Rule 7 - Calendar Call And Pretrial Memoranda7.1 Calendar Call and the Order of Cases: A call of the District Court jury trial calendar will be held in the designated court at 9:00 AM on the first day of the session. Cases normally will be set for trial or hearing in the order they appear on the final calendar; however, any case can be called by a presiding judge at any time during the trial week. 7.2 Pretrial Memorandum and Motion in Limine Deadlines: All parties/counsel in a jury case appearing on a trial calendar must file a hard-copy Pretrial Memorandum and Motions in Limine with the Clerk of Superior Court and serve their Pretrial Memorandum and Motion in Limine upon the opposing party, with email being the preferred form of service on the opposing party, no later than the Wednesday preceding the first day of the session on which the case is set for trial. All parties/counsel shall provide a copy of their file-stamped Pretrial Memorandum and Motion in Limine either by hard copy, delivered to the 9th floor judges' suite and addressed to the attention of the presiding judge, or by email if email has been specified by the presiding judge, by the Friday preceding the first day of the session on which the case is set for trial. Failure to adhere to these deadlines may result in a party forfeiting their request for trial by jury. 7.3 Pretrial Memorandum Content: The Pretrial Memorandum shall contain the following information: (a) A list of witnesses who may be called at the trial. If a witness will be offered as an expert, the witness' specific area of expertise shall be stated along with a brief statement of the witness' qualifications.(b) A list identifying all exhibits that the party may offer at trial. All exhibits that can practicably be numbered shall be so numbered in accordance with the exhibit list. Copies of all exhibits that can practicably be photocopied shall be attached to the Memorandum. The opposing party shall make all other exhibits available for inspection by opposing party/counsel by the deadline for filing the Memorandum.(c) A list of what the party contends are the issues to be submitted to the jury along with proposed jury instructions.7.4 Exhibit List for Clerk: Parties/counsel in cases appearing on a trial calendar shall provide the Courtroom Clerk a list of all exhibits with sequential numbers as listed in the Pretrial Memorandum at the beginning of the trial.7.5 Exhibits for Jury Publication: Parties/counsel desiring that non-photographic exhibits be published to the jury shall provide the same number of copies as jurors unless excused from doing so by the presiding judge.7.6 Pretrial Motions: Parties/counsel shall be responsible for notifying the District Civil Case Coordinator of any requests for Pretrial Motions to be added to the trial calendar to be heard by the presiding judge.N.c. R. Prac. Sup. & Dist. Ct. Civ. P. 7
Revised 11/13/2015; effective 1/1/2016.