NOTE: Judge Gottschall will not be sitting on the following dates: Wednesday, May 15, 2019; Friday, May 18, 2019; Wednesday, June 12, 2019 and Friday, June 14, 2019. Chambers will be closed from Monday, August 19 through and including Monday, September 2, 2019.
Civil and criminal motions are heard on Wednesdays and Fridays at 9:30 AM. Judge Gottschall requires a three day prior notice for all motions. Please refer to Judge Gottschall's case management packet for specific filing details. 　
Courtesy copies of the ORIGINAL COMPLAINT and ALL PLEADINGS are to be delivered to the Deputy Clerk's Office, Room 2332-A, within 24 hours of filing on CM/ECF. Courtesy copies MUST BE PROPERLY SECURED (STAPLED COMPLETELY THROUGH OR BOUND) and EXHIBITS MUST BE TABBED. Courtesy copies not in compliance will be returned. 　
UPDATED CASE MANAGEMENT PACKET INFORMATION: The Court strongly encourages all attorneys and their clients to provide substantive speaking opportunities to less experienced attorneys during any of the Court's motion hearings, status calls in open court, in chambers' settlement or pretrial conferences, and especially during evidentiary or trial proceedings. The Court recognizes that newer attorneys do not have as many opportunities to appear and argue in court. Although oral argument is not necessary for the court to rule on the majority of motions filed before it, the Court will consider scheduling oral argument if a party requests it and commits to entrust the argument to an attorney who has been out of law school for fewer than six years.
