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Committee reviews civil and appellate housekeeping: scheduling orders, filings and notary‑replacement declarations
Summary
Civil and appellate rules committees reviewed a package of procedural changes — including allowing scheduling orders by stipulation and requiring preliminary‑injunction motions as separate filings — aimed at reducing clerical delays and improving caseflow.
Members of the Civil and Appellate Rules committees presented a package of procedural and housekeeping amendments intended to clarify filing deadlines and streamline case processing. Emily Wetherold, Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court, summarized changes to Civil Rule 16.2 and Rule 26(f) that let parties stipulate to a scheduling order without a required status‑conference, and that explicitly permit adding the discovery‑close date and other matters to scheduling orders. The committee’s stated purpose is to reduce unnecessary status conferences and rely on…
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