Rule 7.015 - SCHEDULING CONFLICTSIf the court schedules an attorney and/or a party for more than one matter, in more than one courtroom, for a particular date and time (whether at the exact time or overlapping times), immediately upon receiving the second docket notice, the attorney/party must do the following:
(1) If there are more than ten (10) days until the scheduled proceedings, the attorney/party must file a Motion to Resolve a Scheduling Conflict in both matters, with service on all affected attorneys/parties. The judges assigned to the conflicting matters will confer to resolve the conflict, and will notify the attorneys/parties of the decision. If the conferring judges cannot resolve the conflict, the Presiding Judge or the Presiding Judge's designee will make the decision and notify the attorneys/parties. (2) If there are ten (10) days or less until the scheduled date and time, the attorney/party must notify the other attorney/parties in all the scheduled matters, verbally or in writing, that they will be appearing before the Presiding Judge or the Presiding Judges' designee at 8:30 a.m. on the next business day to seek a resolution of the scheduling conflict. The Presiding judge or designee will resolve the conflict and notify the attorney/parties.(3) If the attorney/party does not have sufficient time to comply with (1) and (2) or fails to comply, the attorney/party must appear on the matter on the earliest date on the court's docketing notices. The attorney-party will not leave that proceeding until it has been concluded or they have been released by the judge handling the matter. The attorney/party must notify the judge and the other attorneys/parties in the second matter, as soon as possible but not later than twenty four (24) hours before the conflicting time, of the reason for their inability to appear in the conflicting case at the time scheduled.Columbia Supp. L. R. 7.015
Amended effective 2/1/2024.