or televise in the courtroom must be made in writing to the assigned judge as early as reasonably practical and no later than one-half hour before the session, unless the trial judge permits otherwise.

A continuance requires a written motion showing good cause.

Documents must be submitted in PDF format.

Motions are ruled on without a hearing unless a hearing is requested in writing, with whether to hold one left to the Court’s discretion.

Facsimile and, when available, email filings are limited to 10 pages; the filer should check with the court whether email filing is available.