Caldwell County District Court Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICALCivil cases

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Before setting a hearing or trial, the requesting party must contact the Court Administrator/Coordinator to obtain available dates, preferably by email or another method the Coordinator specifies.

Prior to setting any hearing or trial, the party wishing to set the matter shall first contact the Court Administrator/Coordinator and secure available dates for the hearing or trial, preferably via email or other method as set by the Court Administrator/Coordinator.

CRITICALCivil cases

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When all parties agree a setting is unnecessary, they must email the Court Administrator/Coordinator that they are passing the hearing, and the matter remains on the calendar until all necessary parties notify the Court in writing.

l. When all parties have agreed that a setting is no longer necessary, the parties shall advise the Court Administrator/Coordinator, via email, that the parties are passing the hearing. The matter will not be removed from the Court's calendar until all necessary parties have notified the Court in writing.

WARNINGCivil cases

An attorney scheduled in multiple counties at the same time must contact opposing counsel and each county’s coordinator before docket call with the conflict and an estimated appearance time.

It shall be the obligation of each attorney who is set in more than one county at the same time and date to contact opposing counsel and the appropriate coordinator in each county prior to docket call to notify them of their conflict and giving them a best time estimate as to when they will appear in that county on that date.

WARNINGCivil cases

A party or self-represented litigant needing a licensed interpreter must notify the Court Administrator or Coordinator at least 10 days before the setting, or as soon as practicable if fewer than 10 days remain.

Any party or Self-Represented Litigant who requires a Licensed Interpreter is required to notify the Court Administrator/Coordinator not less than ten (10) days prior to the setting, or if less than 10 days, as soon as practicable.

WARNINGCivil cases

If a hearing or trial is canceled, the attorney or self-represented litigant who requested a court-appointed interpreter must immediately notify the Court Administrator or Coordinator.

In the event a hearing or trial is canceled, the attorney or Self-Represented Litigant who requested the Court Appointed Interpreter is required to notify the Court Administrator/Coordinator immediately.

WARNINGCivil cases

Counsel who receives a hearing request during a period covered by a compliant vacation or CLE letter must immediately give the requesting party a copy, request removal from that date, and notify the appropriate court personnel.

If a counsel receives a request to attend a hearing in which they had previously filed vacation and/or CLE letters with appropriate Court personnel that complies with these rules, they shall immediately provide to the party requesting the setting a copy of the vacation and/or CLE letter along with a request to remove the matter from the requested setting date and notification to the appropriate Court personnel.