Miss. L. Chanc. Ct. R. 4

As amended through October 31, 2024

Rule 4 - Motion Days

(a) The following rules govern the setting of cases within the 7^th Chancery Court District:

FOR CHANCELLOR CATHERINE FARRIS-CARTER:

BO LIV AR COUNTY: will hear any and all matters in term or vacation from any county within the District that has been properly set on the website's docket by the Court Administrator and/or Chancellor.

COAHOMA COUNTY: will be every Thursday of each month in the Coahoma County Courthouse in Clarksdale, Mississippi, at 9:30 a.m.; will hear any and all matters in term or vacation from any county within the District that has been properly set on the website's docket by the Court Administrator and/or Chancellor.

LEFLORE COUNTY: will hear any and all matters in term or vacation from any county within the District that has been properly set on the website's docket by the Court Administrator and/or Chancellor.

QUITMAN COUNTY: will hear any and all matters in term or vacation from any county within the District that has been properly set on the website's docket by the Court Administrator and/or Chancellor.

TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY: will hear any and all matters in term or vacation from any county within the District that has been properly set on the website's docket by the Court Administrator and/or Chancellor.

TUNICA COUNTY: will hear any and all matters in term or vacation from any county within the District that has been properly set on the website's docket by the Court Administrator and/or Chancellor.

FOR CHANCELLOR WILLIE J. PERKINS

COAHOMA COUNTY: will hear any and all matters in term or vacation from any county within the District that has been properly set on the website's docket by the Court Administrator and/or Chancellor.

LEFLORE COUNTY: will hear any and all matters in term or vacation from any county within the District that has been properly set on the website's docket by the Court Administrator and/or Chancellor.

QUITMAN COUNTY: will hear any and all matters in term or vacation from any county within the District that has been properly set on the website's docket by the Court Administrator and/or Chancellor.

TUNICA COUNTY: will hear any and all matters in term or vacation from any county within the District that has been properly set on the website's docket by the Court Administrator and/or Chancellor.

FOR CHANCELLOR WATOSA M. SANDERS

COAHOMA COUNTY: will hear any and all matters in term or vacation from any county within the District that has been properly set on the website's docket by the Court Administrator and/or Chancellor.

LEFLORE COUNTY: will hear any and all matters in term or vacation from any county within the District that has been properly set on the website's docket by the Court Administrator and/or Chancellor.

QUITMAN COUNTY: will hear any and all matters in term or vacation from any county within the District that has been properly set on the website's docket by the Court Administrator and/or Chancellor.

(b) Ex parte and vacation matters will normally be set for 15 or 30 minutes each and may be set for as long as an hour if counsel estimates such time will be necessary. Attorneys should give the Court Administrator a realistic estimation of the amount of time needed for each matter to prevent a backlog on the trial docket and overcrowding in the courtroom.

(c) All of those matters which are exceptions to the random assignments from any of the counties in this District, provided for in Rule 2(a)(5) of these Local Rules, may be presented to and heard by any of the Chancellors at anytime in any county provided that the matters have been scheduled by the Court Administrator or Chancellor and placed on the District website's trial docket.

(d) If the Chancellor shall be unable to be present for a Motion Day on any of the days herein above designated, he or she will notify the Clerk of cancellation of the day as far ahead as practicable.

(e) Attorneys and pro-se litigants shall notify the Court Administrator promptly upon learning that a scheduled matter will not he heard, and the CourtAdministrator shall remove such matter from the day's docket.

(f) Attorneys and pro-se litigants shall not schedule the same matter on the docket of two or more Chancellors at the same time. This will be considered an abuse of the time of the Court.

Miss. L. Chanc. Ct. R. 4

Amended effective 9/7/2021.