Rule 8.0 - PEREMPTORY OR PRIORITY SETTINGS8.1 When the North Carolina General Statutes provide for a priority setting, all parties are mutually and individually responsible for bringing this fact to the attention of the Court Coordinator within thirty (30) days of the Administrative Notice.8.2 The Court Coordinator on his/her own motion, may grant priority status and peremptorily calendar a case, for good cause shown.8.3 When a case has been peremptorily set first for trial with the consent of all parties, and the case is continued from the session at which it was ordered for trial for any reason other than (1) counsel being in a trial in another case which carried over from the previous week; (2) a conflict with the North Carolina Supreme Court, North Carolina Court of Appeals, or a United States Federal Court; or (3) serious medical emergency involving counsel or a party, then the case will not ordinarily be granted a second priority setting but will be set, in the discretion of the court, at any subsequent session without any designated priority.N.C. R. Prac. Sup. & Dist. Ct. Civ. P. 8.0
Adopted effective 4/1/2023.