Rusk County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Filing Timing and Cure Windows

The required plea-hearing documents must be filed before the plea hearing.

When a matter has been scheduled for a plea hearing, the Court requires that a Guilty Plea Questionnaire, a Waiver of Rights and a Case Settlement Agreement, signed by all parties, be filed prior to the Plea Hearing. Failure to do so may result in sanctions.

For assigned out-of-county cases, the documents must be forwarded to Judge Henderson at least 7 days before the scheduled hearing.

This instance also applies to any out of county cases which have been assigned to Judge Henderson except these documents shall be forwarded to him at least 7 days prior to the scheduled hearing.

The parties must submit the required written statement one week before the scheduled pretrial conference.

The parties will be required to submit in writing, one week prior to the scheduled pretrial conference, a concise statement of their disagreement, the position they intend to take at trial including the names of witnesses who will testify and a brief statement of the content of their testimony.