Island County Superior Court Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

Covered procedural pretrial motions may be scheduled on the Criminal Motions Calendar and, unless made orally at a hearing or otherwise ordered, must be filed and served with responsive and strict-reply materials by the stated court-day deadlines.

Motions brought pursuant to CrR 3.1 and 3.2, motions for competency evaluation, and other procedural pretrial motions, may be scheduled on the Criminal Motions Calendar, and unless made orally at a hearing, must be filed and served at least 5 court days before the hearing, with responsive materials filed and served at least two court days before the hearing and any materials filed in strict reply filed at least 1 court day before the hearing, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

CRITICAL

Neither party may submit additional responses or replies without the Court’s permission.

No additional responses or replies shall be permitted from either party without permission of the Court.

CRITICAL

All parties and counsel must attend the settlement conference, subject to the Court determining that circumstances preclude a party’s attendance; non-parties may attend if the parties agree, and the settlement judge must not be assigned to preside at a subsequent trial.

The settlement conference shall be before a judge who has not been assigned to preside at any subsequent trial. Attendance at the settlement conference by all parties and counsel shall be mandatory, unless the Court determines that circumstances exist precluding another party’s attendance. Attendance by non-parties is permissible upon agreement by the parties.

CRITICAL

A reconsideration or revision motion may not be noted for hearing on a motion calendar unless the judge or judicial officer has requested oral argument.

Motions for reconsideration or revision shall not be noted for hearing on any motion calendar unless oral argument has been requested by the Judge or judicial officer.

CRITICAL

Contested summary judgment hearings require a special-set date secured through a conference with opposing counsel and the Court Coordinator; they may not be set on the regular Monday Law and Motion calendar without the assigned trial judge’s express approval.

Hearings on contested motions for summary judgment shall not be scheduled on the regular, Monday Law and Motion calendar without the express approval from the assigned trial judge. Counsel for the moving party shall confer with opposing counsel and the Court Coordinator (360-679-7361) to secure a “special set” hearing date for hearings on all contested summary judgment motions.

CRITICAL

Substantive pretrial motions must be specially set before the first day of trial and filed and served with responsive and strict-reply materials by the stated court-day deadlines, unless the Court orders otherwise.

Substantive pretrial motions such as motions in limine and motions brought pursuant to CrR 3.5 and 3.6 must be specially set prior to the first day of trial either though the Superior Court Administrator or pursuant to the omnibus order. Such motions must be filed and served at least seven court days prior to the hearing, with responsive materials filed and served at least four court days in advance, and materials in strict reply filed at least two court days in advance, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

WARNING

Oral argument on a reconsideration motion will be scheduled only if the judicial officer requests it.

Oral argument related to the Motion for Reconsideration will be scheduled only if the judicial officer involved requests the same.

WARNING

Any party in a civil action may schedule a pretrial settlement conference through the Court Administrator, and the hearing must occur no later than 21 calendar days before trial.

Any party in a civil action may schedule a pretrial settlement conference through the Court Administrator for hearing no later than twenty- one (21) calendar days prior to trial.

WARNING

The Criminal Motions Calendar is held at 1:30 p.m. on Mondays.

The Criminal Motions Calendar occurs at 1:30 p.m. on Mondays.