BLMLcR 3.8
                           READINESS TRIAL HEARINGS


A Readiness hearing shall be held before the Municipal Court
Judge/Commissioner in every case in which a timely demand for trial by jury
is made. At the hearing the City Attorney, the defendant, and the
defendant's counsel (if any) must be present. By the Readiness Hearing date
all discovery must be completed, and all motions must have been made and
completed. Furthermore, parties shall advise the Court if the case can be
settled by other than a jury trial. The Readiness Hearing date shall be set
no later than five (5) judicial days before the date of trial. The Court
will strike the scheduled Jury Trial and may issue a Bench Warrant for any
party that does not appear at the Readiness Hearing.


[Adopted October 7, 1998; renumbered effective September 1, 2008)]