Kittitas County Superior Court Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

Counsel may continue a motion by written stipulation or oral stipulation on the record, and moving counsel must notify the court of an agreement to continue or strike the hearing when reached and no later than one day before the hearing.

Counsel, by agreement, may continue any motion by executing a stipulation of continuance or by orally stipulating on the record in court to a continuance. Upon agreement of counsel to continue or strike a hearing, counsel for the moving party shall advise the court of the agreement to continue or strike the hearing at the time of the agreement and no later than one day prior to the hearing.

CRITICAL

A case may not continue beyond the time estimated for trial.

THE COURT TRIAL CALENDAR IS PRESET. CASES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO CONTINUE BEYOND THE TIME ESTIMATED FOR TRIAL.

CRITICAL

Cases may not continue beyond the time estimated for trial.

CASES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO CONTINUE BEYOND THE TIME ESTIMATED FOR TRIAL.

CRITICAL

A trial continuance may be granted for good cause after a hearing on a party’s motion or on the Court’s motion; a party-requested continuance loses the case’s prior priority, while a trial date struck by the Court for calendar congestion receives a priority setting.

4. Continuances. Continuances of trial may not be granted by the Court except for good cause shown after hearing on the motion filed by the party seeking the continuance, or by motion of the Court. In the event good cause is shown and the court grants a motion for continuance, the case will be rescheduled by the Court Administrator and given the priority of a new case (in other words, the case loses any priority it had). In the event the Court strikes the trial date on its own motion due to calendar congestion, the case shall receive a priority trial setting.

WARNING

An arbitrator may present a request to extend the award-filing time to the Presiding Judge ex parte.

A request by an arbitrator for an extension of time for the filing of an award under MAR 6.2 may be presented to the Presiding Judge, ex parte.

WARNING

The parties may stipulate to a continuance only if the arbitrator permits it.

The parties may stipulate to a continuance only with the permission of the arbitrator.

WARNING

Failing to provide a list of unavailable dates could result in denial of a continuance motion based on scheduling conflicts.

FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE COURT WITH A LIST OF UNAVAILABLE DATES COULD RESULT IN THE DENIAL OF ANY MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE BECAUSE OF CONFLICTS IN SCHEDULE

INFO

An arbitrator may grant a continuance without a court order.

The arbitrator may grant a continuance without court order.