This page and the links to the right contain important information about Judge Alexakis’ case management procedures. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with these procedures as well as those in the Local Rules. When there is a conflict, please follow the procedures outlined here.
These policies and rules have been designed to facilitate the prompt, efficient, and equitable disposition of civil cases on Judge Alexakis’ docket. The success of her pretrial and trial procedures depends on your familiarity with them, and counsel will be expected to explain to Judge Alexakis any failure to comply with these procedures.
Judge Alexakis hears motions on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at 9:30 a.m.
All motions must be noticed for presentment no later than three business days before the hearing (excluding federal holidays and weekends). For example, absent a holiday, (1) a motion filed on a Monday may be noticed for the upcoming Thursday; and (2) a motion filed on a Thursday may be noticed for the following Tuesday.
Parties are expected to appear in person unless Judge Alexakis advises otherwise. Any request to appear by telephone must be made
via email to the Courtroom Deputy no later than 24 hours before the motion hearing.
Opposing counsel should be copied on this email.
For additional information regarding motion practice before Judge Alexakis, please review her Standing Order on “Motion Practice and Memoranda of Law.”
For all pending cases assigned to Judge Alexakis from the calendar of another judge:
- All previously set status and motion hearing dates are stricken.
- All previously set discovery deadlines, joint status report deadlines, and briefing schedules remain intact.
Where the parties have been ordered to file a joint status report, that report should be in the form of the Initial Status Report for Reassigned Case, found
here.
Motions are not to be noticed for presentment on any of these dates:
For any emergencies on these dates, please contact the Courtroom Deputy via email.
