Judge Andrew Cleeland Reese

Applies to

Application for temporary restraining order or ex parte relief

To invoke an exception to advance notice, the applicant must file a verified party certificate or counsel certificate stating one of the specified grounds.

Applies to

Temporary restraining order application

When presenting a TRO application, counsel or a pro se party must certify whether the case is subject to transfer and, if it is, counsel must fully advise the Court of the circumstances, including prior related applications and potentially conflicting orders.

Applies to

Petition

The Petitioner must attach a copy of the order to the original petition and every copy.

At least 20 days before trial, each party must disclose the names and addresses of its potential expert witnesses and any written report or opinion summary to the other party.

Deadline

5 working days

The State must produce the specified documents and information and make the specified physical items available for inspection at least five working days before trial.

Deadline

2 hours

The applicant must notify the opposing party and provide the application and proposed order at least two hours before presentation to the Court, subject to the stated certificate exceptions.

Pre-trial motions not covered by the listed orders must be filed seven days before the first pretrial hearing unless the Court gives special permission; otherwise, the motion will be waived or denied.

Motions challenging witness qualifications or evidence admissibility under Daubert or Frye must be filed at least 10 days before jury selection, or, in a court trial, at least 10 days before evidence is presented.

The Defense and the State should not file pre-trial motions covering the previously listed orders.

All hearings on the Pre-Trial Motions not covered by these orders must be heard prior to trial at the convenience of the Court or be carried to the time of trial at the discretion of the Court.