Judge Deborah Linnartz Wigington

Applies to

Proposed charge of the court

Each party must furnish its proposed Charge of the Court to the Court and all other parties’ counsel two business days before jury selection, unless a court order or written party agreement provides otherwise.

Applies to

Notice of deposition

Must include

certificate of conference

A written deposition notice must contain a certificate of conference as described in Rule 1a.

Applies to

Motion

Except as provided in Rules 8 and 10, withdrawal or substitution may be granted without a hearing only if written client-signed consent is filed.

A TRCP 11-compliant agreement may shorten a required time period notwithstanding TRCP 245 or Rule 1(d).

A written objection to a setting is due within five days after receipt of notice, except that when the hearing is requested less than five days ahead, the objection is due at least one day before the hearing.

Deadline

48 hours

In a District Court proceeding, a proposed hearing date remains available for 48 hours; the party must submit a compliant written Motion to Set or Notice of Setting within that period to formally set the date, or the date is removed from the calendar.

Anyone expecting to be late or absent from docket call must promptly notify the Court and all parties, giving the reason and estimated arrival time.

Contact

Email

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

In District Court proceedings, a party may confer with the Court Administrator/Coordinator or the Court during a hearing to obtain a proposed hearing or final-trial date.

A written objection to a setting must be served as well as filed by the applicable deadline.

A party may not attend or request an emergency or ex parte hearing without first giving the opposing attorney or self-represented litigant notice after service, so they have an opportunity to attend by an approved method.

If an objection complying with these rules is filed, the party requesting the hearing shall have the right to reset the hearing on any one of the available dates provided by the objecting party by filing and serving a Motion to Set pursuant to the TRCP and these Rules.