Sheboygan County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Adjournment & Extension Requirements

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Adjournment requests must be made in writing.

502 Requests in writing

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Counsel must request a pretrial hearing adjournment as soon as aware of a conflict, and an adjournment requires court approval.

Any requests for adjournments for the pretrial hearing must be made as soon as counsel is aware of a conflict. No adjournments will be granted without court approval.

CRITICAL

Adjournment requests must be written, addressed to the assigned judge, served on opposing parties, and received at least 10 days before the hearing, unless the time limits are waived for good cause.

Requests for adjournments must be in writing, addressed to the assigned judge, served on all opposing parties and received by the assigned judge not later than 10 days prior to the scheduled hearing. The time limits may be waived for good cause.

CRITICAL

An adjournment must be to a date certain.

505 Date certain

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A stipulated trial continuance requires the named parties’ consent in writing or on the record and good cause; a contested request requires a motion, hearing, and good cause; every request requires court approval.

A stipulated request for continuance of the trial date shall require the consent of the named parties in writing or on the record and must be for good cause shown. A contested request for continuance must be on motion and hearing and for good cause shown by the party. All requests for continuance are subject to the approval of the court.

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Adjournments are granted only for good cause and are not a matter of right.

Adjournments are not a matter of right and will only be granted for good cause.

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Ex parte requests for adjournments are prohibited.

Ex parte requests for adjournments are prohibited by SCR §20:3.5, iCode of Professional Conduct for Attorneys.

CRITICAL

Adjournment requests must be written and received at least 48 hours before the hearing.

1402 All requests for adjournments must be in writing and received not later than 48 hours prior to the hearing.

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Adjournments are allowed only for good cause.

504 Good cause only

WARNING

Every adjournment must be to a specific date and may not be indefinite or day-to-day.

All adjournments shall be made to a date certain, and no adjournment shall be indefinite or day-to-day.

WARNING

Scheduling conflicts are resolved in favor of the first-scheduled hearing unless the presiding judges agree otherwise for good cause.

If necessary, scheduling conflicts will be resolved in favor of the first scheduled hearing, unless, for good cause, the presiding judges agree otherwise.

WARNING

Applicable civil or criminal procedure rules and specific local court rules control adjournment requests.

Where applicable, the Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure and specific local court rules will control all requests for adjournments.