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As amended through August 22, 2024
Rule 13 - Short Cause Preference and Disposition

The clerk shall maintain a short cause civil calendar of cases for each division that can be heard in three (3) hours or less. Notice to the clerk that a case is a short cause shall be by a statement to that effect on the motion to set and certificate of readiness. Short causes shall be preferred for trial to all other cases of similar issue and character and are not subject to alternative dispute resolution procedures. If the trial is not completed in three hours, the judge shall make an appropriate order continuing the matter or placing it on the regular trial calendar without preference.

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Adopted March 10, 1992, effective 3/21/1992.

HISTORICAL NOTES

The former Local Rules of Practice for Cochise County, Rule XIII, Depositions and Discovery Papers Not to be Filed, adopted June 22, 1987, effective September 1, 1987, was abrogated by order dated March 10, 1992, effective March 21, 1992. See now Rule 21.