13th Judicial Circuit - Local Rule 36.1

36. Setting Cases for Trial

36.1 Request for Trial

No case will be placed on the trial docket until the case is at issue, except as otherwise provided in these rules.

A. Written request for trial setting shall be received by the clerk of the civil division not less than ten (10) days before the date on which the docket is called, the copy of request simultaneously furnished opposing counsel. The request shall be in the following form:

RE: _______________

vs.                                                 Case No. _____________

        _______________

The above case is at issue. All discovery has been or will be completed by [date] on behalf of __________________ and request is hereby made that it be placed on the trial docket. Jury requested/waived [strike inapplicable]. Estimated time of trial [ ____ day(s) or ____ hour(s)].

_____________________

Attorney for ___________

B. After a civil case has been set for trial by jury, if the parties thereafter waive jury trial, the case shall thereupon be continued to a non-jury trial period.

C. Cases heard before associate circuit judges may be set for trial by request made in open court on the return date.

D. If a case cannot be reached on the date set, it shall be restored to the trial request docket for resetting, unless otherwise ordered.