Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Local Rules

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1.0 PRESIDING JUDGE 2.0 ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES 3.0 TERMS OF COURT: HOURS OF COURT SESSIONS 4.0 MEETING OF THE JUDGES 5.0 DOCKETS AND CALENDARS 6.0 OFFICIAL REPORTER AND ASSISTANTS 7.0 SECURITY FOR COSTS 8.0 PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS 9.0 SERVICE OF COPIES AND NOTICE 10.0 ENTRY OF APPEARANCE AND WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL 11.0 HEARING AND SUBMISSION OF MOTIONS: 12.0 REPRODUCTION OF HOSPITAL RECORDS 13.0 DEPOSITIONS 14.0 DAILY LAW JOURNALS 15.0 ASSIGNMENT OF CIVIL CASES FOR TRIAL 16.0 ASBESTOS LITIGATION SPECIAL PROVISION 17.0 PASSING AND DELAY OF CASES 18.0 DISMISSAL OF CASES 19.0 JOURNAL ENTRIES 19.1 ELECTRONICALLY SIGNED DOCUMENTS 20.0 COURT FILES AND PAPERS 21.0 CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL PROCEDURE 21.1 TRIAL WITNESS 21.2 ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION 22.0 TRIAL PROCEDURES 23.0 CRIMINAL CASE MANAGEMENT 24.0 FORECLOSURE, QUIET TITLE AND PARTITION ACTIONS 25.0 PARTITION CASES 26.0 RECEIVERSHIP 27.0 SHERIFF'S SALES 28.0 APPEALS TO THE COMMON PLEAS COURT 29.0 ARBITRATION 30.0 ASSIGNMENT OF CRIMINAL CASES 30.1 ASSIGMNENT OF CRIMINAL CASES TO MENTAL HEALTH DOCKETS 30.2 ASSIGNMENT OF CRIMINAL CASES TO DRUG COURT DOCKETS 31.0 GRAND JURY 32.0 PROBATION DEPARTMENT 33.0 ASSIGNMENT AND COMPENSATION OF COUNSEL TO DEFEND 34.0 BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE 35.0 SELECTION AND GOVERNANCE OF PROSPECTIVE JURORS 36.0 MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ARBITRATION 37.0 MEDIA 38.0 SPECIAL PROCESS SERVER

Organized in 1807, Cuyahoga County, is the most populous county in Ohio. As of the 2010 census its population was 1,280,122.