Lewis County Superior Court Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

Motions must be scheduled for the appropriate Wednesday or Friday Motion Docket and heard by the Motion Judge or Court Commissioner unless other arrangements are made with the Court Administrator; hearings exclude live testimony, and argument may be time-limited.

Unless other arrangements are made with the Court Administrator, all motions shall be scheduled for the appropriate Wednesday or Friday Motion Docket and heard by the Motion Judge or by the Court Commissioner. Unless other arrangements are made with the Court Administrator, hearings on any motion shall not include live testimony and argument may be limited in time.

WARNING

Oral argument or a motion-calendar hearing on reconsideration may be scheduled only if ordered by the judge or commissioner handling the motion.

Oral argument on a motion for reconsideration shall be scheduled only if so ordered by the Judge or Commissioner to whom the motion is submitted. In no case shall a motion for reconsideration be noted for hearing on the motion calendar unless ordered by the Judge or Commissioner to whom the matter has been submitted.